Discipline: Business Finance - Operations Management

 Read: Robson & McCartan: Chapters 6 – 8   Watch: Research Design (in 3 Minutes)   Watch: Telling a Complete Story with Qualitative and Mixed Methods Research Watch: Chapter 7 Elements of Research Design https://players.brightcove.net/622696559001/BJQ3kMlB_default/index.html?videoId=6093988105001 Watch: Chapter 17 Qualitative Data Analysis https://players.brightcove.net/622696559001/BJQ3kMlB_default/index.html?videoId=6093995141001 Watch: Chapter 15 Quantitative Data Analysis https://players.brightcove.net/622696559001/BJQ3kMlB_default/index.html?videoId=6093996671001 Watch: Chapter 11 Experimental Designs https://players.brightcove.net/622696559001/BJQ3kMlB_default/index.html?videoId=6093996076001 Research […]

  Discussion Replies: Management You will review your classmates’ initial postings and choose one classmate to complete the following for your reply:  Write a 250 to 300-word response to your classmate. Your reply must make a recommendation to your classmate of a peer reviewed journal article that provides additional information on their topic. In your response, […]

  Read: Bored by Interest: How Intrinsic Motivation in One Task Can Reduce Performance on Other Tasks https://liberty.alma.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/openurl?institution=01LIBU_INST&vid=01LIBU_INST:Services&%3Fctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi%2Fenc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid%2Fsummon.serialssolutions.com&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi%2Ffmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Bored%20by%20Interest:%20How%20Intrinsic%20Motivation%20in%20One%20Task%20Can%20Reduce%20Performance%20on%20Other%20Tasks&rft.jtitle=Academy%20of%20Management%20journal&rft.au=Shin,%20Jihae&rft.au=Grant,%20Adam%20M&rft.date=2019-04-01&rft.issn=0001-4273&rft.eissn=1948-0989&rft.volume=62&rft.issue=2&rft.spage=415&rft.epage=436&rft_id=info:doi%2F10.5465%2Famj.2017.0735&rft.externalDBID=n%2Fa&rft.externalDocID=10_5465_amj_2017_0735  Watch: Functional Area Paper    Functional Area Paper Assignment Instructions For this paper, you are going to expand on one of the discussion forums that you have already written. You will choose one of the topics from […]

   Creating Research Questions Assignment Instructions Based upon the research conducted for Project: Creating Problem Statements Assignment, create research questions for the problem identified. Context will need to be included (i.e., how the questions relate to the problem statements), along with the actual problem statements and corresponding context. There should be at least two research […]

 Read: Robson & McCartan: Chapters 11 – 15  Simple but Effective Problem Statements and Research Questions 2nd Edition.pdf  Problem Statements for Academic Research.pdf Watch: Research Questions https://watch.liberty.edu/media/t/1_nw5bjy35?_gl=1*2zqj7k*_ga*Mzc0NTY5NDU2LjE2ODYxMzk0Mzk.*_ga_YK8WH8QD6R*MTY4NjkxNDk0NC4xNS4xLjE2ODY5MTU3MzUuNTguMC4w&_ga=2.60012141.1979966235.1686742430-374569456.1686139439    Discussion Assignment Instructions Your response to the discussion prompt questions should be a minimum of 500 words. You must use a minimum of three scholarly resources to […]

 Read: Keller & Alsdorf: Chapters 11 – 12, & Epilogue  Watch: Purpose Statement and Significance of the Study https://watch.liberty.edu/media/t/1_351us78b?_ga=2.185178473.1979966235.1686742430-374569456.1686139439&_gl=1*10f2kic*_ga*Mzc0NTY5NDU2LjE2ODYxMzk0Mzk.*_ga_YK8WH8QD6R*MTY4Njc0MjQzMC4xMS4xLjE2ODY3NDcyMDEuNTYuMC4w Watch: Common Grammar Mistakes   Purpose Statement and Significance of the Study Assignment Purpose Statement and the Significance of the Study Assignment Instructions The purpose statement should flow directly from the problem statement. It should be […]

   You will review your classmates’ initial postings and choose one classmate to complete the following for your reply:  Write a 250 to 300-word response to your classmate. Your reply must make a recommendation to your classmate of a peer reviewed journal article that provides additional information on their topic. In your response, you should […]

 Every Good Endeavor Reflection: Stakeholder Theory & Social Justice Assignment  Every Good Endeavor Reflection Assignment Instructions Overview Keller (2014) states, “We must love our neighbor, but Christianity gives us very specific teachings about human nature and what makes human beings flourish. We must make sure that our work is done in line with these understandings. […]

 Read: Keller & Alsdorf: pp. 153 — 184  Read: Helping Others or Helping Oneself? An Episodic Examination of the Behavioral Consequences of Helping at Work  https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/peps.12229 Read: How Does Leader Humility Influence Team Performance? Exploring the Mechanisms of Contagion and Collective Promotion Focus   https://liberty.alma.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/openurl?institution=01LIBU_INST&vid=01LIBU_INST:Services&%3Fctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi%2Fenc:UTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid%2Fsummon.serialssolutions.com&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi%2Ffmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=How%20Does%20Leader%20Humility%20Influence%20Team%20Performance%3F%20Exploring%20the%20Mechanisms%20of%20Contagion%20and%20Collective%20Promotion%20Focus&rft.jtitle=Academy%20of%20Management%20journal&rft.au=Owens,%20Bradley%20P&rft.au=Hekman,%20David%20R&rft.date=2016-06-01&rft.issn=0001-4273&rft.eissn=1948-0989&rft.volume=59&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=1088&rft.epage=1111&rft_id=info:doi%2F10.5465%2Famj.2013.0660&rft.externalDBID=n%2Fa&rft.externalDocID=10_5465_amj_2013_0660 Watch: Current Issues in Management https://canvas.liberty.edu/courses/469821/pages/watch-current-issues-in-management?module_item_id=51679425      Annotated Bibliography […]

OVERVIEW Person-focused pay programs are not really new. Various early forms of these programs appeared in the 1980s. Organizational adoption was slow partly because they can very quickly drive labor costs up. Why is this changing? Explain the reasons for this change. Consider Susan Jackson’s situation. Susan is a young professional in her 8th year […]