Questions and Answers of Management A Practical Introduction

Describe the eight types of organizational structure.
Explain how to use the career readiness competencies of understanding the business and personal adaptability to better understand and change your level of fit with an organization.
How would you describe the organizational culture?
Do you think this type of culture is best suited to help the company achieve its strategic goals? Explain.
In rank order, what are your preferred culture types? Are you surprised by the results?
Compute the gap between your preferred and actual culture types by subtracting your actual culture type score (Self-Assessment 8.1) from your preferred type score (Self-Assessment 8.2). Where are the
Make a plan to improve your person–organization fit.Focusing on your two largest culture types, identify what is causing the gaps. You will find it helpful to look at the survey items that measure
Now use the 12 levers just discussed and suggest at least two things you can do to improve your level of fit.
What are three organizational structures that open boundaries between organizations?
I think it’s a good idea. The benefits exceed the costs, and I don’t agree that it fails to appreciate diversity.The socializing activities can be varied to fit the values and needs of diverse
I don’t like it. What employees do after work hours is their business, and companies should not infringe on them. Socializing outside work hours should be voluntary.
I believe that employers have no business interfering with how employees spend time outside of work. This means that I don’t want either voluntary or mandatory requests about socializing outside of
Describe the processes used for onboarding and learning and development.
What is your level of fit?
Whether you have high or low fit, what are the main causes for your level of fit? Explain.
What questions might you ask a future recruiter to ensure a higher level of person–job fit? Be specific.
Are you suited for a career in human resources? Which specific aspect of human resources do you prefer?
Look at the top two areas of HR for which you tested as being best suited. Look over the descriptions of these fields and then identify what skills you need to have to be successful.
Even if you do not pursue a career in HR, which skills do you feel you should continue to develop? Explain.
What is the underlying problem in this case from the perspective of a hospital administrator?
What role do you believe hospital administrators have played in contributing to nursing shortages and high nurse turnover?
What can hospitals do to increase nurse supply and retention rates?Application of Chapter Content
What could hospitals do during recruitment and selection to help with nurse retention?
What type of learning or development might hospitals offer to help reduce nurse turnover?
What steps could hospitals take to ensure male and female nurses are given equal opportunities in compensation and promotion decisions?
Do hospitals have a legal and/or ethical responsibility to invest more money in equipment to prevent workrelated nursing injuries? Why or why not?
What do you think are the primary reasons nurses experience so much mistreatment on the job, and what can hospitals and nurses do to decrease these incidents?
Why do you think so many nurses continue to work, despite the many challenges they face and the lack of safety on the job?
Of course. Every company needs to protect its proprietary and confidential information.
In moderation. I agree that it makes sense to protect proprietary information like formulas, equations, trade secrets, and intellectual property for certain occupations or industries. But this should
No. They should be against the law because they prohibit people from finding employment.
Discuss three forms of change, Lewin’s change model, and the systems approach to change.
Where do you stand when it comes to your attitude toward change? Are you surprised by the results?
Based on your three lowest scoring survey items, how might you foster a more positive attitude toward change?Be specific.
What things might you say during an interview to demonstrate that you possess the career readiness competency of openness to change?
Of the four components, which is the lowest?
How do you think this result will affect the success of the particular change? Be specific.
Who seems to be most ready, you (components 1 and 2)or the organization (components 3 and 4)?
What things might you say during an interview to demonstrate that you possess the career readiness competency of personal adaptability?
What is the level of innovation? Are you surprised by the results? Explain.
Select the three lowest survey item scores. Use the content of these items to recommend what the company could do to become more innovative.
What is your level of adaptability? Are you surprised by the results?
Based on your scores, identify three things you can do to increase your level of adaptability. Explain.
What things might you say during an interview to demonstrate that you possess the career readiness competency of personal adaptability?
Are you more or less willing to accept change? Discuss.
Based on your scores, identify three things you can do to lower your resistance to change. These changes may involve new thoughts or beliefs or the display of new behaviors.
What might you say during an interview to demonstrate that you possess the career readiness competency of openness to change?
What is the underlying problem in this case from the CDC’s perspective?
What are some of the causes of this problem?
Do you think Carnival CEO Arnold Donald should be held personally liable? Explain your rationale.Application of Chapter Content
Using Figure 10.1, describe the forces for change both inside and outside Carnival during the outbreaks.
Does Carnival need adaptive, innovative, or radically innovative change? Explain.
Utilize Lewin’s model of change (Figure 10.2) as a blueprint to describe how Carnival’s executives might inspire change at Carnival.
Use a force-field analysis to explain the changes that did and did not occur at Carnival during the outbreaks.
Think about the outbreaks of COVID-19 aboard Carnival cruise ships and utilize the organizational development process (Figure 10.4) to remedy the issue.
What specific reasons can you see for Carnival executives’ resistance to change? Explain.
I would side with Clearview. If citizens choose to post photographs on the Internet without protecting their security, then Clearview has the right to find and save those photos.
I would side with the plaintiffs. Companies do not automatically have the right to obtain photographs from the Internet, and law enforcement agencies should not use technology that has proven bias
I’m not sure who is right or wrong. I don’t like the idea of wrongfully identifying and accusing people as criminals, but I also see the potential benefits of such a program for society.
What is your level of generalized self-efficacy?
Examine the three lowest item scores and determine the issues that are lowering your level of efficacy. What might you do to improve your generalized self-efficacy based on this determination?
What things might you say during an interview to demonstrate that you possess the career readiness competency of generalized self-efficacy?
How do you stand on the five dimensions of emotional intelligence?
Use the scores from the items to identify your strengths and liabilities.
Identify two ways you can increase your emotional intelligence.
What things might you say during an interview to demonstrate that you possess the career readiness competency of emotional intelligence?
How do you stand on the two dimensions underlying a positive approach?
Based on individual item scores, identify one strength and one weakness for the dimensions of positive attitude and feedback seeking and acceptance. Now discuss the actions you might take to improve
What things might you say in an interview to demonstrate that you possess this career readiness competency?
What is your level of engagement?
Find your three lowest-rated items. Based on the content of these items, what can you do to improve your level of engagement? Hint: Doing this requires you to identify the cause of the low ratings
What might you say during an interview to demonstrate that you possess the career readiness competency of self-motivation?
What is your level of satisfaction with recognition, compensation, and supervision?
If you have low to medium satisfaction with any aspect of the job, identify what can be done to increase your job satisfaction. Be sure to consider what you can do, what your boss might do, or what
What is the quality of your relationships with older employees? How about your satisfaction with working with older people?
How might the quality of relationships with older employees affect your performance and promotability?
What things might you say during an interview to demonstrate that you can work with people of all ages?
What is the underlying problem in this case from coCEO Haselden’s point of view? Do you believe coCEO Korey has a different point of view?
What do you think Away needs to do to reduce employee stress and burnout?Application of Chapter Content
Use the Big Five personality dimensions to describe co-CEO Korey. Justify your description.
How would you characterize co-CEO Korey’s emotional intelligence?
How does the company view employees who want to take time off or who do not immediately answer messages? Use attributional tendencies in your analysis.
What impact does Away’s culture have on employee engagement, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment? Explain.
Which barriers to diversity is Away displaying?
What sources of job-related stress exist at Away? How can these be remedied?
I recommend creating a national standard for airline seats based on the average passenger as opposed to using gender as part of the computation. I would standardize seat width based on passengers’
Let market forces determine the design of airplanes and fares. The government should stay out of this issue. For example, Airbus’s A220 expanded seat width to 18.5 inches and included 19 inches for
Because women, on average, have larger hip breadth than men, it is not fair to base fees on the size of a seat. This would disadvantage women. I would standardize seat width based on the average size
Define how managers foster a learning organization, high-performance work practices, and shared value and sustainable development.
Study jobs and determine which people are best suited to specific jobs.
Identify the psychological conditions under which employees do their best work.
Devise management strategies to influence employees to follow management’s interests.
To what extent do you think your results are an accurate reflection of your beliefs about others? Are you surprised by the results?
As a leader of a student or work-related project team, how might your results affect your approach toward leading others? Explain.
If an employee doesn’t seem to show ambition, can that be changed? Discuss.
What kind of office arrangements do you think would work best and why?
Do you think the application of big data could stifle managers’decision-making abilities?
How was U.S. Steel impacted by the four parts of a system?
Are there any downsides to these appeals to parents by U.S. manufacturers? What other contingency approaches can you suggest to help solve their recruiting problem?
What are the strengths and weaknesses of this company in terms of being a learning organization?

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