Course Outline: Module 5
Module 5, Chapter 5: Decision Making, Learning,
Creativity, and Entrepreneurship
BAS 283 Principles of Management
The primary goal of this module is: to examine how managers make effective decisions, with factors such
as individual, group, and organizational in consideration. Also included are methods for managers to
promote organizational learning and creativity, along with differentiating between entrepreneurs and
intrapreneurs.
Module 5 – Decision Making, Learning, Creativity, and
Entrepreneurship
Learning Objectives
After Reading this chapter, performing the learning activities, and taking the quiz, the student will be able
to:
1. Understand the nature of decision making and differentiate between programmed and
nonprogrammed decisions and explain why nonprogrammed decisions are complex.
2. List and describe the six steps of the decision making process and explain how cognitive biases
can lead to ineffective decisions.
3. Identify the advantages and disadvantages of group decision making, and describe techniques
that can improve it.
4. Explain the role that organizational learning and creativity play in assisting with effective
decisions.
5. Describe how managers can encourage and promote entrepreneurship to create a learning
organization, and differentiate between entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs.
Due This Module
Assignment
Format
Grading
1) Read Chapter 5
Textbook or e-Text
Not graded
2) View the Interactive Lecture
PowerPoint slides, Blackboard
Not graded
3) do “Be the Manager”
Blackboard
20pts
4) LearnSmart Study Guide
MH-Connect
30pts
5) Drag and Drop
MH-Connect
20pts
6) Quiz
MH-Connect
20pts
7) Building Management Skills
Textbook, Journal
20pts
Learning Activities for Module 2
1) Reading
LO 5-1, 5-2, 5-5, 5-5, 5-5
Read Chapter 5 in your textbook, Essentials of Contemporary Management, 6e
<insert link for progress reporting>
(mark review)
2) Interactive Lecture
LO 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-5, 5-5
Chapter 5: Managing in the Global Environment
View the Interactive Lecture
<insert link for PowerPoint>
3) Assignment: read and answer questions. “Be the Manager”
LO 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5
See the Topics for Discussion and Action, after the Chapter. Go to “Be the Manager” on page
180 of your textbook. Click on the assignment, and type your answers to question 1 in the
SUBMISSION BOX (not the comment box) on Blackboard.
Chapter 5 Question:
1. When you interviewed for the position, both the COO and the CEO claimed they wanted “an
outsider to help them step out of the box and innovate.” Yet your experience to date has been
just the opposite. What are you going to do? Hint: you might want to use the 6 steps in decision
making discussed in the chapter.
Grading and Feedback
You can expect this assignment to be graded within 58 hours of the due date. Check “My Grades” for
your grade and feedback.
4) LearnSmart Study Guide
LO 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-5, 5-5
Click on the link for this assignment which will navigate to McGraw-Hill Connect. Review the
information and study the glossary. Answer the embedded questions on LearnSmart.
Grading and Feedback
The assignment will be graded automatically by McGraw-Hill Connect. You may do as many times as
you want to get all 30 questions correct. Check “My Grades” for your grade and feedback.
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5) Drag and Drop Practice
LO 5-2
Click on the link for this assignment which will navigate to McGraw-Hill Connect. Review the
information, then click on “click and drag” to put the boxes in the correct place. You may also click
on the glossary to review the terms. There are two pages (questions).
Grading and Feedback
You can expect this assignment to be scored immediately by McGraw-Hill Connect. Grades will be
posted in the Blackboard gradebook. Check “My Grades” for your grade and feedback.
Assignment Name
Drag and Drop Practice
Graded Assignment
YES
Points Possible
20pts
Privacy Settings
6) Quiz
Individual or Course
LO 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-5, 5-5
Assignment Name
Points Possible
Due Date/Time (if tracking)
Number of
Attempts
Test Duration
Test Availability
Chapter 5 Quiz
15pts
Date @ Time
2
Unlimited
START:
Date @ Time
END:
Date @ Time
Take the Quiz on McGraw-Hill Connect. You may take this quiz a maximum of two (2) times.
Grading and Feedback
You can expect this assignment to be scored immediately by McGraw-Hill Connect. Grades will be
posted in the gradebook. Check “My Grades” for your grade and feedback.
7) Building Management Skills
See the “Building Management Skills” How do you make decisions? Found on page 179 of your
textbook. Answer each of the questions in your Journal including #5 which asks you to evaluate your
decision.
<add journal link>
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Grading and Feedback
You can expect this assignment to be graded within 58 hours of the due date. Check “My Grades” for
your grade and feedback
Next Step: Module 6, Chapter 6: Planning, Strategy, and Competitive
Advantage
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