1. What commonalities do you see between organizations and social movements?
2. How would you use a social network to solve a work-related task?
3. Why do social networks inspire employees?
4. . How do social networks help managers plan, organize, lead, and control?
5. What steps would you take to help your organization become a learning organization?
6. What are the advantages of a virtual organization?
7. . What aspects of P-O-L-C would be most likely to change based on what you have learned in this section?
8. 1)What does it mean to have a working relationship (relationship at work) Explain the importance of this relationship?
9. Do you believe that the amount of stress present in a job is related to employee satisfaction and commitment?
10. What is the difference between job satisfaction and organizational commitment? How do the two concepts relate to one another? 80 Principles of Management
11. In your opinion, of the factors that influence work attitudes, which three are the most important in making people dissatisfied with their jobs? Which three are the most important relating to organizational commitment?
12. Do you think making employees happier at work is a good way of motivating people? When would high satisfaction not be related to high performance?
13. How important is pay in making people attached to a company and making employees satisfied?
14. Do you think younger and older people are similar in what makes them happier at work and makes them committed to their companies? Do you think there are male-female differences? Explain your answers.
15. You've just been made a manager in Sweden, known for its institutional collectivism. What incentives and reward structures would you use to motivate your employees?
16. How would you prepare workers for an overseas assignment?
17. Your company has 12 branches in the United States and will be opening its first branch in Brazil. Your company prides itself on its self-managed teams. Will you keep this policy in the new country? Why or why not?
18. You're a manager in Japan, and you've just discovered that a team leader under your supervision has made a mistake that will result in a quality problem. How will you handle this mistake?
19. You work in Hong Kong for a Swiss-owned firm. The Swiss are known for their high uncertainty avoidance. What differences might you expect to see from your Swiss bosses compared with your Hong Kong employees?
20. What aspects of P-O-L-C would be most likely to change based on what you have learned in this section?