Assignment: ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
Part 1
1. Imagine you and your spouse have outgrown your current home. You spouse wants to move to a larger home, but you'd like to add on to your existing home because you love your neighborhood. Using the negotiation process on page 463 of the textbook, explain how you would approach negotiating with your spouse about this topic.
2. Research organizational structures of widely known companies (for example, Nike, Amazon, Johnson & Johnson, etc.). Find one you thing exemplifies an ideal organizational structure. Include an explanation of why you think the structure is ideal and how it benefits the firm and all key stakeholders. Be sure to submit the org chart with your essay.
3. Find one organization that employs each of the organizational designs in Chapter 15. For each, include an explanation as to why you think the organization employs that structure.
4. Read Ethical Dilemma: Culture of Deceit of the textbook and answer the corresponding questions.
Part 2
1. Select one multinational organization that gets a lot of media attention and that most people are aware of, and explain its organizational culture using the 7 primary characteristics as listed in Chapter 16.
2. Find one company - preferably one that garners frequent media attention - whose organization culture you think is exemplary. Explain the components of the company's culture and why you think it's an ideal place to work.
3. If you were a remote employee for a small book publishing company that was 200 miles from your home, how would you work to ensure you were still part of the organizational culture? Or do you think remote employees who never come to the office can't be a part of the organization's culture? Explain your viewpoint in detail.
4. You run a small app development company that has 9 employees: 3 of whom work in the office and the others work remotely but come to the office for quarterly meetings and team building activities. All 9 of your employees have been with you since day one and all are very satisfied with their job and the organization. You're organizational culture is a relaxed one, where people have freedom to set their own hours, learn on the job, and always stretch their abilities. You think of your staff as your family. Due to rapid growth you are thinking about hiring 3 employees in Mumbai, India. If you do this, how could you work to export your organizational culture in a way that those employees have the same experience as your employees in the U.S.?
Part 3
1. Compare and contrast on-the-job and off-the-job training. Use your own experiences with each to highlight the pros and cons of each. Also include which type of training you prefer, and why, and whether your opinion varies depending on the job for which you are training.
2. Performance evaluations are one of the most dreaded parts of work: both for the manager and the employee. Explain in your own words what a performance evaluation is, what it measures, and whether you think it has any relevance in today's workplace. Why or why not? Include how much you think "the boss likes you" or "you don't make waves" or "your coworkers don't like you" impacts performance evaluations of average employees, either consciously or unconsciously. Also include your opinion on any performance evaluations you've had during your career, and whether they had any impact on your work.
3. You own a company that makes after-market accessories for vehicles. You have 75 employees split in two facilities: one in Denver and one in Baltimore. The facility supervisor in Baltimore has abruptly quit to follow his wife on an overseas government appointment. You hired a former colleague who has everything needed to step in and take over the operation successfully. However, as the only woman at that site, she has been facing serious resistance to change since beginning three weeks ago. List the reasons why you think she is experiencing such resistance to change then explain how you would work to overcome this resistance with the 32 employees in that building.
4. You are the manager of an air traffic control tower that has 55 employees. Air traffic control is one of the most high stress jobs in the U.S. You have recently been assigned to lead a stress-management task force. Using information found in the textbook, combined with online research, write up a plan on how you would first identify those under considerable stress, and then work to keep all employee stress levels manageable. Explain whether you would need to adapt your plan for men and women, and for people from different cultures. If so, how?
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.