Organizational Behavior (MGMT 344) Fall 2023 16-week session. Assignment 1: Directions; Read Chapter 1 of the textbook as well as the lecture slides on the blackboard. Answer the following discussion questions. Answers should be fully developed and answer all parts of the question. Each question is worth 6.6 points. Submit the assignment via the assignment link on the blackboard by September 13, 2023 Discussion Quesons 1. What do you think are the most important things a manager does? Is how a manager does these things also important? Why or why not? 2. Some people have suggested that understanding human behavior at work is the single most important requirement for managerial success. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Why? 3. The chapter identifies four basic managerial functions. Based on your own experiences and observations, provide an example of each function. 4. Why will learning about OB help you to get a better job and a better career and be a better manager? 5. Some people believe that individuals working in an organization have basic human rights to saticfaction with their work and to the opportunity to grow and develop. How would you defend this position? How would you argue against it? 6. Think of something that you believe leads to employee productivity based on intuition that may not prove to be true if tested systematically. Now apply the scientific method and describe how you. might test your theory