{"id":124483,"date":"2018-02-20T23:50:30","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T23:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writemyessayfree.com\/week-3-discussion-questions"},"modified":"2017-08-16T05:58:40","modified_gmt":"2017-08-16T05:58:40","slug":"week-3-discussion-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/week-3-discussion-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 3: Discussion Questions:"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"the_content_wrapper\">\n<p>Week 3: Discussion Questions:<\/p>\n<p>Decision Making, Learning, Creativity, and Entrepreneurship<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>What is the difference between programmed and non-programmed decisions?<\/li>\n<li>Why is non-programmed decision making an uncertain process?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Value Chain Management: Functional Strategies for Competitive Advantage<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>Why innovation and product development are crucial components of the search for competitive advantage?<\/li>\n<li>What are the main challenges in implementing a successful total quality management program?<\/li>\n<li>What is efficiency, and what are some strategies managers can use to increase it?<\/li>\n<li>Why is it important for managers to pay close attention to value chain management if they wish to be responsive to their customers?<\/li>\n<li>What is innovation, and what are some strategies managers can use to develop successful new products?<\/li>\n<li>Explain the role of functional strategy and value chain management in achieving superior quality, efficiency, innovation, and responsiveness to customers.<\/li>\n<li>Describe what customers want, and explain why it is so important for managers to be responsive to their needs.<\/li>\n<li>Explain why achieving superior quality is so important, and understand the challenges facing managers and organizations that seek to implement total quality management.<\/li>\n<li>Explain why achieving superior efficiency is so important, and understand the different kinds of techniques that need to be employed to increase efficiency.<\/li>\n<li>Differentiate between two forms of innovation, and explain why innovation and product development are crucial components of the search for competitive advantage.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Week 3: Discussion Questions: Decision Making, Learning, Creativity, and Entrepreneurship What is the difference between programmed and non-programmed decisions? Why is non-programmed decision making an uncertain process? Value Chain Management: Functional Strategies for Competitive Advantage Why innovation and product development <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/week-3-discussion-questions\/\" class=\"read-more\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124483\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}