Discussion:
Because people don't often have time or information to make accurate perceptions they take shortcuts or on rely on biases in making judgments. Describe and provide an example for five types of perceptual errors or judgment shortcuts people make.
One of the members of your team continually arrives late for meetings and does not turn drafts of assignments in on time. In general, this group member is engaging in social loafing. What can the members of your team do to reduce social loafing?
Hotstede discusses how different countries throughout the world vary on five value dimensions of national culture. Identify and describe those dimensions.
Managing virtual teams can be both exciting and challenging. Identify and provide examples for five things you can do to enhance the experience and make the teams more effective.
You and two other students are so cash poor that you can only afford one textbook for your OB class. One of you seems to not be concerned about returning the book to the next person in line, causing the other two to be short on study time for the mid-term exam. This is causing a great rift in the friendship, and needs to be addressed.
Describe three of the conflict-handling strategies you could use to resolve the conflict, and give an example for each.
Identify three BATNAs available to you, and then decide whether you should continue sharing the book.