Please read the following directions and guidelines to complete your discussion:

• To begin the discussion, click on Create Thread to start your entry.
• Your discussion thread and responses should be thorough, thoughtful, and substantive.
• Support your statements with examples, experiences, and/or references where applicable.
• Initial threads must have 500-750 words, with responses to colleague 150-200 words.
• Use APA format to cite any material you take directly from a source or paraphrase.
  • Each post and response must have at least one citation.
• Your initial response is due by Wednesday at 11:59 p.m.
• You must respond to two of your peers threads by Friday at 11:59 p.m.
  • Please do not respond to a colleague that already has three responses.
• You must respond to comments received from your peers on your original post by Sunday at 11:59 p.m.
• A rubric will be used to assess your responses.

Instructions, Discussion Questions and Prompts:

• After reviewing all instructional content for Week 2, reflect on an experience(s) that you have had in a work situation that was either positively impacted by or negatively impacted by the lack of cross functional decision making.
• Describe how, by making different decisions, the outcome may have been impacted.
• Describe this situation or situations and how the outcome of the situation was impacted by two or more influences on operations management. Influences referenced in this discussion should be drawn from those noted within the Week 2 course content slides.
• Post your response by Wednesday at 11:59 p.m.
• Next, view the postings of your colleagues.
• By Friday at 11:59 p.m., respond to two of your colleagues with at least one comment and one clarifying and probing question related to their post.
• By Sunday at 11:59 p.m., respond back to any questions that you have received from your peers who replied to your original post. Offer them additional insight and/or address this topic further.

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