Brian graduated with an MBA three years ago and has risen through the managerial ranks quickly at a large bank. Approximately a year ago, Brian had a position to fill in his department and hired his college friend's sister, Laura, who had just graduated from college and was in need of a good job. Brian is very close to his college friend Lance, and Lance had highly recommended his sister as a hard worker. In addition, the vice president for human resources at the bank was pleased that Brian had hired a woman for the position since 90% of the employees in Brian's department are men. Laura gets along well with other people in the department, but lately she has submitted work that has been of substandard quality, and she has missed several department meetings. Brian met with Laura and explained what she needed to do to improve her work, but one month after their discussion, Laura missed another meeting. Brian realizes the importance of recruiting women to work in the department and does not want to upset his friend by firing Laura, but he feels that the poor quality of her work may slow down his career progress. Brian does not know what to do.

Let's focus on this piece of this situation:

"In addition, the vice president for human resources at the bank was pleased that Brian had hired a woman for the position since 90% of the employees in Brian's department are men."

Q5.1 What is one "self-concept" in this piece of the situation?

Q5.2 Take the "self-concept" you listed in the previous question and change it to something else that is also a "self-concept" (note, this "self-concept" may or may not appear in the presented scenario).

Q5.3 Now think about that new "self-concept" within the full situation to generate an idea for what Brian can do. List your new idea below.

Q6.1 Review the changes to PAGES you generated while brainstorming. Which change led to the most novel idea for what Brian can do? Why was that change particularly effective in helping you generate a new idea for Brian?

Q6.2 Please contrast the current process using PAGES to brainstorm new ideas with the earlier process you used for the Brainstorming 1 assignment. What was a benefit of the earlier process you used for the Brainstorming 1 assignment?

Q6.3 What was a benefit of the current process using PAGES?