Faris has just been promoted to be the leader of the programming team of a high-tech company where he has been working for the past 5 years. The company operates in a highly dynamic environment where jobs are not well defined as work is determined through customer-based solutions. The program team has been working together for a few years, and Faris has a good relationship with the team. While Faris is now the leader of the team most of the programmers drive their own jobs so Faris does not have a lot of power to reward or punish his new team. Discuss how organizational and employee performance could mitigate the issues faced by Faris.

Case: You have recently joined a multinational organization as a Senior Manager Performance. The management of the firm believes that the combined sum of energies of two or more individuals is always greater than that of simple sum of energies of these individuals. This combined sum of energy which is greater than their normal sum is known as synergy. It is because of this particular reason that the management wants to promote a collaborative culture. However, the attitude and behavior of the people in the firm suggests otherwise. For instance, employees never appreciate each other, always try to focus on individual tasks rather than team work, hide information, never trust each other and don’t show willingness to initiate things out of the box. Under these circumstances, the top management in the firm has entrusted you with the task to bring the change in attitudes and behaviors of employees so that openness in culture can be promoted for ensuring a collaborative culture in the firm…

C.A. Webb talks about the fact that you can see Recycline's culture in the way people get to work – Eric's biodiesel car, her taking the commuter rail, and Alyssa biking to work. These different ways of getting to work are    of the company's culture. Ben Anderson, the head of product development and product management at Recycline, says that at Recycline, "if you're interested in advancing some new initiative, you can take it and move it forward." His statement indicates that Recycline is a company that values innovation. Which of the following is a risk that is associated with innovation in companies? A. Innovations become pervasive throughout the organization. B. Innovations only involve one department in the company. C. Innovations are more cost effective than "stay the course" solutions. D. Innovations may fail to perform as expected.

Keller’s (2012) discussion on a New Story for Work, any worldview consists of posing and answering three questions, which of the following is not one of those questions? Group of answer choices How are things supposed to be? Why are things the way they are? What is the main problem with things as they are? What is the solution and how can it be realized?

Chris has been with Drake Manufacturing for five years and was recently promoted to the position of shift supervisor. He is still learning his new position, and it is important to him to be liked and respected. At the most recent operations review meeting, the director reported that the company’s financials are troublesome, and managers should be prepared for a major reorganization. Several jobs will be eliminated, but it had not yet determined which departments would be affected.  1.Should he tell his employees what happened so that they can prepare for the change?