13773Analyze organizational processes and procedures in a variety of business settings. Scenario: Managing organizational processes and procedures is critical to strategy execution and goal attainment. As the external environment changes and the company needs to innovate quickly, managers need to understand which levers to pull to affect...
13772Discussion Topic: Ethical Dilemmas Versus Ethical Lapses Ethical lapses are often confused with ethical dilemmas. In practical terms, these are two very different things. An ethical lapse is a failure to behave ethically in some specific situation, whereas an ethical dilemma is a situation in which...
13771Respond or elaborate on the response below: An ethical lapse is considered as clear violation of established moral or organizational standards, while an ethical dilemma involves two or more conflicting ethical principles where any resolution will inevitably compromise one or more moral values (Hill, 2025; Treviño...
13770Respond or elaborate on the response below: Ethical Dilemmas Versus Ethical Lapses Understanding the difference between ethical dilemmas and ethical lapses is crucial for making good decisions. An ethical lapse happens when someone fails to act ethically in a specific situation. For example, if a manager chooses...
13769Respond or elaborate on the response below: "Force Majeure" is a French phrase that translate to "superior force" in the English language and is used to describe extraordinary events beyond anyone's control such as natural disasters, war, government acts, pandemics, and economic changes. Legally, an act...
13768Respond or elaborate on the response below: Force majeure is the circumstance such as a natural disaster which is beyond the carrier’s or anyone’s control which can cause loss or damage (Bowersox, et al, 2023). When products are shipped, the carrier is liable for the product...
13767Sometimes in a profession, there are important phrases that borrow terminology from foreign language. One such term that relates to the professional efforts of transportation is "force majeure." This Discussion has you research this term and its related real-world applicability in greater depth. Please answer the...
13766Personal Diversity in a Team Setting A diverse workforce can better understand shifting customer needs and connect with stakeholders. This breakout session will emphasize your unique differences in a team setting. For the point of this discussion, you will evaluate your key traits and discuss how different...
13765Disruptive Innovation in Technology Disruptive innovation, as stated in Sampere et al. (2016) and Christenson et al. (2015), refers to initially small innovations that later supplant the "existing product or service technology" (as cited in Daft, 2021, p. 372). Recent disruptive technologies include artificial intelligence, streaming...
13764A New Decision-Making Trend Can intuition and evidence-based decision making coexist as valid approaches within an organization? Explain. How might managers combine their intuition with a rational, data-driven, evidence-based approach? Why would you use one and not the other? In terms of data-driven decision making, do you see...