Assignment Question(s):
Q1. Identify and describe the types of demands that Goldman Sachs' employees experience in their jobs. Explain why these employees can be motivated and committed to the company while also experiencing a great deal of stress.
Q2. Describe how Goldman Sachs' resilience training might influence different parts of the stress process as it is described in this chapter.
Q3. Identify and describe potential limitations of Goldman Sachs' resilience training program. How can these limitations be mitigated?
Q4. Create list of the most successful companies that you can think of. What do these companies have that others don't? Are the things that those companies possess rare and inimitable? What makes those things difficult to copy?
Q5. Studies suggest that decades of downsizing have lowered organizational commitment levels. Can you think of a way that an organization can conduct layoffs without harming the commitment of the survivors? How?
Q6. You had several job offers after graduating; to what degree would the level of challenge stressors in the different jobs influence your choice of which job to take? Why?