1. Given that the United States was founded on the principles of individual merit, hard work, and equality, how have people's perceptions of these values changed the way they see discrimination in the workplace?

 

2.How does the EEOC affect companies? What must you do as a manager to appropriately respond to the administrative rules and regulations published in the Federal Register?  As a marketing manager, you have recently turned down Nancy Conrad for a position as sales supervisor. Nancy believes the denial was due to her gender, and she has filed a sex discrimination charge with the EEOC. Explain the steps the EEOC will use to process the charge; include Nancy's options during the process.

 

3. Why is employee motivation such an important aspect of designing today's jobs? The job characteristics model includes five components—skill variety, task identity, task significance, autonomy, and feedback. Provide an example of how each component can be used to improve an organization and the job of an employee.