Each response should be a minimum of 1 paragraph. The more detail and demonstration of your understanding of the material will warrant more points. A bare minimum may allow you to pass, but show off everything you know and can find.
Cite all material used. Mandatory sources include The Handbook of Organization studies (https://www.boundless.com/sociology/) and online text (links provided on syllabus) , https://www.boundless.com/management/textbooks/boundless-management-textbook/organizational-culture-and-innovation-4/, https://www.boundless.com/management/textbooks/boundless-management-textbook/organizational-behavior-5/, https://www.boundless.com/management/textbooks/boundless-management-textbook/organizational-behavior-5/, https://www.boundless.com/management/textbooks/boundless-management-textbook/decision-making-10/, https://www.boundless.com/management/textbooks/boundless-management-textbook/ethics-in-business-13/
1. What is agency and how does this relate to humans and their role in organizational structure, culture and chances?
2. How can a person deinstitutionalize an organization?
3. What does it mean to create, maintain and disrupt an institution? Provide an example of each with your explanation.
4. Name and explain 3 types of organizational structure. Offer an example of the best application of those you choose (where do these structures work best).
5. What is culture? How can an organization have a culture? How can an organization be created and maintained?
6. Explain Hofstede's cultural dimensions and Schein's cultural model. Explain an organization that you belong to according to Schein's model, answering the following:
What is the organization of your choice and some of the cultural characteristics?
How did you initially get this information?
What happens to students who don't follow these norms?
What values can be inferred from these norms?
7. Name proven ways to motivate employees and briefly explain why these work.
8. Discuss the problems people face in decision making, including rational and non-rational theory and cognitive barriers.
9. Choose one personality evaluation method and explain its uses in the workplace. Do you think that this is an appropriate way to evaluate employees?