This guide is for BUSI 700 Week 2 Group Discussion Board Forum 1, start to submission. A group discussion of Browne and Keeley's critical thinking questions, posted class-wide, with an individual reply to another group.
BUSI 700 is Doctor of Business Administration Orientation, 3 credit hours, in Liberty University's Doctor of Business Administration. Canvas and the course guide file print the code as BUSI700; it is the same course.
| Course | BUSI 700 Doctor of Business Administration Orientation |
|---|---|
| Module/Week | 2 |
| Points | 150 points |
| Length | No minimum word count |
| Replies | An individual reply to another group's posting in the class-wide forum |
| Sources | Browne and Keeley |
| Faith integration | Not required by the guide |
| Format | Group forum, then class-wide forum; formal APA not required |
What BUSI 700 Week 2 Group Discussion Board Forum 1 asks for
Your instructor places you in a group. For each group forum you post a thread responding to the prompt; there is no minimum word count, but the group must collectively show course knowledge. One member posts the group's presentation to the class-wide forum, and each student replies individually to another group's posting there; formal APA is not required. Forum 1 is due in Module/Week 2 with Browne and Keeley. Worth 150 points.
Where it fits in BUSI 700
In the published schedule, Group Discussion Board Forum 1 is one of 8 graded written assignments in BUSI 700. It follows Week 1 Current Business Essay Rough Draft and comes before Week 3 Group Discussion Board Forum 2.
How BUSI 700 Week 2 Group Discussion Board Forum 1 is graded
Liberty grades Group Discussion Board Forum 1 with the rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas, worth 150 points in the published guide. That is about 15% of the course's 1,010 points. Open the rubric before you draft and read across each row: the top column describes what full credit looks like, and the gap between columns tells you what costs points.
Course grades in BUSI 700 use Liberty's point scale: an A is 960 to 1010 points of the course total. Missing the length or source minimum usually costs points on several rows at once, which is why the checklist below starts with them.
Timing in the published guide: Each course module/week begins on Monday morning at 12:00 a.m. (ET) and ends on Sunday night at 11:59 p.m. (ET). The final module/week ends at 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Friday. Check the due dates in your Canvas section, which govern.
The BUSI 700 Week 2 method, step by step
Read the prompt against the week's material
Open the Group Discussion Board Forum 1 prompt in Canvas and list every question it asks before you read anything else. Most BUSI 700 prompts ask two or three linked things; a thread that answers only the first is graded as incomplete no matter how well it is written.
Take a position in the first two sentences
Graders read dozens of threads. State your answer to the main question at the top, then spend the rest of the thread earning it. A thread that warms up for a paragraph loses the reader before the course concepts arrive.
Build the body from course concepts
Name the concept from the textbook or presentation, define it in one line, and then apply it to the case or question in the prompt. Application is what separates a strong thread from a summary of the chapter.
Place the sources where they do work
Meet the source rule (Browne and Keeley) inside the argument, not in a closing sentence. Cite the textbook where you define a concept and a peer-reviewed article where you make a claim that needs evidence.
Connect it to practice
Close the argument with application. Name the setting and what someone there would do differently because of your answer.
Write replies that add something
Replies are graded too (An individual reply to another group's posting in the class-wide forum). Agree or disagree with a specific point, add a source or example the classmate did not use, and ask one real question. Praise alone does not meet the word count in substance.
Pick a business claim, such as an executive's statement in the news, and run it through several of the book's questions as a group, so the presentation demonstrates the method rather than summarizing it.
A structure for BUSI 700 Week 2 Group Discussion Board Forum 1
Word targets are planning numbers for about 600 words of body text, set by the length in the guide; the rubric decides where to spend more.
| Section | What it must do | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Opening | Answer the main question of the prompt directly and state your position. | ~100 words |
| Concept | Define the course concept from the week's reading that the prompt turns on. | ~160 words |
| Application | Apply the concept to the case, setting or question in the prompt. | ~180 words |
| Evidence | Bring in the required sources where they support a specific claim. | ~120 words |
| Close | Restate the answer and what it means for practice or the field. | ~40 words |
A topic angle that works
Browne and Keeley teach critical thinking through questions: What are the issues and conclusions? What are the reasons? Which words are ambiguous? What are the assumptions? Are there fallacies? How good is the evidence? Apply them to a real business argument.
Model paragraph with notes
An original paragraph written by our desk to show the register that earns full rubric credit. It is study material: learn the moves, then write your own.
A CEO claims that returning to the office will improve innovation. Applying Browne and Keeley, the conclusion is clear, but the reasons rest on an assumption that in-person contact produces innovation, which the CEO does not support with evidence. The word innovation is also ambiguous: does it mean patents, new products or process improvements?
- The conclusion.
- A hidden assumption.
- An ambiguous term.
Mistakes that cost points on BUSI 700 Week 2
- Summarizing the book.
- Little group discussion.
- No reply to another group.
Checklist before you submit
- Length: No minimum word count
- Sources: Browne and Keeley
- Replies: An individual reply to another group's posting in the class-wide forum
- Every question in the prompt is answered, in order
- The thread is typed into the text box, not attached
- Each rubric row read against the section that answers it
Questions students ask
Is there a word count for BUSI 700 forums?
No minimum, but the group must collectively demonstrate course knowledge.
How many points is BUSI 700 Week 2 Group Discussion Board Forum 1 worth?
150 points in Liberty's published course guide for BUSI 700, out of a course total of 1,010 points (about 15% of the grade). The rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas shows how those points are divided.
Is BUSI 700 Week 2 the same in every section of BUSI 700?
This guide follows Liberty's published course guide for BUSI 700. Liberty notes that course content can change from term to term, so if your Canvas section shows different instructions, a different week or different points, follow Canvas and your instructor.
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