Groupthink occurs when group members choose not to voice their concerns or objections because they would rather keep the peace and not annoy or antagonize others. Sometimes groupthink occurs because the group has a positive team spirit and camaraderie, and individual group members don’t want that to change by introducing conflict. It can also occur because past successes have made the team complacent where Conformity is the process of matching attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors to group norms. Conformity can be caused by a willingness to follow rules, comply with leadership wishes, and the desire for a sense of protection and security.*Groupthink can happen in any organization, big or small, business or non-profit, and private or public. The key is to realize when it is happening in a group setting and then make the right changes that best fit the organization’s goals and objectives. In the video below, we will see an example of teaching groupthink to students and the importance of enabling others to think for themselves. Please read through both sections before proceeding to the next page, and refer back whenever necessary. Once you have watched the video and read the case study, use the following guidelines to write your paper:This assignment is to be at least 3 pages long (and not more than 5), not including title and reference pages, and should follow the formatting requirements in the College of Business Writing Style Guide.IntroductionIntroduce the topic and summarize the paper.The main body of the paperWhat are the general concepts of groupthink?How can groupthink impact group decision making?What are some ways to eliminate groupthink in a group environment? Provide a personal example of groupthink in an organization that you have been part of.ConclusionProvide a summary of the paper.Provide an overview of what the reader should take away from the paper (purpose).

Can you check on this for me? I did the spreadsheet just need to see if it is correct. :)You are an employee at a full service bookkeeping and auditing firm called Accounting Solutions. You have met with a new client, Jessi Jones, who needs some assistance with her first month of accounting records and financial statements.The client gives you the following information. Use this template to complete the accounting cycle for the month of April for Jessi’s Creative Design. Additional information is located on the Comprehensive Problem Instructions.Note: The Comprehensive Problem Instructions includes Part One, completed and due in Module 02, and Part Two, completed and due in Module 03. For this module, you will complete only Part 2 activities.

Step 1: Prepare for Group Work The international task force has convened, and you begin working with an intelligent and talented group of colleagues. The CEO, Janet Yoon, has selected only the best for this task force, and you are honored to be among them. To address the issues at hand efficiently and effectively, you first need to complete the task force’s team agreement and project work plan. This is especially important because the task force is a new group of specialists that has never before worked together, and the members are living and working in different geographic locations with different time zones. (ALREADY COMPLETED) Every member of the team should submit the team agreement and project work plan to the dropbox located in the final step of this project for review and feedback. You should try to have these items submitted early in Week 9. As you prepare for your work with the international task force, listen to the Jailed in China podcast, which will prepare you for the potential challenges of conducting business abroad. In the next step, you will read more details about the first case the CEO needs the task force to analyze. Step 2: Review the Employment Issues Case URGENT MESSAGE (Special Assignment) From: Janet Yoon, CEO, Colossal Corporation To: International Task Force Hello all, I hope your task force has come together nicely now that you’ve formed your team agreement and have decided on a sound project work plan. I would like this team to review the Employment Issues case file and address the following questions regarding Colossal’s fully owned subsidiary, New Brands Design, Inc. (NBD): From solely an ethical perspective (not a legal perspective), is terminating Elena and Viktor the right thing to do? What other options should be considered and why?  Considering all the relevant factors, what is the best solution? Use ethical theory and analysis to support your answer. What laws would govern these employment issues if Elena, Viktor, Michael, and Beth all worked for NBD's headquarters in the United States? Describe each person's situation, the laws that would apply, and what rights each person would have. Be sure to include all claims and possible defenses. Do the laws listed in your answer to the previous question apply to Elena, Viktor, Michael, and Beth as employees of NBD in Serafini? Describe the laws that apply and the laws that do not apply to each of the four individuals as employees in Serafini and explain your reasoning. Be sure to include all claims and possible defenses. To inform your analysis of these issues, read the background information on employment discrimination and cross-cultural ethical business decision making (specifically focus on the "Ethical Theory in Global Business" resources). If anyone can provide us with guidance on this, it’s this team. Thanks everyone for your dedicated work. Keep leading the way! JanetStep 3: Prepare Your Employment Issues Report Using your outline and research notes, write a report for the CEO, Janet Yoon. Be sure to meet the following requirements: Include APA-formatted in-text citations and an APA-formatted reference list (do not format the body of the report using APA style, just the reference list). See references and citations for details. Include a specific recommendation on what action, if any, the CEO should take based on your analysis and conclusions. Support your conclusions with references to ethical theory, legal principles, and laws. The report should be no more than five pages (double spaced, 12-point font; the reference list does not count towards page limit). Title your file using this protocol: teamName_EmploymentIssues_date.docx. When you have finished, follow the instructions in the final step of this project to submit your report to the Assignments folder. You should try to have this report complete by the end of Week 9. In the next step, you will read about the second case the CEO needs the task force to analyze. Step 4: Review the Dualplex 360 Case URGENT MESSAGE (Special Assignment) From: Janet Yoon, CEO, Colossal Corporation To: International Task Force Good day all, I’m pleased with your analysis of the employment law issues at NBD and would now like you to focus your attention on the Dualplex 360 case file. This is another case arising out of Colossal’s subsidiary, NBD, but involving potential consumer claims against the company. This is a serious and time-sensitive situation, and I need your team to address the following questions: Given what is happening with the Dualplex 360, list the types of claims that the US customers could file in court against NBD and the arguments they might make for each element of their claims. What types of damages could be awarded under any of the claims listed in your response to the previous question? What defenses might NBD have for each claim? How likely is it that NBD will win each claim? To address these issues, begin by reading about tort damages and negligence and products liability. These resources are a great introduction, but you may need to do some additional research on the internet and in the library to answer the questions in full. We are counting on your expertise, insights, and deep research on this one. Thanks team, Janet In the next step, write your Dualplex 360 report. Step 5: Prepare Your Dualplex 360 Report Using your outline and research notes, write a report for the CEO. Be sure to meet the following requirements: Include APA-formatted in-text citations and an APA-formatted reference list (do not format the body of the report using APA style, just the reference list). See references and citations for details. Include a specific recommendation on what action, if any, the CEO should take based on your analysis and conclusions. Support your conclusion with references to legal principles and laws. The report should be no more than five pages (double spaced, 12-point font; the reference list does not count towards page limit). Title your file using this protocol: teamName_Dualplex360_date.docx. When you have finished, submit your report to the Assignments folder. You should try to have this report complete by the end of Week 9. In the next step, you will read about a third case the CEO needs the task force to analyze. Step 6: Review the Norms and Nations Case The task force is doing great. Your team has managed to successfully analyze two complex cases arising from NBD operations and is now ready to move on to the third case file the CEO Yoon provided you, the Norms and Nations case file. This case involves an internal dispute among three of NBD’s executive board members—the VP of manufacturing, the VP of marketing, and the VP of product design—arising from a series of mistakes made when distributing a product. The CEO has asked the task force to write a report with its findings and recommendations for how NBD should handle this situation. Specifically, the report needs to answer the following questions: Was the Chinese supplier ethical in shipping more than 300,000 cases made of real leather instead of the requested faux leather material, even though the supplier was not charging NBD anything extra for the higher cost of real leather? Explain why or why not using ethical theory and principles. When the manufacturing VP contacted the Chinese supplier to complain, the supplier could not understand why NBD was not pleased about receiving a real leather case, given that NBD was still paying for the less expensive faux leather one. Is there a cultural difference between customer expectations and business transactions in the West and in Asia? Explain. As an organization, what strategic errors did the task force observe in the decision making by various individuals in this situation? By the design VP? By the manufacturing VP? By the marketing VP? What is the appropriate strategy going forward? Conduct a SWOT analysis and PESTEL analysis to decipher what NBD should do in light of these strategic errors. To answer these questions, you realize that you will need to gather information about the cultural factors that are in play in this situation, by reading about managing in a global environment, country cultural differences, and cross-cultural ethical business decision making. Although these sources are a great introduction, you realize that you may need to do some additional research on the internet and in the library to fully answer the CEO’s questions. The task force wants to back up its responses with information about relevant differences in cultural expectations in China, South Africa, and the United States and will conduct further research on cultural differences and their impact on global business transactions. In the next step, you will write your report on the Norms and Nations case. Step 7: Prepare Your Norms and Nations Report Using your outline and research notes write a report for the CEO. Be sure to meet the following requirements: Include APA-formatted in-text citations and an APA-formatted reference list (do not format the body of the report using APA style, just the reference list). See references and citations for details. Include a specific recommendation on what action, if any, the CEO should take based on your analysis and conclusions. Support your conclusion with references to cultural norms, strategy, and the principles of SWOT and PESTEL. The report should be no more than five pages (double spaced, 12-point font; the reference list does not count towards page limit). Title your file using this protocol: teamName_NormsandNations_date.docx. When you have finished, submit your report to the Assignments folder. You should try to have this report complete by the end of Week 10. In the next step, you will read about the fourth and final case the CEO needs the task force to analyze. Step 8: Review the International Expansion Case URGENT MESSAGE (Special Assignment) From: Janet Yoon, CEO, Colossal Corporation To: International Task Force Team, I know it’s been a while since I checked in, but I’ve appreciated all of your dedication and progress in these cases. Since you’ve successfully addressed so many complex issues, I’d now like you to weigh in on the International Expansion case file. This final case involves issues arising from NBD’s recent international expansion into Asia. To answer these questions, you may need to review cross-cultural ethical business decision making (specifically focus on the "Cultural Theory in Global Business" resources), and country cultural differences, and will need to do some additional research on the internet and in the library to fully answer my questions. I am confident you will produce great work here. Great teams do great things. Janet In the next step, you will write your International Expansion report. Step 9: Prepare Your International Expansion Report Using your outline and research notes write a report for the CEO. Be sure to meet the following requirements: Include APA-formatted in-text citations and an APA-formatted reference list (do not format the body of the report using APA style, just the reference list). See references and citations for details. Include a specific recommendation on what action, if any, the CEO should take based on your analysis and conclusions. Support your conclusion with references to cultural norms, strategy, and ethical theory and principles. The report should be no more than five pages (double spaced, 12-point font; the reference list does not count towards page limit). Title your file using this protocol: teamName_InternationalExpansion_date.docx. When you have finished, submit your report to the Assignments folder. You should try to have this report complete by the end of Week 10. In the next step, you will complete your Skills Gap Analysis and Global Attitude Protocol survey. Step 10: Complete Skills Gap Analysis INBOX (1 NEW EMAIL) From: Kenneth Dodger, Vice President, Colossal Corporation To: You CC: Simon Barrel, Human Resources Generalist I’ve heard nothing but good things about your work on the international task force. I’ve missed your assistance on my case work. I’m reaching out to let you know that Colossal’s Human Resources department conducts a 10-week post-project self-evaluation of your skills. Using the same skills gap analysis file that was sent to you when you began with us, self-evaluate your project-related knowledge and skills accounting for your growth as you have worked on the other projects within our organization. The skills gap analysis will help you identify the skill areas you have enhanced by completing the previous five projects and will reflect any changes in way you see the importance of those skills to your career success. Complete your final skills gap analysis by the end of Week 10. Carefully follow the instructions below: Use the same skills gap analysis file you used at the beginning of the course to self-evaluate the knowledge and skills you gained from working with Colossal. To complete this step, use the Project 5 worksheet by clicking the appropriate tab on the bottom of the spreadsheet. Use the text box at the bottom of the page to write a reflection of no more than 500 words that identifies two to three skill gaps you worked to reduce over the past 10 weeks and discusses whether and how much you improved. Also reflect on the learning activities you pursued to help you develop your selected competencies. Submit your updated skills gap analysis to the submission folder located in the final step of this project. I’m sure you’ll be pleased with your progress. I’ve CC’d our human resources generalist on this email as well so they are informed that you have the documents to complete. Best, Ken When you have completed Step 10, move on to Step 11 where you will submit all work for Project 5.