MGMT 222 (401) MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES 1. Your colleague, Mahdi Esmailimotlagh, is wondering what is the real value to value to Business School stude of doing a course called Management. Please advise Mahdi on this matter by stating five important points which he should bear in mind in his search for the answers posed by the question. Please present your five points in complete sentences, in a listed and numbered fashion. (5 marks) 2. Given the many complex. difficult job responsibilities managers have. it is no small wonder that many claim that they are performing their jobs well it they are right just halt of the time. To whom would this statement could be attributed? And do specify the source for your answer. 3. Why every management course in the typical business school must begin with a discussion on the distinctive features of large organizations? And state clearly and fully what would be the four most mportant of these features? And for each such feature identified by you, do explain why should it be clearly understood by prospective entry-level employees of large business enterprises? 4. Please follow this link on amazon. ca to the book. Good Boss. Bad Boss. and reproduce the first paragraph of Chapter 1 of the book and then in a separate paragraph, do state whether you are in agreement with the author or not (4 marks https://www.amazon.ca/Good-Boss-Bad-Learn-Worst/dp/0446556076 5. Our Assistant Professor, Aiden Cooper, has been preparing for this Test quite assiduously and has been making a lot notes on the various chapters in your textbook. This morning, our other Assistant Professor, Isabella Kapteijn, had a glance at Aiden's notes, part of which read, The principal object of management should be to secure the maximum prosperity for the employer, coupled with the maximum prosperity for each employee." Isabella did not tell Aiden anything, but she felt that this had nothing to do with the topics which the class had to review in preparation for the Test. Your very informed comment on this feeling of Isabella. 6. A management consultant has been called in to provide some advice to a large organization that has been operating at a very low level of efficiency. One of her recommendations states that "the organization should hold all of its employees strictly accountable for their actions and that they should know their exact responsibilities". Which management writer appears to have influenced the management consultant in putting forward this recommendation? Do explain why you think that your answer is correct. 7. Our other Assistant Professor, Satwinder Singh Sandhu, attended a University in India before coming to The Business School here at Centennial College. In India, their universities have been influenced by the works of English scholars and writers. And now, Satwinder is telling us that our textbook's Chapter 2 presentation should have included a discussion of the work of at least one English scholar or writer. is Professor Sandhu correct? Do explain your answer. 8. And, as a follow-up to question 7 above: Who was "the man who invented management"?Do explain your answer. 9. Which management writer appears to have had a very strong influence on the founder and CEO of Southwest Airlines Co.. the most successful airline in the United States? Do explain why you think that your answer is indeed correct. 10. What is your interpretation of Figure 7. 3 in your textbook. 11. How many reasons have been put forward in your textbook why managers do not follow the strict prescriptions of the classical model of decision making (also known as the model of rational decision making)? And under which one of these reasons, would the intellectual laziness of managers fall? And do explain why your answers to both parts of the question are indeed correct. 12. Middle-level managers in a particular organization are given the authority to make decisions on the promotions of frontline employees to the positions or supervisors. In the case or one manager. her decision to promote a particular employee to the position of Supervisor was not validated by good performance of that employee in the position to which he was promoted. Despite many objective reports given to the manager in question about the sub-standard performance of the Supervisor, the manager refuses to take any appropriate action, and furthermore, she would frequently declare that the Supervisor was performing his job pretty well. To which one of the cognitive biases would this all relate? Do explain why you think that your answer is very correct. 13. You studied The Procter & Gamble Company in one of earlier assignments in this course. Our very studious colleague, Sunga Taylor, did extensive preparation for this Test and had been reviewing her notes which she had made on P &G. She is looking at this entry in her notebook re the Risk Factors discussed in P & G's 2020 Annual Report: "A significant change in customer relationships or in in customer demand for our products could have a significant impact on our business." Now refer to Figure .1 of your textbook and state fully, clearly, and accurately to which "specific forces and conditions" would the quoted statement best relate and do indicate why you think that your answer is indeed correct. 14. Your colleague, Shabrad Rahimi Balaei, reads very widely on matters pertaining to our course. He notes that in one particular country that (a) they have complex organizations b) they have tall hierarchies and c) they have large gaps in compensation, authority, and respect. Now, refer to Hostede's Model of National Culture in your textbook. In which particular dimension of Hostede's schema would the particular country be located? Do provide an explanation for your choice. 15. Your colleague, Yilin Liu, is checking her notes in preparation for this Test. She has entry that reads as quoted hereunder. She is wondering about the real source for this particular entry in her notebook. Please help her out. Be sure that your answer is a real help to her. (3 marks) You must work with people you don't like, because a workforce comprised of people who are all 'best office buddies can be homogeneous, and homogeneity in an organization breeds failure. A multiplicity of viewpoints - aka (deep-level) diversity - is your best defence against myopia." And for the HR folks and hiring managers: Great talent often doesn't look and act like you. When you go into that interview, check your biases at the door and focus on whether or not the person has the passion. intellect. and character to succeed and excel." 16. Your colleague, Winzesleigh Silao, has many years of work experience in a number of large companies. He has been preparing for this test a very serious way, He noes anar The textbooks discussion on organizational culture is not very helpful someone like himself who could go into particular large organizations and spend some time in them and try to figure out what exactly are their organizational cultures. Please provide your very informed advice to Winzesleigh and be sure to state the source for your advice 17. Please provide a full report on your progress in our course, now that we have completed the first half of the semester