1. We identified four basic managerial functions, Planning, organizing, leading and controlling. Based on your own experiences and observations, provide an example of each function.
2. Why will learning about Organized Behavior help you to get a better job and a better career, and be a better manager?
3. 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.
4. How can diversity create a competitive advantage for a firm?
5. If a subordinate came to you and said that they felt the company's new diversity hiring initiative was unfair and would compromise their well-deserved opportunities for advancement, how would you respond?
6. What can leaders do to be effective when team members are from different cultures and have different expectations about how the leaders should behave?
7. Identify at least three ways in which the globalization of business affects businesses in your community?
8. What are your personal opinions about international outsourcing in the garment industry? Do you think that lower prices are worth sending U.S. jobs to other countries? Explain your answer.