Exam Questions - Choose four (4) of the following:
1. Discuss any experience you have had with organizational politics in your job including specific causes. Describe any individual or organizational efforts to reduce the occurrence of organizational politics.
2. Describe the relationship between worker stress and performance (use an example). What should 21st century managers do regarding worker stress to keep the workforce productive? Provide an example.
3. Discuss how your supervisors' behavior and leadership orientation affects your work performance. Discuss how his/her behavior and leadership orientation impacts your levels of motivation and job satisfaction.
4. Describe the culture within your work organization, including particular norms and patterns of behavior. Describe how that culture influences productivity and worker job satisfaction.
5. Discuss the relationship between job satisfaction and absenteeism and turnover. Discuss your own experiences with voluntary and involuntary absenteeism and turnover and how satisfaction with your job influenced those experiences.
6. Discuss the challenges and benefits associated with increasing workforce diversity. Provide examples/specifics.