1. Please review the section in the chapter about Time Perspectives of Control as it relates to Precontrols, Concurrent Controls, and Postaction Controls

Please refer back to your Strengths from the StrengthsFinder assessment that you took at the beginning of class. How would your particular StrengthsFinder Strengths relate to these different control mechanisms? Would your strengths help you more in one of the three areas than the other ones? Explain.

these are my strengths

Significance

Futuristic

Individualization

Focus

Maximizer

2. This chapter talks about organizational planning. Explain how three aspects of organizational planning expressed in the book can also apply to your own career plan?

3.Please read the article in the Content section titled, "How backup plans can harm goal pursuit". Do you agree with the basic logic of the article or do you think it's better to have a contingency plan? Explain using an example.

4.How does the Expectancy Theory of motivation relate to the actual workplace? If you were to try to motivate a subordinate to improve sales, how would you analyze each of the three components of expectancy theory (Expectancy, Instrumentality, and Valence) to determine that you are actually motivating your subordinate to improve sales?

5.If you know the strengths of the people around you, then you can also know how to motivate those people. Pick three strengths from the document "Managing Strengths" and for each strength tell exactly how you would motivate a subordinate that is high on that particular strength. (For example, if you choose the strength 'Woo,' how would you motivate someone with that strength?)