Organizational Behavior
Answer the following questions, does not have to be long answers.
1. Four behavioral sciences contribute to the understanding of OB: Psychology, Social
Answer following questions
1. psychology, Socialology and anthropology. How does understanding each of these help managers?
2. How can studying OB (Organizational behavior) help you to be more effective manager?
3. Imagine you are a manager and need to share difficult information at work (like the possibility of impending layoffs) What channel(s) would you choose and why?
4. As a Manager, how can you help increase job satisfaction in your employees? What are organizational consequences when there are high or low levels of job satisfaction?
5. Of the eight sources of emotions and moods identified in your text (day/time, weather, stress, Social activities, sleep, exercise, age, or gender) Which do you feel is most critical and why?
6. How important do you believe empathy in the workplace is? Offer several examples.
7. There are six steps in the rational decision – making process, as described in chapter 6. Using buying a car as an example, how could someone use this process?
8. Choose one of the common decision making biases that you have either personally experienced or which you are “guilty” of and describe the following: the error involved, the circumstances, and how the bias affected the outcome of the situation.
9. How does describing the toast making process relate to decision making?
10. How can cohesiveness and diversity support group effectiveness?
11. In a globally connected world, what sorts of actions might you take to minimize your organizations environmental impact from business travel?
12. When is work performed by individuals preferred over work by teams?
