Chapter 1 What Is Organizational Behavior? MULTIPLE CHOICE Importance of Interpersonal Skills 1. Over the past two decades, business schools have added required courses on people skills to many of their curricula. Why have they done this? a. Managers no longer need technical skills in subjects such as economics and accounting to succeed. b. There is an increased emphasis in controlling employee behavior in the workplace. c. Managers need to understand human behavior
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preference can impact organizational ethics is the culture of the employees. For example, in many developing countries, it is acceptable for a senior manager to receive kickbacks from a business partner, as a way to show appreciation for the senior manager’s choice to do business with the other company. While acceptable in some cultures, this type of behavior is considered illegal in the United States, in order to give all companies a fair chance to compete for business. Usually, culture helps determine
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people with diverse backgrounds to meet the needs of the public, sometimes hiring managers are faced with moral and ethical issues facing discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex and national origin. As a manger I may be face with an ethical dilemma to hire one candidate over another because of race. For example, a manger is hiring for a team leader position and there are two candidates; an African American and a Caucasian American, after interviewing both candidate she determined that the most
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JOMO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY KIGALI CAMPUS COURSE: Masters of Science in Project Management UNIT: Project Management Information Systems NAME: Peter John Mwangi. LECTURER: Jubilee Kakwezi DATE: 14/08/2015 PROJECT TITLE: Creating a database for Registration of Project Management Professionals in Rwanda. LOCATION: Kigali, Rwanda. BENEFICIARIES: All Project Managers. PROJECT DURATION:
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even though the other six members are located in Munich. This will solve your personal dilemma as your family does not want to be relocated. The project has a six-month deadline. What factors should you consider in order to make this virtual assignment effective? Answer: First of all, virtual assignments is where the employees and managers are located in different areas as in this case, the Project Manager’s office is in London whereas the other six team members are in Munich. Thus, the Project
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organization. Secondly let’s explain how the relationship between social issues and ethical responsible management practices which pertain to discipline. Lastly, provide a workplace example of an ethical dilemma pertaining to discipline. Also what legal aspects did management face during this dilemma and what legalities governed or should have governed the decision. First and foremost discipline is one of the major issues faced by managers regarding ethics, morals, and values. Managers must conduct
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Here’s a company that recognizes how important culture is! JetBlue created a culture in which employees are treated with respect and are viewed as a core strategic asset. Since that almost catastrophic collapse of its system in 2007, the company has topped all air- lines in J.D. Power’s annual customer-service survey for five years running. Undoubt- edly, its employees and the culture they work in have played a key role in that accomplishment. In this chapter, we’re going to look at culture
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what potential implications can it have on the world economy and businesses in general, and also what potential positive impact this can have on global warming and climate change. At the end of the report I make a reflection on the ethical and moral dilemma that I might face in future at my workplace. Introduction Our crude dependence on oil and the complete disregard for the environment has led us to this path of irreversible destructive impact on the planet and there is no less that 60 months left
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“Bridging the Two Worlds—The Organizational Dilemma” When the new manager of the customer service group began working at ABC Limited, communication usually flowed through proxies, with the top management using selected employees to pass on messages to other employees at the shop floor. Inasmuch as the shop floor employees played a very crucial role in the company, they were not involved in the daily meetings and they did not directly interact with such superior employees, as the vice-president
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situation that their founder was a theif, must make the correct decision. Ethically, they should go public with the new information, accept the damage to the reputation and accept the lighter punishment. The ethics of the company were core to this dilemma. Obviously, GPC’s competitors would utilize this situation to punish them and try to take the upper hand. The name GPC would be subject to bad publicity, as well as its image. Sales could potentially drop if there are many close substitutes causing
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