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What is politics and political behavior in organizations?How can managers limit inappropriate and unethical behavior in the organization?Compare and contrast power, authority, and leadership.Identify five bases of power, and provide an example of each. Which base (or bases) of power do you feel would be most commonly found in organizations?Discuss the concept of power dependencies. What is the relationship between power dependencies and bases of power?What is counterpower? Provide an example of counterpower from your own experience.Why is it important to understand political behavior in organizations?Define politics. How does politics differ from power?Compare and contrast the resource dependence model of power and politics with the strategic contingency model.Identify several specific power tactics in organizations, and provide an example of each.Why is it important that the exercise of power and politics be handled in an ethical fashion? What might happen if employees felt that managers were using power in an unethical fashion?What type of power did Janeys boss employ to get her to do the thing that he wanted her to do?What negative consequences are apparent in this situation and other situations where power is not balanced in the workplace?What steps should Janey take do to counteract the power struggle that is occurring with her new manager?Describe the types and levels of conflict found in organizations.How can the use of power help and harm organizations?Why do organizations have so much conflict?Describe the process of the conflict model.Describe conflict strategies that seldom work.What are the strategies that managers can use that can reduce conflict?Describe the stages of negotiations.Understand the strategies in bargaining.Understand the role that cultural difference have in the negotiation process.Identify the types of conflict commonly found in organizations, and provide examples of each.How can conflict be good for an organization?Identify some reasons for the prevalence of intergroup conflict in organizations.How does intergroup conflict affect behavior within a work group? Behavior between two or more groups?Review the basic conflict model discussed in this chapter. What lessons for management follow from this model?Of the various strategies for resolving and preventing conflicts that are presented in this chapter, which ones do you feel will generally be most effective? least effective? Why?What is the difference between distributive and integrative bargaining? When would each be most appropriate?How can cultural differences affect bargaining behavior? If you were negotiating with a Japanese firm, what might you do differently than if you were facing an American firm? Explain.What key points of Janices negotiation led to her success?What could have Janice done better to get a better outcome for her salary?Define the components of the internal and the external business environments.What factors within the economic environment affect businesses?Why do demographic shifts and technological developments create both challenges and new opportunities for business?What factors within the economic environment affect businesses?Why do change and shifts and technological developments create both challenges and new opportunities for business?Why does the matrix structure have a dual chain of command?How does a matrix structure increase power struggles or reduce accountability?What are advantages of a formal committee structure? Disadvantages?Identify the six major organizational structures.Explain the McKinsey 7-S model.How can employee diversity give a company a competitive advantage?Explain the concept of hiring for fit as it relates to corporate culture.What are some organizational issues that must be addressed when two large firms merge or grow rapidly like Amazon?Explain how several current environmental forces are affecting and will affect organizations and organizational structures effectiveness and efficiency in the near future?What are ways to classify and describe how industries and organizations fit and do not fit with their external environments?What are a few industries and/or organizations that are fitting well with their current environments? What are a few that are not? Why?What are some major differences between organic and mechanistic organizational structures and systems?Which organization would you work best in, an organically or mechanistically structured one, and why?What are some advantages and disadvantages of functional structures?Do you think its true that every organization has a hidden functional structure in it? Explain your answer?Why have functional structures been criticized for not accommodating new changes in the environment?What are some advantages and disadvantages of divisional structures?How is a product structure one type of a divisional structure? Explain.What are some disadvantages in working in a matrix structure and why?What advantages do matrix structures have compared to functional structures?What advantages do geographic structures have compared to a functional structure?What are issues that working in a networked team structure present?In what ways is a virtual organizations and structure different from the other once discussed in the chapter?What major trends discussed at the end of this chapter are different from previous external environments and the ways organizations were organized?What purposes does an organizations culture serve when considering the external environment?How does Exhibit 15.16 facilitate an understanding of how the internal organization functions with external environments?What happened at Wells Fargo with regard to past activities that led to this major scandal?What internal dimensions of the company were part of the problems that occurred?How might the organizational structure of the company have been part of the problems that occurred?Identify and use relevant concepts from this chapter as well as your own thoughts and analysis to diagnose the scandal at Wells Fargo. How could such a scandal have occurred in the first place? Who and what was at fault?Suggest some solution paths the company might consider, using knowledge from this chapter and your own thoughts/research, to avoid such a scandal from reoccurring.What is an organizational structure?What are different types of organizational structures?What is organizational design?What concepts should guide decisions about how to design structures?What is organizational change?What are the fundamental dimensions of change?What are organizational development (OD) and change management?What questions may be used to guide OD and change management?What are the common models of OD and change management?What is an organizational structure?What are different types of organizational structures?What is organizational design?What concepts should guide decisions about how to design structures?What is organizational change?What are the fundamental dimensions of change?What are organizational development (OD) and change management?What questions may be used to guide OD and change management?What are the common models of OD and change management?What type of change is this: transformational or incremental? Why?What level(s) of change is Meyer aiming for in this case?What models are consistent with Meyers process for designing and implementing change?How has the function of human resource management evolved over the years?In what way do you usually interact with human resources?What are some of the key regulations that guide the compliance work of human resource management?What does an employee handbook provide to an organization?Where did the concept of performance management originate?What are some of the key challenges of any performance management process?What does a pay-for-performance strategy mean for a company?What is the first step in defining an organizations pay-for-performance strategy?What are some best practices for recruiting and hiring leadership candidates?How can we ensure a more successful integration of the new hire?What is the difference between the performance and potential categories used in the talent review?What roles should an organization discuss as part of the succession planning process?What are the four waves of the human resource management evolution?What are some of the key regulations that human resources must manage compliance with?What are some of the unintended consequences of a forced ranking system?What are some of the performance management challenges that must be addressed, no matter what the system?Why are many companies interested in moving to pay-for-performance strategy?What are the main process steps for implementing pay for performance?What are some best practices for recruiting new leadership candidates?Describe the steps of a talent review session.What is the difference between performance and potential?How can you tell if a candidate has potential?What are some of the human resource management processes that might be enhanced by a Holacracy? What processes will be challenged?Do you think that a Holacracy can be compared to a consulting company? How are they slmllar,s and how are they different? Can you think of work areas or Industries in which Holacracy would be very difficult to implement?What are the 5 types of people identified by W.S. Neff?What is work related stress?What are the major influences of work related stress?What impact do different occupations have of the stress level of workers in those jobs?What impact do role ambiguity, job overload or underutilization have on stress levels?What are Type A and Type B personalities and how does stress affect each personality typeWhat role does health, social support and hardiness have on the level of stress?What can managers do ro reduce stress levels in employees that can harm productivity and can lead to counterproductive behavior in the workplace, absenteeism, as well as alcoholism and drug abuse.What are some things that managers can do ro reduce stress in the organization?Discuss the five types of problems related to employee work adjustment.Define stress. How does it differ from strain?Describe the general adaptation syndrome.Contrast frustration with anxiety.Identify the major categories of variables that have been found to influence stress. What role does social support play In the process? What role does hardiness play?In the chapter, the plight of assembly-line workers was discussed. What realistic suggestions would you make to relieve the tension and stress of this job?Compare and contrast role conflict and role ambiguity.How does a manager achieve a useful balance in a person-job fit so neither role overload nor role underutilization occurs?How should a manager deal with a subordinate who is clearly a Type A personality? How should a manager who is a Type A personality handle her own stress?Of what utility is the rate-of-life-change concept?In organizations with which you are familiar, which of the many suggestions for coping with stress would be most applicable? Are the strategies you selected individual or organizational strategies?Google is one of the leading tech companies in the world. What do you think of their approach to handling stress within the workplace? Do you think that this approach will be effective? Why or why not?A company culture that supports stress reduction is key to the success of any program within the company. What are some obstacles that can arise when handling stress within a workplace? What are some methods that you would employ as manager to counteract these obstacles and implement stress reduction programs within your workplace?What are some different types of entrepreneurs?How does entrepreneurship differ across countries?Describe the personality traits and skills characteristic of successful entrepreneurs.What does it mean when we say that an entrepreneur should work on the business, not in it?What are the key components of the business model canvas?What are the advantages and disadvantages of being a first mover?What sources of capital are available to entrepreneurs?What are the associated risks for various sources of capital?What is design thinking?What are some advantages of design thinking?How can governments reduce barriers to entrepreneurship?How can governments increase positive incentives for entrepreneurship?What are the differences between classic entrepreneurs, multipreneurs (entrepreneurs with many start ups), and intrapreneurs (Entrepreneurs in traditional businesses)?What differentiates an entrepreneur from a small-business owner?What are some major factors that motivate entrepreneurs to start businesses?How can potential business owners find new business ideas?Why is it important to develop a business plan? What should such a plan include?What financing options do small-business owners have? What risks do they face?How do the small-business owners and entrepreneurs roles change over time?What are the benefits to small firms of doing business internationally, and what steps can small businesses take to explore their options?Describe the financial and management assistance programs offered by the SBA.What significant trends are occurring in the small-business arena?How is entrepreneurial diversity impacting small business and the economy?How do ethics impact decision-making with small-business owners?