Summative Discussion Board
Within the Discussion Board area, write 400–600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.
Summative Discussion Board
Review and reflect on the knowledge you have gained from this course. Based on your review and reflection, write at least 3 paragraphs on the following:
- What were the most compelling topics learned in this course?
- How did participating in discussions help your understanding of the subject matter? Is anything still unclear that could be clarified?
- What approaches could have yielded additional valuable information?
- The main post should include at least 1 reference to research sources, and all sources should be cited using APA format.
Responses to Other Students:(SEE BELOW) Respond to at least 2 of your fellow classmates with a reply of 100–200 words about their Primary Task Response regarding items you found to be compelling and enlightening. To help you with your discussion, please consider the following questions:
- What did you learn from your classmate’s posting?
- What additional questions do you have after reading the posting?
- What clarification do you need regarding the posting?
- What differences or similarities do you see between your posting and other classmates’ postings?
POST Needing Responses
POST#1
Rhiannon Stephan
What were some of the most compelling topics learned in this course?
I really enjoyed learning the different ways to handling conflict, stress, and the various methods and theory’s that are associated to handling them. Doing the DB from unit 2 was very interesting since you had to research each method or theory to answer questions based off of Al Waysright scenario. I was surprised of how each of these theory’s and methods variated but still serving the same purpose for what motivates individuals. I had heard of Maslow’s Hierarchy, Equity Theory, and Vrooms Expectancy Theory from previous classes. I do and don’t like Vrooms Expectancy theory. Vroom states that “theory emphasizes the needs for organizations to relate rewards directly to performance and to ensure that the rewards provided are those rewards deserved and wanted by the recipients” (PSYNSO, 2018). I do and don’t think that people deserve getting a reward for just doing their job. If people got rewards for doing their job than they expect it. If not given the reward they will slow down or not care.
How did participating in discussions help your understanding of the subject matter?
I like discussion post. I know that most find it daunting but I like to see the variations each student comes up with based on the subject matter. For the most time it can seem discouraging having to respond to other students but I enjoy the feedback I receive. This gives me another perspective and makes me think about the subject matter in another way.
Is anything still unclear that could be clarified?
For the most part I feel that I gained quite a lot of new information. I would like to have seen students’ responses in the live/archive chats. I could not attend the live chat and when reviewing I can’t see the students written text. Most times the text would be written out loud but sometimes it was just responded to and I had no clue as to what was asked.
What approaches could have yielded additional valuable information?
I would have like to have done more work with each methodology and theories used in the unit 2 discussion board. I found them very interesting for some of them I hadn’t had the chance to work on. I feel that I have gain quite a bit of knowledge and have found this class to be very interesting.
References
Project Management Institute, A guide to the project management body of knowledge (PMBOK ® guide), Fifth Edition, Project Management Institute Inc. 2017. [Vitalsource version]. Retrieved from https://online.vitalsource.com/#/books/97819355898…
Psynso. (2018). Victor Vroom’s Expectancy Theory/Management. Psynso.com. Retrieved from https://psynso.com/victor-vrooms-expectancy-theory…
POST #2- WILL BE ADDED BEFORE THURSDAY
