Bus 200 Final Exam Paper

V.Armstrong

Bus 200 Strayer University

Professor J. Wood

March 22, 2010

Briefly discuss: Do manager have an ethical obligation to step in when they are aware of social loafing in a self-managed team? Why or why not? Do other team members have an obligation to try to curtail the social loafing? Why or why? Managers do have that obligation to step in when there is a social loafing. It would not be fair to the others on the group or other employees. Why a manager should step in, is because once a group is assigned to a project and two or more that are social loafing will make the group fall back and the project will not be successful. I believe that other team members should not follow a social loafing; it will only bring the group down. Why, if the others follow a social loafer or loafing the project that was assigned to the group will have less information and the project would not be completed in a timely manner. Most projects given by a manager or from keep a social loafing busy “(1) make individual contributions to a group identifiable, (2) emphasize the valuable contributions of individual members, (3) keep the group size at an appropriate level” (Jones, 2009, pp. 553-554). Sexton (2008) says of course, everyone enjoys a reward and so the final advice for avoiding the dangers of social loafing is to create a system for measuring individual performance and rewarding those who excelled above and beyond the team goal.
Why are some companies starting their own social networks? What are the advantages and disadvantages of social networks? The reason why some companies are starting their own social network is because big companies are marketing their products. It also helps them to connect with employees and that the Generation Y will be entering into the workforce. The