Assignment Tasks:

Select any TWO of below topics and answer the question: Each Task1 1. Why Is It Important to Know About OB? (150 words minimum) 2. Why might two individuals whose personalities are very similar behave differently in a given situation? (150 words minimum) 3. Think of a time when you made judgments about a new workmate as you came to know him or her. In what ways were these judgments biased? As you began to know this person better, did you change your mind? What lesson can you learn about reaching judgments about people prematurely? (200 words minimum) 4. Think of a group in which you have been working/ studying. How do the five-stage model and the punctuated-equilibrium model apply to this experience? (150 words minimum) 5. Describe an incident of social loafing in which you may have been involved (e.g., a class project). What might be done to overcome this effect? (150 words minimum) Task 2 : Select any ONE of below topics and answer the question: Amazon.com: Innovation via the Two-Pizza Team 6. As Amazon.com has grown in size over the years, do you think it has become easier or more difficult for innovation to occur? Or do you think that the companys size makes no difference in this regard? (150 words minimum) A. What role do you think Jeff Bezos has played in instilling the innovative culture at Amazon.com? How, if at all, do you think he is involved in maintaining an innovative culture? (100 words minimum) B. Personally, would you like to work at a highly innovative company like Amazon.com, or would you be among those who leave because you prefer a more stable environment? (100 words minimum)

7. Suppose you had to choose an assistant. Would you prefer someone who is high in conscientiousness but low in agreeableness, or someone who is high in agreeableness but low in conscientiousness? Why? (150 words minimum)