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Name 12 mechanisms by which an organization’s members teach each other preferred values, beliefs, expectations, and behaviors.
How would you describe the four kinds of organizational cultures, according to the competing values framework?
To implement an organization’s strategy, what are the two kinds of important areas that managers must determine?
What are three group problem-solving techniques?
Can you name the nine common decision-making biases?
What are three common grand strategies?
Describe four techniques that can help you formulate a grand strategy.
Explain what SWOT is.
What is competitive intelligence?
Name some characteristics of good mission, vision, and values statements.
Explain the planning/control cycle.
Why are they important?
Of the 11 groups in the task environment, which 5 do you consider most important, and why?
To what extent is Marshall's attempts to motivate students and teachers consistent with both equity and expectancy theory? Explain.
Which needs contained in Maslow, Alderfer, and McClelland's theories are likely to motivate teachers to higher levels of performance? Explain your rationale.
What are the key lessons learned from this case?Discuss ..
What are some ways you could improve your time- management skills? Discuss.
Many statements in the assessment represent pro- crastination, with good intentions being eclipsed by excuses and bad time management. Do you fre- quently procrastinate?
Were you surprised by the results? Why or why not?
What are the most important takeaways from this case? Explain your rationale.
Why would the union be uppused to the changes tak-ing place in the plant? Explain.
To what extent does the control program being used in the plant follow the keys to successful control sys-tems? Discuss.
If you were charged with creating a balanced score-card for the Burns Harbor plant. what SMART goals( see Chapter 5) would you use as standards to assess performance in the four categories in your score-card? Develop one SMART goal for each scorecard category.
To what extent do the changes at the Burns Harbor plant follow the control process shown in Figure 16.4? Discuss.
What are the pros and cons of ArcelorMittal's twin- ning program? Explain.
How important is it to know the learning style of those you work with? Explain.
How valuable is it to know your learning style? Does it help explain why you did well in some learning situations and poorly in others? Describe and explain.
Do you agree with the assessment? Why or why not?Explain.
What does this case teach you about effective com-munication? Explain.
Do you agree with Cintas Corp.'s decision to block access to Facebook, Twitter. Pandora, and Netflix during work hours? Why?
What is your overall opinion about P&G's decision to restrict the use of various Internet sites?
Will P&G's decision result in the loss of any of the benefits associated with social media? Discuss your rationale.
Which of the downsides to social media are occur-ring at P &G? Explain.
Who owns the quality of your leader-member ex- change? Discuss your rationale.
Do you have low or high job satisfaction? Does this assessment correlate with the quality of your leader-member exchange? Explain.
Look at the dimension of LMX in which you scored lowest. What can you do to Improve scores on this dimension? Explain.
Were you surprised by your results? Why or why not?
What did you learn about leadership from this case?
Would you like to work for Lynn Tilton? Explain why or why not.
To what extent does Tilton display situational ap-proaches toward leadership? Explain.
Which different positive and negative leadership traits and styles are displayed by Tilton? Cite examples.
Use Table 14.3 to evaluate the extent to which Lynn Tilton displays the characteristics associated with being a good leader and good manager.
What are some skills you can work on to become more effective at handling conflict? Describe and explain.
Is your conflict-handling style one that can be used in many different conflict scenarios? Explain.
Were the scores for your primary and backup conflict-handling styles relatively similar, or was there a large gap? What does this imply? Discuss.
Were you surprised by the results? Why or why not?Explain.
Do you like the approach used to handle the deeply skilled and incredibly nasty engineer described in the case? Explain your rationale, and describe what you might have done differently.
What are the pros and cons of the hiring process used at Pulse ?? Why does this process potentially reduce the number of "bad apples" that are hired?
Which of the characteristics of high-performing teams would be negatively influenced by hiring"bad apples"?
How would "bad apples" affect each stage of the group and team development process? Explain,
Using Table 13.2 as a guide, which type of team do you think is most likely to be affected by "bad ap-ples""? Discuss your rationale.
Using the survey items as a foundation. how should managers try to motivate Benevolents. Equity Sensi-tives, and Entitleds? Discuss in detail.
To what extent are the results consistent with your self-perception? Explain.
What type of reinforcement is Marshall using to motivate students to attend classes and study?
To what extent are Marshall Metro's attempts to motivate students consistent with recommendations derived from need theories? Discuss.
Do you think your El would help or hinder you when working in a team?
Look at the three items on which your score was lowest. What are some skills or attitudes you can work on to improve your El? Explain.
Did the results surprise you? Why or why not?
What factors were causing stress for Jobs? Explain.
Do you believe that Jobs's personality and attitudes affected the workplace attitudes and behaviors of Apple employees? Explain your rationale.
What were Jobs's attitudes about effective leader-ship? Use the three components of attitudes.
How would you evaluate Jobs in terms of the five traits important to organizational behavior? Explain.
How would you evaluate Jobs in terms of the Big Five personality dimensions?
What are some ways being adaptable can improve the way you handle change? Discuss.
Look at the areas where your score was the lowest.What are some skills you can work on or gain to in-crease your adaptability? Describe and explain.
Were you surprised by your results? Why or why not?
How might Plattner have used Lewin's and Kotter's models of change to increase the probability of achieving positive organizational change? Provide specific recommendations.
Why are some SAP employees resisting change?Explain.
To what extent has Hasso Plattner followed the four steps for fostering innovation? Do you think he could have done more to accomplish step 3? Explain.
Which of the four targeted areas of change is SAP focusing on? Provide examples.
Which of the forces for change are causing SAP to undertake major organizational change? Explain.
Look at the top two areas of HR for which you tested as being best suited. Look over the descriptions of these fields. What skills do you need to have to be successful? Describe.
To what extent did the results fit your Interests?Explain.
Would you like to work at Netflix? Provide your rationale.
Do you like Netflix's approach to firing employees?Explain.
What is your evaluation of Netflix's approach to training and performance appraisal? Discuss your rationale.
What are the specific human resource practices that Netflix is using to recruit and retain high-quality employees? Explain why they are effective in this context.
If you were hiring people at Netflix, what questions would you ask applicants to determine if they would fit into the corporate culture? Generate three to five questions.
How would you describe Netflix's organizational culture? Explain.
What is the most important lesson from this case?Discuss,
Does Mr. Lowell want to create more of a mechanis-tic or organic organization? Explain.
Which of the 11 ways to change an organizational culture has Verizon used to create its current culture?Provide examples to support your conclusions.
What type of culture is desired by CEO Lowell McAdam to meet his goals? Discuss.
Using the competing values framework as a point of reference, how would you describe Verizon's current organizational culture? Provide examples to support your conclusions.
Which of the other decision-making styles is least consistent with your style ?? How might you work more effectively with someone who has this style?Discuss.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of your style? Discuss,
Do the results accurately reflect your self-perceptions?Explain.
What are your highest- and lowest-rated styles?
What are the pros and cons of encouraging people to take risks and fail in the pursuit of innovation? All told. do you think that it is a good idea to reward people for failure? Explain.
Which of the common decision-making biases is likely to be reduced by encouraging people to take risks and fail? Explain your rationale.
What type of decision-making styles were used by Amanda Zolten and Tor Myhren?
Which of the seven evidence-based decision-making implementation principles is consistent with the idea of recognizing failure to promote innovation? Pro-vide examples to support your conclusions.
Did Amanda Zolten use more of a rational or nonra-tional process when deciding to bring kitty litter to a meeting? Explain.
How might you enhance your strategic skills?Discuss.
What appeals or does not appeal to you about this career? Explain.
Based on your results, do you think you would like to make a career out of strategic planning? Why or why not?
What is the greatest takeaway from this case in terms of strategic management?
Which of Michael Porter's four competitive strate-gies is Penney trying to follow? Discuss.
Conduct an environmental scan or SWOT analysis of Penney's current reality and recommend whether the company's current strategy is poised to succeed.
To what extent is Penney following the five steps of the strategic-management process?

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