Preparation

Think about this scenario: Tom, a research employee, is doing just enough to stay on the job six months after being hired. He was carefully chosen and possessed the skills needed to carry out the task admirably. Tom was initially excited about his new position, but he isn't currently performing to his full capacity. His boss, Claire, is worried and wonders what might be done to make things better.

Instructions

Assume the persona of one of the following: Abraham Maslow, Max Weber, Frederick Taylor, Henri Fayol, McGregor's Theory X, or Theory Y. Assume that Claire has requested you to provide guidance on the management problem that was just outlined. Please respond to the following questions as you would imagine your assumed identity would. Be ready to defend your responses based on the text's explanation of this person's viewpoints when asked to share your responses in class.

1. As (your assumed identity), what are your core beliefs about effective management and organizational practices?

2. As (your assumed identity), what might be wrong in this situation to account for Tom's low performance?

3. As (your assumed identity), what could be done to improve Tom's future job performance?

IDC4UB Rapallo Rubric: What Would the Classics Say? Knowledge Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Student demonstrates understanding of chosen management theory by demonstrates demonstrates demonstrates demonstrates relating effective management limited some considerable thorough and organizational practice to understanding of understanding of understanding of understanding of given situation (question 1) theory theory theory theory 18 Thinking Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Student interprets theory and uses analytical thinking to uses processing uses processing assess relevance of solution to uses processing uses processing skills with skills with a high scenario (questions 2 & 3) skills with limited skills with some considerable degree of effectiveness effectiveness effectiveness effectiveness 18 Communication Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Written analysis / response demonstrates precision and clarity (terminology of the discipline) in communicating communicates communicates communicates communicates ideas relating to the classical with minimal with some with considerable with complete and and behavioural approaches precision and precision and precision and thorough precision to management. clarity clarity clarity and clarity 14