1. Explain your understanding of the concept of servant leader. Do you believe this leadership style has a place in business? Why?
2. You are a hiring manager for an IT company. You have one position to fill and two candidates. Candidate one is a white male and candidate two is an Asian female. Candidate one is slightly more qualified than two-in fact you have some doubts whether candidate two is fully qualified.
However, your company is under-represented by Asians and by women, based on the local labor pool. Your company has no complaints filed against it with the Equal Employment Opportunity Council. Which candidate do you hire? Why? What are the possible consequences?
3. Many months ago, Walgreen's announced a plan to move its corporate headquarters overseas to avoid corporate taxes. The estimated savings was estimated at $2 billion a year. Walgreen's stated that the move was in the best interest of its stockholders despite that fact that the move would result in the loss of a few jobs in the United States.
After the announcement, its stock price increased 12%. However, Walgreen's suffered a lot of abuse in traditional and social media. One week later, Walgreen's acquiesced and announced the cancellation of these plans. Its stock price fell.
While the debate over corporations moving offshore is political, there were clear business advantages. Do you believe that Walgreen's first decision was ethical? Why do you think Walgreen's management reversed course?
4. In May 2015, a business owner by the name of Dan Price changed his firm's pay policy. Here decided to pay every employee the same salary, $70,000. He even reduced his million dollar salary to that amount. His firm has experienced consequences that he did not foresee.
a. What theories that we have addressed in this course might have given him insight into the consequences of his action?
b. What would these theories have predicted?
5. Go to this YouTube video Title : The Expert (Short Comedy Sketch) and review the comedy sketch, The Expert. What did you learn from this sketch?
6. What is the purpose of continuous process improvement?
7. In your opinion, what is the best continuous process improvement methodology? Defend your response.
8. List and describe the four human hormones, according to Simon Sinek, that affect human performance, attitudes, and outlook from a business perspective.
9. Describe your understanding of "autonomy, mastery, and purpose." Do not copy something from the Internet!
10. Do you consider yourself a "Type I" or a "Type X" person? Why?
11. Describe a policy or practice at your work or in school that has decreased your motivation to perform well.
12. What organizational structure do you consider the best? Why?
13. From your own experience and without using real names, describe one of the following: a good or bad manager, a good or bad leader. Why do you consider this person good or bad?