Devry BUSN115 All Weeks Discussions Latest 2019 JULY Question # 00602830 Course Code : BUSN115 Subject: Business Due on: 07/08/2019 Posted On: 07/08/2019 06:45 AM Tutorials: 1 Rating: 5.0/5

BUSN115 Introduction to Business and Technology

Week 1 Discussion

DQ1 Not-for-Profit
Organizations

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Textbook:
Chapter 1

Lesson

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1 scholarly source

Initial
Post Instructions

As Rice
(2018) notes, “the boundaries that formerly separated not-for-profit and
for-profit organizations have blurred, leading to a greater exchange of ideas
between the sectors” (p. 14). Choose a not-for-profit organization that
operates in your community or in your career field. Next, choose a for-profit
business that provides a similar service. Compare and contrast the mission of
both organizations. How does each organization use resources to achieve its
goal? Do the organizations benefit from any exchange of ideas?

Reference:

Rice
University (2018) Introduction to Business. Retrieved from
https://openstax.org/details/books/Introduction-to-Business

DQ2 Role of
Government in Business

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Textbook:
Chapter 1

Lesson

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1 scholarly source

The government regulates business in many
ways. Businesses must get permission to operate in the form of licensing and
state and federal agencies work to provide protections.

Search in
the Chamberlain library for “role of government” and one of the
following protections.

Consumer
protection

Employee
protection

Environmental
protection

Investor protection

Choose an
article that you find from your search. Summarize the article and discuss its
implications.

BUSN115 Introduction to Business and Technology

Week 2 Discussion

Global
Trade and Quality of Life

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Textbook:
Chapter 3

Lesson

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1 scholarly source

Initial
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It has been
said that global trade improves the quality of life. Do you believe that this
is true? Are there examples of global trade lessening the quality of life in a
particular country or region? Does everyone benefit equally from global trade?
Why or why not?

Using
research, argue either for or against the statement that global trade improves
the quality of life.

BUSN115 Introduction to Business and Technology

Week 3 Discussion

DQ1 Entrepreneurship

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Textbook:
Chapter 5

Lesson

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1 scholarly source

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Consider a
small business you want to create. In your post, address the following:

What type
of business would you create?

Conduct
some research on companies offering a similar product. What distinguishes you
from your competitors?

Name 2-3
risks you need to consider in your new venture? Consider the risk factors
similar companies may have encountered.

How could
you leverage e-commerce and social media to make your business profitable?

DQ2 Forms
of Business Ownership

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Textbook:
Chapter 4

Lesson

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1 scholarly source

Initial
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Consider
the company/organization that you currently work for (or if you are not
currently working, a company/organization you would like to work for). What
type of ownership model does the company/organization use? Why do you think
this type of ownership model was chosen? What would be different in your
organization if a different ownership model were used?

BUSN115 Introduction to Business and Technology

Week 4 Discussion

Code of
Ethics

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Textbook:
Chapter 2

Lesson

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1 scholarly source

Initial
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Developing
a code of ethics is a way for a company to share its core values and practice
ethical business. For example, the National Association for Healthcare Quality
has formulated a code of ethics that can be found at
https://nahq.org/about/code-of-ethics (Links to an external site.).

Think about
a company or organization you currently work for or do business with. Find the
code of ethics for the company or organization and post the link for the class.

Using the
code of ethics you found, give an example that you are familiar with in which
the company has stayed true to the code of ethics and demonstrated ethical business
practices.

BUSN115 Introduction to Business and Technology

Week 5 Discussion

DQ1 The
Role of Management

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Textbook:
Chapter 6

Lesson

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1 scholarly source

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The four
key functions of the managerial process are planning, leading, organizing, and
controlling.

Think about
your current or former manager. Give a specific example of how your manager
fulfills each role within your organization.

In your
opinion, which of the four activities is most important for a manager? Why?

DQ2 Leadership
Styles

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Textbook:
Chapter 7

Lesson

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1 scholarly source

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Leadership
styles can be broken into different categories such as participatory vs.
autocratic or transformational vs. transactional. Choose two leadership styles
from the textbook and lesson. Using your own research and the information you
have learned this week, compare and contrast the leadership styles. Include
your own opinion of which leadership style would be best for your current or
former workplace with a justification for that leadership style choice.

BUSN115 Introduction to Business and Technology

Week 6 Discussion

Theories of
Motivation

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Textbook:
Chapters 8 and 9

Lesson

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1 scholarly source

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Instructions

There are
many theories in relation to motivation – Taylor’s scientific management,
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, Herzberg’s two factor motivation, McGregor’s
Theory X and Y, Ouchi’s Theory Z, etc. Choose one theory from the textbook or
lesson reading. Find an article in the Chamberlain library that applies that
theory to nursing or healthcare in general. Discuss how the theory is still
applicable to motivational situations in the workforce.

BUSN115 Introduction to Business and Technology

Week 7 Discussion

Marketing
your business

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Textbook:
Chapters 11 and 12

Lesson

Week Three
discussion response

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1 scholarly source

Initial
Post Instructions

Think back
to the business you proposed in week three’s discussion about entrepreneurship.
Briefly propose a marketing strategy for your business. Consider the following
questions.

Who is your
target market?

What is
your competitive advantage?

How will
you use the five elements of the marketing mix: product, price, place,
promotion and people?

BUSN115 Introduction to Business and Technology

Week 8 Discussion

Balance Sheets

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the following resources for this activity:

Textbook:
Chapter 14

Lesson

https://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/companysearch.html

Minimum of
1 scholarly source

Initial
Post Instructions

As
discussed in Chapter 14, the balance sheet of a company can give us a snapshot
of the financial health of a company at a given time. For this discussion, you
will find the balance sheet of a company of your choosing. Then you will use
that balance sheet to evaluate the company’s financial health.

Go to
https://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/companysearch.html and type in a company
you would like to research. Find the company’s most recent quarterly report and
click on “interactive data”. In the left-hand navigation choose,
balance sheet.

Take a
screenshot of the balance sheet or put the balance sheet into a word document
to share with the class.

Using
information you learned in the textbook, what observations can you make about
the company’s financial health given the balance sheet?