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principles of organizational behavior
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Principles Of Organizational Behavior
2. \Vh"t are some of th~ W~IYS in which they have u..:d OB to reduce employl"e turnover?
I. Why are Indian outsoun'ing compaoics having a diffie-ult time recruiling and relaining emplo),ees'!
Describe the four main kinds of forces in the environment that pose the most opportunities and problems for organizations today.
Appreciate the way changes in an organization's external environment continually create challenges for organizational behavior.
Differentiate between the three levels at which organizational behavior is examined.
Appreciate why the study of organizational behavior improves a person's ability to understand and respond to events that take place in a work setting.
Define organizational behavior and explain how and why it determines the effectiveness of an organization.
yy What role, if any, should members of the Ad Hoc Joint Committee play in the culture change programme? The UK higher education sector generally is facing uncertainty about a continuing national
yy What change interventions can senior administrators introduce in order to create a culture at the University of Daventry that is more aligned with the new strategic vision? The UK higher education
4. What interventions have been used for changing or reinforcing an organization’s culture?
3. What key features help us to distinguish between ‘mainstream’ and ‘critical’ perspectives on organizational culture? Which perspective do you find most appealing and plausible? Why?
2. How is an organization’s culture transmitted to employees?
1. What is meant by organizational culture and organizational climate? How does organizational culture relate to national culture?
Looking at the definition of a pro-environmental organizational culture, what challenges would you foresee in enacting such values in practice
Looking at Table 13.3, what are the key differences between the ‘has’ perspective and the ‘is’perspective on organizational culture? Which of these perspectives do you consider most useful
2. How do you rate cultural values as a barrier compared to the financial ones and what do you think could be done to overcome them? In 2018 Alison Rose, head of commercial private banking at RBS,
1. The Rose Report identified financial barriers; women’s domestic roles and cultural barriers to women’s involvement in entrepreneurship. Suggestions were made to improve access to finance to
Does a complex organization like England’s NHS have subcultures? What are the management implications if core subcultures exist?
Consider the different perspectives that can be taken on the Insys case. Jackie Marcus argues that any illegality was limited to a small number of rogue individuals; while Richard C Ausness implies
Think about your own university or college experience. What societal ideas, organizational values and assumptions have influenced your experience? Do teaching staff focus primarily on teaching or on
Looking at Table 13.1, does it seem like your university might have a culture? How does this differ within and between the different faculties, schools or departments within the university?
The problem of identifying a national culture is soon apparent when we examine values. Taking Norway or Australia, for example, just what are core ‘Norwegian values’ or core ‘Australian
5. Describe how leaders and managers seek to create and manage cultures
4. Explain mainstream and critical theoretical perspectives on organizational culture
3. Explain the three levels of organizational culture and the notions of dominant culture, cultural diversity, subcultures and countercultures
2. Define organizational culture and be aware of its importance for understanding behaviour in the workplace and the organization’s performance
4. Select a segment of the sports industry that you think could be improved through servant leadership. Explain your answer.
3. Which of the leadership theories do you fnd most useful for your journey? Why?
2. Being honest with yourself, where do you fall on the Managerial Grid? What do you think about that assessment?
1. Can you name someone in your life that you think of as a leader? What makes them a leader? Which theory(ies) match their leadership style?
Determine leadership styles that suit their abilities.
Differentiate between various leadership theories;
Identify behaviors of leaders;
4. How can political skill elevate one’s career prospects?
3. What are organizational politics, and how can they impact a sport organization?
2. How does resource acquisition infuence one’s power in a sport organization?
1. What are the various sources of power in a sport organization?
Explain the components of political skill and their infuence in sport organizations.
Gather a deep understanding of organizational politics as they exist in sport organizations;
Understand how resource acquisition can infuence one’s power in a sport organization;
Describe the various sources of power in sport organizations;
4. Discuss a time when you were involved in a negotiation. What negotiation strategies did you employ?
3. Find an example of a win-win outcome in sports. Why do you believe the parties arrived at a win-win outcome compared to potential compromise or win-lose outcomes?
2. Think about a project group that you’ve been involved with. What were the structural and contextual causes of confict within the group?
1. Discuss a time when your team was involved in a task-based confict. What strategies did the team employ to solve the confict? Did the team reach an optimal solution?
Identify strategies to manage negotiation?
Identify strategies to manage confict.
Differentiate between forms of functional and dysfunctional confict.
3. Find one new source of information that is unrelated to the sports industry. Read an article or listen to a podcast episode and write down two to three things you think relate back to or would be
2. Discuss what makes you feel safe to participate. How do you feel supported by others in your new ideas?
1. Identify an innovation from the sports industry. Why do you think it was innovative? How did it bring a competitive advantage to the organization?
Apply the innovation process to the sports industry context
Defne creativity and innovation in the sports industry
Identify what aspects of the workplace create innovative team in sports
Understand the dangers of groupthink.
Outline the factors that infuence team success.
Determine which types of teams are most appropriate for a project.
Recognize the difference between informal groups, formal groups, and teams.
3. Do a few of the exercises in the chapter above.How did you feel doing those exercises? What did you notice about the ideas you came up with?
2. What ways have you found helps you become more creative when you think about your future or current career in sports?
1. What is the most interesting new idea or product you’ve seen in sports recently? How do you think that idea came about? Why do you think it has been successful?
Develop creative ideas in a sportspecifc context.
Articulate the key factors in increasing creative ideas in individual employees.
Defne organizational citizenship behaviors in the sport context.
Differentiate between in-role and extrarole behaviors in the sport industry.
5. What is grit, and how can it be used in the sport workplace?
4. What is authenticity, and why is it important in the sport workplace?
3. What are the components of self-determination theory?
2. What is self-actualization?
1. Of the many motivation theories discussed, which is the most relevant to you?
Comprehend the importance of authenticity and grit in the sport workplace.
Apply self-determination theory to the sport workplace.
Explain the different levels of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs.
Understand how motivation theories have evolved over time.
4. What are the different forms of well-being?
3. What are the elements of emotional intelligence?
2. What is the traditional view of emotions, and how does it contract with Barrett’s view?
1. What is Barrett’s view of constructed emotions?
Understand the importance of emotions in the sport workplace.
Discuss the differences and utilization of pride, passion, and well-being in the sport workplace.
Comprehend Barrett’s view on the construction of emotions.
Explain the traditional view of emotions.
4. We form psychological contracts with all of the organizations to which we belong. Think about your relationship with your university.What do they owe you? What do you owe the university
3. Think about an instance where you received good news but just couldn’t believe it. Why were you skeptical? What did it take to believe the news fnally?
2. Is there a time when you overestimated your abilities? When did you realize that your abilities were not to the level you believed?
1. Think about an organization that you joined.What onboarding tactics did the organization use to educate you about its culture? Provide examples.
Explain how schemas and bias affect perception.
Understand how information is perceived.
Identify socialization methods utilized by sport organizations.
4. What are the subcomponents of the “personenvironment ft” perspective?
3. What are some of the belief and value systems that you have encountered?
2. Which of the Big 5 personalities fts you best?
1. What is the DISC profle and which do you feel most aligns with your personality?
Explain the various subcomponents of the person-environment ft paradigm.
Specify personal beliefs and values.
Explain the importance of personality within the sport workplace.
Distinguish between the different personality frameworks.
3. Write down ten changes you’ve seen in the sports industry in the last fve years. Create a graph with incremental on the left side, radical on the right side, evolutionary on the top side, and
2. Discuss one change currently happening in the sports industry. Why do you think the organization chose to implement that change?How do you think it’s going?
1. Self-refect on a time you’ve dealt with change.How did you feel about the change? How did you react? What about those around you?What would you do differently next time?
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