Organizational Behavior (MGMT 344)

Fall 2023

Assignment 4:

Directions; Read Chapter 4 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 October 14, 2023

Discussion Questions

1. If your boss was not sure it would be worth the investment to change the companys hiring practices including an evaluation of applicants attitudes, what would you tell them?

2-Do you think that it would be easy to influence a subordinates attitudes, values, or emotions? Why? Which would have the largest influence on the employees behavior? Why?

3-What are the components of an individuals attitude? Relate each component to an attitude you currently have about something.

4-Do terminal or instrumental values have a larger influence on your behavior at work? Explain.

5-Think of a person you know who seems to have positive affectivity. Think of another who has more negative affectivity. How constant are they in their expressions of mood and attitude?

6-How does perception affect behavior? What stereotypes do you form about people? Are they good or bad?

7-Recall a situation in which you made attributions and describe them using the framework supplied in Figure 4.5.

8-What are the major stressors for a student? What consequences are students most likely to suffer as a result of too much stress?

9-Do you agree that a certain degree of stress is necessary to induce high energy and motivation?

10-How do you cope with stress?