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Organizational Behavior
Set up a class debate titled 'In the end, when you want to motivate people, all that matters is money - everyone has a price!' Have one team argue for the statement and one team against. Both groups
How might a leader be able to inspire people through the principles espoused by self-determination theory?
What is coaching and why is it a critical component of leadership?
Is it realistic to assume that the concept of positive psychology can applied in the business world? Why or why not?
This case is about the CLIF Bar organization, and is presented from the perspective of the third person. It demonstrates authentic leadership which is a concept based in:(a) self- awareness;(b)
Identify the three levels of organizational culture and evaluate the roles they play in an organization.
Evaluate the four functions of organizational culture within an organization.
Explain the relationship between organizational culture and performance.
Describe five ways leaders reinforce organizational culture.
Describe the three stages of organizational socialization and the ways culture is communicated in each step.
Discuss how managers assess their organization’s culture.
Explain actions managers can take to change organizational culture.
Identify the challenges organizations face developing positive, cohesive, cultures.
Explain occupational and organizational choice decisions.
Identify foundations for a successful career.
Explain the career stage model.
Explain the major tasks facing individuals in the establishment stage of the career stage model.
Identify the issues confronting individuals in the advancement stage of the career stage model.
Describe how individuals can navigate the challenges of the maintenance stage of the career stage model.
Explain how individuals withdraw from the workforce.
Explain how career anchors help form a career identity.
Describe how different types of change vary in scope.
Discuss methods organizations can use to manage resistance to change.
Explain Lewin’s organizational change model.
Explain how companies determine the need to conduct an organization development intervention.
Discuss the major group-focused techniques for organization development intervention.
Discuss the major individual-focused techniques for organization development intervention.
What is the difference between incremental, strategic, and transformational changes?
Select one of the three challenges (globalization, diversity, and ethics) and write a brief position paper arguing for its importance to managers.
Have each student find someone whose culture is different from your own. This might be a classmate, an international student, or a Native American at your university. Have students ask their
In recent times, the U.S. Supreme Court has become more diverse than it ever was. Its demographic makeup became more diverse in August 2010 when Elena Kagan was sworn in as the 112th justice. Three
What advice would you give to Reed Hastings regarding handling the pushback from competitors and other affected businesses?
Unlike leading candy manufacturers that deliver sweets in high volume, Theo produces award winning organic chocolate in small batches. The company boasts a bean-to-bar production method that uses
In recent times, the U.S. Supreme Court has become more diverse than it ever was. Its demographic makeup became more diverse in August 2010 when Elena Kagan was sworn in as the 112th justice. Three
Describe individual differences and explain why they are important in understanding organizational behavior.
Articulate key personality traits and explain how they influence behavior in organizations.
Discuss how personality theories may be applied in organizations.
Define social perception and explain the factors that affect it.
Identify five common barriers to social perception and explain the difficulties they cause.
Explain the attribution process and how attributions affect managerial behavior.
Assign students to develop a section of a training program focused on helping interviewers develop better social perception skills. Be sure to address barriers to social perception and ways to avoid
Pure awesome.” That’s how thirty-one-year-old Marianne Kirby describes herself. Weighing in at a hefty 319 pounds, Kirby likes what she sees when she looks in the mirror. Twenty-one-year-old
When Theo first started its production, the company offered an exotic line of dark and milk chocolate bars and truffles with unusual names like the 3400 Phinney Bar, and Bread & Chocolate. But
Explain the ABC model of an attitude.
Describe how attitudes are formed.
Identify sources of job satisfaction and commitment.
Distinguish between organizational citizenship and workplace deviance behaviors.
Identify the characteristics of the source, target, and message that affect persuasion.
Discuss the definition and importance of emotions at work.
Contrast the effects of individual and organizational influences on ethical behavior.
Identify the factors that affect ethical behavior.
Sarah Kovacs supervises a team of ten employees in the human resources department of Paddington, Inc. She strives to match each of her team member’s strengths with their allotted tasks. For the
Define motivation and articulate different views of how individuals are motivated at work.
Explain Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and its two main modifications.
Discuss how the needs for achievement, power, and affiliation influence an individual’s behavior in the workplace.
Describe the two-factor theory of motivation.
Explain two new ideas in human motivation.
Describe the role of inequity in motivation.
Describe the expectancy theory of motivation.
Describe the cultural differences in motivation.
Paying a child $200 to go one month without watching TV? That’s the kind of extreme action some parents will take to get their children to cooperate. Bribery? Maybe. Whether called bribery or
Describe behavioral theories of learning.
Describe social and cognitive theories of learning.
Explain how goal setting can be used to direct learning and performance.
Define performance and identify the tools used to measure it.
Explain the importance of performance feedback and how it can be delivered effectively.
Identify ways managers can reward performance.
List several strategies for correcting poor performance.
At Barcelona Restaurant Group it’s about more than food: it’s about an experience. Cuisine is only 50 percent of the total Barcelona experience; the other half is made up of intangibles such as
Margaret Dawson supervises a team of six salespeople within Smith & Yardley, Inc., and she’s been with the company for five years. As her team was assembled, Margaret worked assertively to make
Compare four different approaches to stress.
Explain the psychophysiology of the stress response.
Identify work and nonwork causes of stress.
Discuss individual factors that influence a person’s response to stress and strain.
Identify the stages and elements of preventive stress management for individuals and organizations.
What are the major psychological, medical, and behavioral consequences of distress?
Describe the interpersonal communication process and the role of listening in the process.
Describe the five communication skills of effective supervisors.
Explain five communication barriers and the gateways through them.
Distinguish between civility and incivility, and defensive and nondefensive communication.
Explain positive, healthy communication.
Identify how new communication technologies and social media affect the communication process.
Dan Neville is the manager for a team of engineers at RFC, Inc. He is responsible for coordinating his team’s efforts on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis, as well as assuring that they are
Plant Fantasies owner Teresa Carleo doesn’t use e-mail, Facebook, or Twitter. At first glance, her preference for traditional communication methods seems out of touch with twenty-first century
Define group and work team.
Explain the benefits organizations and individuals derive from working in teams.
Describe how groups form and develop.
Explain how task and maintenance functions influence group performance.
Discuss the factors that influence group effectiveness.
Describe how empowerment relates to self-managed teams.
Explain the importance of upper echelons and top management teams.
Over the past 15 years, Noëlle Lenoir has put together an impressive list of accomplishments. She has practiced international law, taught at Columbia University’s law school, served as the French
Identify the steps in the decision-making process.
Describe various models of decision making.
Discuss the individual influences that affect decision making.
Explain how groups make decisions.
Describe the role culture plays in decision making.
Explain how organizations can improve the quality of decisions through participation.
Discuss the usefulness of the bounded rationality model in today’s organizations.
What techniques can be used to improve group decisions?
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