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Organizational Behavior
Aaron Chomsky, Jr. has been CEO of Varnett Publishing for twenty-five years; his father, Aaron Sr., founded the company in 1921. In the last thirty years, Varnett has acquired many smaller publishing
Describe the concept of power.
Identify forms and sources of power in organizations.
Describe the role of ethics in using power.
Identify symbols of power and powerlessness in organizations.
Define organizational politics and understand the role of political skill and major influence tactics.
Identify ways to manage political behavior in organizations.
What are the intergroup sources of power?
Identify the important system components of an organization.
Describe the formal and informal elements of an organization.
Identify factors that contribute to the diversity of organizations in the economy.
Describe the opportunities that change creates for organizational behavior.
Demonstrate the value of objective knowledge and skill development in the study of organizational behavior.
American women are finally in a position to surpass men in the workforce, but it took an economic recession for them to do it. The layoffs and plant closures experienced in the manufacturing and
Facebook, led by Mark Zuckerberg, has been at the center of transforming how the world communicates, and it has experienced phenomenal growth since its founding in 2004. According to one observer,
Like many other American brands, Holden apparel is made in China. LeBlanc explains that while he would like to manufacture lines in the United States, government regulations, labor costs, and high
Describe the factors that affect organizations competing in the global economy.
Explain how cultural differences form the basis of work-related attitudes.
Describe the challenges and positive influences diversity brings to today’s business environment.
Discuss the role of ethics, character, and personal integrity in the organization.
Explain five issues that pose ethical dilemmas for managers.
Keith Ruth was very surprised when he was approached by PricewaterhouseCoopers chief diversity officer to help lead the firm’s corporate diversity effort. Why was he so surprised? Because Ruth is a
Discuss the differences between leadership and management and between leaders and managers.
Explain the role of trait theory in describing leaders.
Describe the role of foundational behavioral research in the development of leadership theories.
Discuss the recent developments in leadership theory of leader–member exchange and inspirational leadership.
Discuss how issues of emotional intelligence, trust, gender, and servant leadership are informing today’s leadership models.
Define followership and identify different types of followers.
Synthesize historical leadership research into key guidelines for leaders.
At Barcelona, life is all about authentic cuisine, exceptional service, and a good time. But, delivering this eclectic dining experience involves a serious, sometimes confrontational, approach to
Maria Vasquez has called a department meeting to address a critical issue affecting Universal Product Shipping as a whole. Maria’s department seems unable to meet their deadline, and as a result,
Describe the nature of conflicts in organizations.
Explain the role structural and personal factors play in causing conflict in organizations.
Discuss the nature of group conflict in organizations.
Describe the factors that influence conflict between individuals in organizations.
Describe effective and ineffective techniques for managing conflict.
Differentiate between job and work.
Discuss the traditional approaches to job design.
Identify and describe alternative approaches to job design.
Identify and describe contemporary issues facing organizations in the design of work.
What are the basic premises of the social information-processing (SIP) model of job design?
Define differentiation and integration as organizational design processes.
Even as Cecily Blake reads the latest news in an industry trade publication, she’s well aware that Blake-Lyon Tech is falling behind its competitors. Years ago, when Cecily founded Blake-Lyon, she
Discuss the basic design dimensions managers must consider in structuring an organization.
Describe five structural configurations for organizations.
Describe four contextual variables that influence organizational structure.
Explain the forces reshaping organizations.
Identify factors that can adversely affect organizational structure.
List four symptoms of structural weakness and five dysfunctional combinations of executive personality and organization.
Do you need big data? Maybe the question is better phrased as: Can you afford not to use big data? The age of big data is here, and to ignore its benefits is to run the risk of missed opportunities.
In Covington, Louisiana, two police officers became certified as cultural diversity trainers. By taking on this role, they have committed to working with other members of the police department to
Does behavior always follow from attitudes?
What are the major job attitudes?
What causes job satisfaction?
How do employees respond to job satisfaction?
Each class member is to think about an event in which she or he felt satisfied or dissatisfied (or committed or not committed) in the workplace (students can imagine one even if they have never been
“Arrogant, condescending, mean-spirited, hateful ... and those traits describe the nicest people at Netflix,” writes one anonymous employee. “Management is awful ... good old boys club,”
Debbie Lovewell-Tuck, Editor of Employee Benefits magazine, recalls a period when she was an intern at a large bank. Nearby, “the world’s first robotic bar” opened shop with a robotic barmaid,
Consider for a moment a midlevel manager, Fatima, who seems to be doing well. She’s consistently making her required benchmarks and goals, she has built successful relationships with colleagues,
What is affective events theory?
What is emotional intelligence?
What are some strategies for emotion regulation?
The concept of mindfulness emphasizes trying to focus your mind in the present moment, immersing yourself in what’s going on around you. Core principles include suspending immediate judgment of the
Did anyone ever tell you that you wear your heart on your sleeve? It’s a popular expression, but obviously no one is looking at your sleeve to read your emotions. Instead, we tend to study a
Liz Ryan, CEO and founder of Human Workplace, recalls how shocked she was as a young business person when she found out just how personal the business world is. Your relationship with your boss or
We’ve all been there—whether your job itself is unfulfilling or if it’s a particularly slow day at work, boredom strikes the best of us in the workplace. It is not a pleasant feeling. As
What are the strengths and weaknesses of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and the Big Five personality model?
What are the strongest predictors of job search behavior?
The object of this game is to end up with the labels that best represent each person’s values. The following rows represent 11 rounds of play. Break the class into groups of four students (if the
You recently lost your job as a grocery bagger for a store down the street from your dorm room. You have been thinking about working at the movie theater further down the street because it is close,
Agreeable people tend to be kinder and more accommodating in social situations, which you might think could add to their success in life. However, one downside of agreeableness is potentially lower
Dr. Judith Sills, in an article in Psychology Today, recalls the story of an organizational consultant who visited a large engineering firm. He found that all the employees had something extra
What are the factors that influence our perception?
What is attribution theory?
What is the link between perception and decision making?
Break the class into groups of six. In each group, one class member must volunteer to be the narrator. The narrator keeps track of the identities of all the members and announces all events to the
We all have cheated at something. We may think that deciding to cheat is a product of cold calculation: Is the benefit worth the cost? In some cases, this appears to be true—a recent study found
“Regardless of what you’re giving us, we’re dying by e-mail,” an executive told Jamie McLellan, a CTO at an advertising agency. McLellan invested in many different collaboration tools with
Your awesome weekend has flown by and you find yourself at 8:00 p.m., Sunday evening, dreading the next day at work. You’re not alone—a 2015 poll by Monster suggests that a staggering 76 percent
What are the similarities and differences between self-determination theory and goal-setting theory?
What are the key principles of self-efficacy theory, reinforcement theory, and expectancy theory?
What are some of the different types of organizational justice and what are their outcomes?
How do the contemporary theories of motivation compare to one another?
Break the class into groups of three or four.1. Each person should recall an instance in which he or she was (a) Treated especially fairly(b) Treated especially unfairly. Work-related instances are
Most of the time, we have good intentions when we try to reward others. We might give a bonus to an employee who has done an exceptionally good job all year. Or our reward systems might be a little
How much did your CEO get paid this year? What did any CEO get paid? You may not know the exact amounts, but you probably think the answer is, “Too much.” According to research from 40 countries
Being lazy is often a quality that is shunned or looked down on in the workplace. When someone is unwilling to put energy into their work, they are, essentially, not engaged with their job. It is
How does the job charactieristics model motivate individuals?
What are the major ways that jobs can be redesigned?
Break the class into groups of three to five. You are on a team of human resource professionals for a new boutique car dealership that specializes in luxury vehicles. You have been tasked with
You’re a bright, female investment analyst about to give a major presentation to a group of bankers supporting a corporate acquisition. After walking in and meeting the bankers before you give the
It’s a great feeling to be sought for your opinion and participation when your organization needs to make an important decision. But what happens when the organization’s managers don’t listen?
How do you feel when you get a raise? Happy? Rewarded? Motivated to work harder for that next raise? The hope of an increase in pay, followed by a raise, can increase employee motivation. However,
As we discussed in this chapter, there is an inherent psychological contract in many organizations. Supervisors and upper managers are supposed to treat employees with respect, provide sound working
When it is time for groups to reach a decision, many turn to consensus. Consensus, a situation of agreement, seems like a good idea. To achieve consensus, groups must cooperate and collaborate, which
When 10 British Army soldiers on a 10-day training exercise descended into Low’s Gully, a narrow chasm that cuts through Mt. Kinabalu in Borneo, each knew “the golden rule for such
Break into teams of four or five. Assume you work for a large tech company that has recently acquired a local start-up firm with more expertise in a market your company is trying to enter. To utilize
Two hundred years ago, the term prima donna had only one meaning. The prima donna was the lead female singer of an opera, the most talented performer on the stage and the focus of the show. In modern
One of the greatest determinants of a successful team is trust. For a team to be successful, employees must trust that their team members are reliable and capable. They have to have faith that their
We’ve identified how some of the characteristics we use to describe individuals can also describe teams. For example, individuals can be high in the trait of openness, as can a team. Along the same
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