Management A Practical Introduction 10th International Edition Angelo Kinicki, Denise Breaux Soignet - Solutions

I’m not sure who is right or wrong. I don’t like the idea of wrongfully identifying and accusing people as criminals, but I also see the potential benefits of such a program for society.
What is your level of generalized self-efficacy?
Examine the three lowest item scores and determine the issues that are lowering your level of efficacy. What might you do to improve your generalized self-efficacy based on this determination?
What things might you say during an interview to demonstrate that you possess the career readiness competency of generalized self-efficacy?
How do you stand on the five dimensions of emotional intelligence?
Use the scores from the items to identify your strengths and liabilities.
Identify two ways you can increase your emotional intelligence.
What things might you say during an interview to demonstrate that you possess the career readiness competency of emotional intelligence?
How do you stand on the two dimensions underlying a positive approach?
Based on individual item scores, identify one strength and one weakness for the dimensions of positive attitude and feedback seeking and acceptance. Now discuss the actions you might take to improve your weaknesses.
What things might you say in an interview to demonstrate that you possess this career readiness competency?
What is your level of engagement?
Find your three lowest-rated items. Based on the content of these items, what can you do to improve your level of engagement? Hint: Doing this requires you to identify the cause of the low ratings for each item.
What might you say during an interview to demonstrate that you possess the career readiness competency of self-motivation?
What is your level of satisfaction with recognition, compensation, and supervision?
If you have low to medium satisfaction with any aspect of the job, identify what can be done to increase your job satisfaction. Be sure to consider what you can do, what your boss might do, or what the organization might do.Be specific.
What is the quality of your relationships with older employees? How about your satisfaction with working with older people?
How might the quality of relationships with older employees affect your performance and promotability?
What things might you say during an interview to demonstrate that you can work with people of all ages?
What is the underlying problem in this case from coCEO Haselden’s point of view? Do you believe coCEO Korey has a different point of view?
What do you think Away needs to do to reduce employee stress and burnout?Application of Chapter Content
Use the Big Five personality dimensions to describe co-CEO Korey. Justify your description.
How would you characterize co-CEO Korey’s emotional intelligence?
How does the company view employees who want to take time off or who do not immediately answer messages? Use attributional tendencies in your analysis.
What impact does Away’s culture have on employee engagement, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment? Explain.
Which barriers to diversity is Away displaying?
What sources of job-related stress exist at Away? How can these be remedied?
I recommend creating a national standard for airline seats based on the average passenger as opposed to using gender as part of the computation. I would standardize seat width based on passengers’ average hip size. I also would standardize seat pitch so that it accommodates passengers’ average
Let market forces determine the design of airplanes and fares. The government should stay out of this issue. For example, Airbus’s A220 expanded seat width to 18.5 inches and included 19 inches for the middle seat.398
Because women, on average, have larger hip breadth than men, it is not fair to base fees on the size of a seat. This would disadvantage women. I would standardize seat width based on the average size of women. People can pay extra fees if they want additional seat width or pitch.
Define how managers foster a learning organization, high-performance work practices, and shared value and sustainable development.
Study jobs and determine which people are best suited to specific jobs.
Identify the psychological conditions under which employees do their best work.
Devise management strategies to influence employees to follow management’s interests.
To what extent do you think your results are an accurate reflection of your beliefs about others? Are you surprised by the results?
As a leader of a student or work-related project team, how might your results affect your approach toward leading others? Explain.
If an employee doesn’t seem to show ambition, can that be changed? Discuss.
What kind of office arrangements do you think would work best and why?
Do you think the application of big data could stifle managers’decision-making abilities?
How was U.S. Steel impacted by the four parts of a system?
Are there any downsides to these appeals to parents by U.S. manufacturers? What other contingency approaches can you suggest to help solve their recruiting problem?
What are the strengths and weaknesses of this company in terms of being a learning organization?
If you were CEO of this organization, what changes would you make based on your survey results? Explain.
What suggestions would you make for how this organization might (1) build a commitment to learning,(2) work to generate ideas with impact, and (3) work to generalize ideas with impact? Discuss.
How does the learning score for the organization probably compare with the scores of other organizations you are familiar with?
What is the underlying problem in this case from Stella McCartney’s perspective?
What are the key causes of this problem?Application of Chapter Content
Use the four parts of a system to find a solution to McCartney’s environmental challenges. Provide support for your conclusions.
Does evidence-based management support McCartney’s claims that her products are more eco-friendly than traditional leather? Explain.
Is McCartney an example of a leader effectively using shared value and sustainable development? Why or why not?
What key lessons from this chapter could McCartney use to improve how her products are perceived by the market? Explain.
Meet with Jim to review his behavior. Tell him that any more acts of insubordination will result in termination. Don’t make a big deal about these events and don’t include documentation in his personnel file.
Put Jim on the list of people to be laid off. Although the company will have to pay him severance, the money reduces the chance he would file a lawsuit against the company.
Call your human resource (HR) representative and discuss the legality of firing Jim. Jim was insubordinate in hiring a consultant and irresponsible for not submitting his list of potential employees to be laid off. If HR agrees, I would fire Jim.
Reprimand Jim by putting him on a performance improvement plan (PIP). This plan outlines specific changes Jim needs to make going forward, and it gives him a chance to make up for his poor decisions.
Describe the triple bottom line of people, planet, and profit and its importance to younger workers.
Discuss the role of corporate governance in building ethical and socially responsible organizations.
Are your views more idealistic or more relativistic?
What do you think about students cheating on homework assignments in school? What about cheating on exams?
Are your answers consistent with your score? Explain.
What can you say during an interview to demonstrate an ethical orientation?
Do you believe corporate social responsibility really has benefits? Can you think of any highly profitable and legal businesses that do not practice any kind of social responsibility?
Where do you stand on corporate social responsibility?
What life events have influenced your attitudes toward corporate social responsibility? Discuss.
Based on the three lowest-rated items in the survey, how might you foster a more positive attitude toward social responsibility? Explain.
What can you say during an interview to demonstrate a positive attitude toward corporate responsibility?`
2. What life events have influenced your attitudes toward corporate social responsibility? Discuss.
Based on the three lowest-rated items in the survey, how might you foster a more positive attitude toward social responsibility? Explain.
What can you say during an interview to demonstrate a positive attitude toward corporate responsibility?`
What is the underlying problem in this case from the perspective of the federal government, the parents, and the prospective college students?
Why do you think the parents were willing to play such a significant and risky role in their kids’ college admissions?
How do you think the higher education system and the government should move forward to prevent the same behavior from occurring in the future?
How do you think the general environment, particularly economic, demographic, international, and sociocultural forces, fed into the admissions scandal?
Are the children who were aware of the cheating scheme purely victims in this situation, or should they also be considered unethical? Explain your answer using one of the four approaches to deciding ethical dilemmas.
What might universities do to promote higher ethical standards among their admissions departments, coaching staff, and other decision makers?
Do you think the punishments handed down in court will be enough to deter similar scams from happening again?
Based on what you’ve learned about Rick Singer, his involvement, and his decision to cooperate in the investigation, where would you place his level of moral development? Explain your answer.
Apply for loan forgiveness and hope that the broad language of the law will make an exception for your state college education and loan. Besides, what’s wrong with asking?
Apply for loan forgiveness. After all, you aren’t benefiting from your education, someone should have told you that you needed a graduate degree in psychology to get a good job, and there is no clear definition of fraud.
Don’t apply. You were never promised a job and you made the decision to major in psychology. You could have chosen a field with more job opportunities.
Describe how the concept of creating shared value improves upon the traditional approach to corporate social responsibility.
Discuss the roles various stakeholders play in creating shared value.
Explain recommendations for creating shared value in light of current progress and challenges.
How do you think this example demonstrates the key process of transformation of the value chain?
What are the key differences between the two initiatives at Campbell Soup? What additional opportunities might the company have to create shared value through its core business activities?
On which of the SDGs do you think the private sector can have the biggest impact?
What are some other ways that entrepreneurs might use smartphone technology to create shared value?
Why do you think it is so important for companies to understand and collaborate with their ecosystems in order to create shared value?
How is the global economy both helping and hurting Huawei?
If you were leading Huawei’s expansion overseas, what type of international manager would you want to be—ethnocentric, polycentric, or geocentric? Explain your decision.
Based on Figure 4.1, which ways of expanding internationally has Huawei employed? Provide specific examples.
Huawei is based in China and looking to expand to Russia and Brazil. China, Russia, and Brazil are BRICS nations. Why is this significant?
Assume Huawei is allowed to enter the U.S. market.Based on GLOBE cultural dimensions, the United States scores lower than China on power distance, ingroup collectivism, and uncertainty avoidance. With this in mind, how would you advise Huawei, a Chinese company, to modify its practices if it plans
Qatar should be stripped of its right to host the 2022 World Cup. There is obviously evidence of bribery and such an important tournament should not be tainted.
So far, prosecutors have not uncovered anything directly tying the Qataris to the corruption scandal.Stripping Qatar of its hosting privileges while it is building the infrastructure to host the tournament will lead to millions, or possibly billions, of dollars in losses and a significant number of
FIFA should have a third party open its own investigation of the events leading up to Qatar’s being granted hosting privileges. The conclusion of this investigation should dictate what happens to the 2022 bid.
What did you learn about your future career identity? Are you surprised by the results?
Write a personal mission and vision statement using ideas discussed in this section. Share it with a friend for feedback.
Based on your results, what might you do to enhance your future career identity? Explain.
What things can you say during an interview to demonstrate that you possess the career-readiness competency of career management?

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