M1 Q1:
Studies report that heredity has a strong influence on an individual’s personality.
How can this affect how positions are evaluated and advancements are allocated?
What are the implications of this influence in organizational settings?
An applicant is applying for a management trainee position and he/she is given a personality test that measures the five dimensions in the five-factor model.
Which personality traits would you consider most important for this type of job? Explain your answer. (E.g., define what are the five factors, then go into detail as to which personality traits would be most important for this job. Use an example to typify your points).
M2 Q2:
Using your textbook, LIRN-based research, and the Internet, apply the learning outcomes for the week/course and lecture concepts to one of the following scenarios:
As applied to your current professional career
As applied to enhancing, improving, or advancing your current professional career
As applied to a management, leadership, or any decision-making position
As applied to a current or future entrepreneurial endeavor
OR
Using your textbook, LIRN-based research, and the Internet, apply the learning outcomes for the week/course and lecture concepts to a business organization that exhibits and demonstrates these concepts. You should develop a summary of the organization’s strategy and how they use these concepts to compete.
This is a learning and application exercise designed to give you an opportunity to apply concepts learned in a pragmatic and meaningful way that will enable you to gain valuable and relevant knowledge in an effort to augment your skill set and enhance your professional careers.
M3 Q1:
1. Apply your knowledge of stereotyping and social identity theory to explain what went wrong here. (Make sure you define stereotyping and social identity, then answer through your definitions)
2. What other perceptual errors are apparent in this case study?
3. What can organizations do to minimize misperceptions in these types of situations?
M6 Q1:
Learned needs theory states that needs can be strengthened or weakened.
How might a company strengthen the achievement needs of its management team? (Define the three needs, then answer through your definition)
All exhibit various levels of the three learned needs.
Which of the learned needs do you exhibit primarily, and explain why you believe this is so.
Rank the three for yourself and explain the rankings.
M7 Q1:
This assignment focuses on the individual behavior and processes that affect innovation in an organization.
Watch the video “IDEO shopping cart project” (see link above) and write a summary of the attributes in the IDEO organization that encourage and enhance innovation in an organization. Make sure you include your own critical thinking on the subject matter.
M9 Q1:
Suppose that you are part of a virtual team and must persuade other team members on an important matter (such as switching suppliers or altering the project deadline).
Assuming that you cannot visit these people in person, and you have no positional authority, what can you do to maximize your persuasiveness? (Remember, you have NO positional authority, so many sources of power are not available to you).
M11 Q1:
What symptom(s) in this case suggest(s) that something has gone wrong?
What are the main causes of the symptom(s)?
What actions should executives take to correct the problem(s)? (Remember, this is a union environment, so changing the wage scale, incentives or benefits for the workers are not options).
M13 Q1:
Find two ads for management or executive positions (Copy and paste them).
What leadership attributes (competencies) are mentioned in these ads? (There are eight [8] listed in Chapter 12, p. 460).
Personality
Self-concept
Leadership Motivation
Drive
Integrity
Knowledge of the Business
Cognitive Intelligence (IQ) and Practical Intelligence
Emotional Intelligence (E.Q.)
If you were on the selection panel, what methods (or questions) would you use to identify these specific leadership attributes (competencies) in job applicants? (For example, what questions would you ask the applicant to decipher his or her leadership competencies? BE SPECIFIC).
M16 Q1:
Welcome to the last week of your course. In this discussion question you have the opportunity to be creative and to relate what you have learned to your professional lives. Please explore and critically think about some of the learning outcomes and concepts presented in this course. Please effectively communicate how you would lead an organization (or a group of people within the organization) by applying the knowledge you have learned ethically and responsibly. Your discussion should also include innovative thinking, and information-technology aspects (such as the Internet, social-media, computers, and so forth) that may assist you in decision-making. You may frame your discussion around any functional component of business, and in any context; problem-solving, management, leadership, organizational behavior, and so forth.
