Question 1: As a manager, why would you be interested in learning how to deal with misbehavior?
Question 2: Your company recently hired a new database analyst that you supervise. The employee had only average grades in his college courses in database analysis, and this employee continues to have trouble doing her work in analyzing the data. In speaking to the employee, the employee informed you he hated being a data analyst but majored in this field to satisfy his father. He believes he does not have the ability or personality to be a database analyst. The worker is not productive and makes excuses to be absent for work at every chance. You have made a decision to fire the worker. What Individual Difference OB theories are relevant to this worker's issue?
Question 3: How would you use rewards to implement any motivation theory and how would you use performance evaluation to implement a motivation theory?
Question 4: You are the CEO and President of a large national bank business. You realized the culture is unethical in that company has made national news for employees over-charging customers for bank transactions. What steps would you take to build or change the culture to an ethical culture? You must do more than copy steps. Provide hypothetical examples where possible.
Question 5: Explain and provide an example of how you would use two impression management tactics to get a job or a promotion on the job?
Question 6: A student did not submit many of his assignments and participate in discussions for most of the quarter and asked his professor to have mercy on him and let him make up the assignment in the last two weeks of class. The professor gave the student a break and the student was able to get a C. The next quarter the student took the same professor for a different course and did not submit assignments and asked the Professor to allow him to make up the missing assignments in the last two weeks a second time. This time the professor gave the student a failing grade. Based on attribution theory, why did the professor fail the student the second time?
Question 7: As the U.S. workforce becomes much more diverse, what implications will that have for managers as they attempt to build and maintain a work environment that allows all types of employees to contribute to the organization? This means managers must under the positive impact of diversity and the potential negative impact. What are the positive and negative impacts of diversity and what is the manager's role in addressing the negative impacts?
Question 8: Based on our text, list two factors that organizations and managers can use to support positive attitudes and job satisfaction?
Question 9: What is the link between Herzberg's Theory of Motivation and Intrinsic and extrinsic Rewards?
Question 10: According to our text and PowerPoints, what are the three main objectives of reward programs?