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Organizational Behavior And Management
Adapting: When will we seek outside help or expertise? When and how will we evaluate our need to change as a team?LO.1
Select a member of your group to write down the contract of the team.LO.1
Decide on a team name. Your team name can represent your team values, it might be an acronym of its member’s names or it might symbolize who you are and what the class can expect from you.LO.1
Review the eight components of a successful team contract. For each of the eight components, write down the steps that you would take and the timeframe by which you would accomplish these steps.LO.1
Review the entire document that has been drafted as a team. If you are in agreement, sign the document and determine where it will be stored so that you can access it during your time together as a
What concerns do I have about working on a team that this process helps with?LO.1
What remaining concerns do I have about working on a team?LO.1
What can I do to work on my concerns with this team?LO.1
How is the process of writing a contract going to help us be successful?LO.1
Compare your contracts and how you addressed each of the eight components of a successful contract.LO.1
What might you change as a team after hearing the other contracts?LO.1
How will this process of discussion and planning of your team’s work and process help you to be successful?LO.1
Recognize the role of perception in shaping people’s beliefs and behavior.LO.1
Explain what factors impact individual perception.LO.1
Describe some common biases and problems with perception.LO.1
Explore levels of attribution.LO.1
Outline the process of critical reflection to minimize perceptual errors.LO.1
Apply concepts of perception to organizations.LO.1
What stands out about this leader? For example, did they take certain actions, posses certain qualities, or express certain values? List up to four things that stand out.LO.1
What did you learn from this leader? For example, what did you do differently because of this leader? How did you think differently because of this leader? List up to four things that you learned.LO.1
What impact did this leader have on others? Who were the followers associated with this leader? How did they change as a result of the leader? List several other followers and the impact achieved on
What similarities and differences are there in our group’s selection and description of our leader example? Be specific.LO.1
Draw a picture that summarizes the relationship between the leader and the follower. Include the similarities that you identified in question #1.LO.1
Do you believe that leaders will always have a lasting impact on followers? Why or why not?LO.1
Identify the factors of leadership—the leaders, those being led, and the context.LO.1
Explain the differences between leadership and management.LO.1
Describe the trait, behavioral, situational, LMX, and charismatic approaches to leadership.LO.1
Compare and contrast transformational with transactional leadership and describe different approaches to transformational leadership.LO.1
List the contemporary issues in leadership and why they are important.LO.1
Apply the concepts of leadership to organizations.LO.1
As an individual, think about a time where you learned something new. This could be a new hobby, a new sport, a new technology, a new concept, or even a new skill.a. What did you learn?b. How did you
In a small group, compare your learning experiences. Are there similarities or differences in what you learned or how you felt? How about any of the other questions that you thought about above?LO.1
Discuss as a group:a. Can learning be ‘fun’?b. What conditions or circumstances create some of the best learning experiences?c. What conditions or circumstances prevent the best learning
Describe programmed and non-programmed decision making.LO.1
Recognize the six-step process of rational decision making.LO.1
Describe the behavioral economic-based decision making approach to overcoming bias and errors.LO.1
Identify the organizational psychology-based approach to decision making.LO.1
Discuss the importance of the five activities in natural decision making.LO.1
Apply concepts of decision making to organizations.LO.1
Why are emotions important in the workplace? Do you agree or disagree with what the authors found in their study? Why?LO.1
How might you apply this research in the workplace?LO.1
As an individual, generate a list and write what you think about the following topics:• Public displays of affection• Employers monitoring Internet usage of employees in the workplace• The
Compare what each person wrote down as individuals.LO.1
Together, decide which statements of group members are based on facts and which statements are based on opinions. Designate an ‘F’ next to the factual statement and an ‘O’ next to the opinion
What criteria did you use to assign an ‘F’ or an ‘O’ for the statements?LO.1
Discuss:a. What are three examples where you have experienced people passing off opinions as facts in the workplace?b. How can you minimize other people’s bias when they do this?c. How can you
Recognize the difference between a group and a team.LO.1
Explain factors that lead to effective groups.LO.1
Describe group norms and their development including the 5-stage and the 2-stage model of development.LO.1
Describe group decision-making processes.LO.1
Describe barriers to effective group decision making.LO.1
Apply content on groups and teams to organizations.LO.1
In your group take turns sharing a story about a really bad day that was experienced.LO.1
Take turns and write down a couple of sentences that are descriptive of the worst part of that day.LO.1
For each description, add a sentence to the description to generate positive emotions about what was learned from that experience.Example:My alarm didn’t go off and i missed my job interview.
Discuss:a. How do the words that we use make us and others feel?b. How can we use more positive language in our workplace? How can I be more positive at work?c. How can we seek out other positive
Define competencies, list the top competencies sought by organizations, and describe the types of and importance of competency models.LO.1
Describe the importance of emotions in the workplace and different considerations for how emotions operate in organizations.LO.1
Present the heredity versus environment debate on personality.LO.1
Contrast the Big Five and Myers-Briggs approaches to personality.LO.1
Outline attitudes, including self-efficacy, Machiavellianism, locus of control, and self-monitoring, and their role in organizations.LO.1
Apply concepts of individual characteristics and the impact of these concepts to organizations.LO.1
Write a three-sentence declaration of leadership. These few sentences should explain what personal reputation you aspire to have and what you want to be known for as a leader. The three sentences can
What actions will you take in your organization that will enforce your brand?What will you avoid that would detract from your brand?LO.1
Is this brand something that I am proud of? Could I share this with others? Is it authentic?LO.1
Devise a slogan that explains your leadership brand. Here are a few pointers to writing a slogan:a. A slogan should be simple and memorable and should not exceed a sentence.b. A slogan should also be
What differences existed among group member’s leadership brands and slogans?What similarities?LO.1
How would a leadership ‘brand’ be useful in an interview? What are some other organizational applications where you might share a leadership brand?LO.1
What are some potential problems with having a leadership ‘brand’ and/or a leadership slogan?LO.1
How would you judge the effectiveness of a leadership brand? What criteria would you use to determine if a brand met the needs of various stakeholders?LO.1
Discuss how you would use organizational development techniques and which techniques you would use to resolve the following situations:a. A difficult roommate keeps arguing about his lack of personal
Compare and contrast the techniques used to resolve each situation.LO.1
Under what circumstances in organizations can organizational development interventions help? Are their circumstances where organizational development interventions might cause harm? Why do you think
Divide the class into two groups—Group A and Group B. Group members can wear sticky notes to label people with their group designation.LO.1
Read a description of your organization. Group A members can discuss among themselves what it is like to work in their company’s culture. Group B can discuss among themselves what it is like to
Merger occurs. The class is divided into subgroups with half of each subgroup from the original Group A and half of each subgroup from the original Group B.LO.1
The subgroups are part of the ‘change task force’ and they have to come up with a plan for the new organization. The plan should include how your newly merged organization should handle dress
Each subgroup should present their recommendations to the class.LO.1
Complete discussion questions.LO.1
Take note of who in your newly formed task force is from Organization A and who in your team is from Organization B.LO.1
Discuss and decide as a task force on critical changes to your new organization’s practices.LO.1
Use flip chart paper or the board in the class to summarize your decisions; here is a sample template:LO.1
Be prepared to discuss your decision process for the new recommendations.LO.1
In what ways were the cultures of these two organizations incompatible?LO.1
What are some approaches that organizations can take to ensure that cultures mesh versus clash during a merger?LO.1
How can managers create a culture that supports change?LO.1
What are my university’s artifacts? (e.g., graduation ceremony)LO.1
What are the values of my university? (e.g., ‘we value excellence in teaching’)LO.1
What are the assumptions of my university? (e.g., ‘students are the most important resource we have’)LO.1
Write the words and phrases that your group agreed upon.Discuss:a. What patterns do we notice in how we describe our university’s culture?b. How did we learn what the culture of our university is?
Think of an organization that you visited for a tour, an interview, an internship, or other purpose.LO.1
List as many items that you recall from your visit to this organization.LO.1
What conclusions might you make based on the artifacts that you observed about this workplace?LO.1
Read the passage below. What examples of artifacts do you find in this passage?What conclusions would you make about this organization based on these artifacts?LO.1
What artifacts did you identify from your own experiences? What conclusions did you make based upon these artifacts in your experience?LO.1
What artifacts did you identify from the example? What conclusions did you make about this organization?LO.1
Under what circumstances do you find identification and interpretation of an organization’s culture useful? Under what circumstances would you foresee a problem with this approach to understanding
For one minute, stand up and observe the other people in your group. Take note of how they are dressed and what accessories they have.LO.1
Turn back to back. Each person should change two things that others might not notice (e.g., take out an earring).LO.1
Face each other again, observe the others in your group and try to guess what was changed.LO.1
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