Organizational Behavior (MGMT 344)

Fall 2023

Assignment 2:

Directions; Read Chapter 2 of the textbook as well as the lecture slides on the blackboard. Answer the following discussion questions. Answers should be fully developed and answer all parts of the question.

Submit the assignment via the assignment link on the blackboard by September 23, 2023

Discussion Questions

1. Which do you think is more important to team performance: surface-level or deep-level diversity? Why?

2. How can diversity create a competitive advantage for a firm?

3. If a subordinate came to you and said that they felt the companys new diversity hiring initiative was unfair and would compromise their well-deserved opportunities for advancement, how would you respond?

4. What can leaders do to be effective when team members are from different cultures and have different expectations about how the leaders should behave?

5. Identify at least three ways in which the globalization of business affects businesses in your community.

6. What roles do changing technologies play in your daily activities?

7. Do you think that concerns regarding ethics will become more or less important in business? Why?

8. What are your personal opinions about international outsourcing in the garment industry? Do you think that lower prices are worth sending U.S. jobs to other countries? Explain your answer.

9. Do you think that you were equally able to think and act locally as you interacted with people from other cultures?

10. What did you do well and what could you have done better in these interactions?

11. What multicultural experiences can you seek to enhance your global perspective?