MGT 400 STUDY GUIDE 1 (MID-TERM) Materials needed for preparation: Lectures (slides): 1 – What is culture; 2 – Conceptual culture models; 3 – Culture shock and expatriate adjustment; 4 – Motivation; 5 – Decision making; 6 – Ethics. Textbook: Chapter 2 (Culture & International Management), 7 (Motivation), 9 (Decision Making) Cases: (1) Foundering Expatriate; (2) Black & Decker Readings: “The silent language in overseas business”; “Right ways to manage expats”; “Value in tension: Ethics
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POWER STRATEGIES FOR MIDDLE MANAGERS David P. Boyd Northeastern University & Timm L. Kainen University of Massachusetts Lowell Copyright 2005: Global Scholarly Publications. All rights reserved. POWER STRATEGIES FOR MIDDLE MANAGERS David P. Boyd & Timm L. Kainen Introduction Power is a difficult concept
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T3 ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE, SOCIALIZATION AND MENTORING Organizational Culture: Shared values and beliefs that underlie a company’s identity. Values: - Guide the organization’s thinking and actions. - Dimensions: Prosocial, Market, Financial, Achievement, Artistic - They define: * What metters: where people will spend time and energy * Actions: the way companies operate (decision-making criteria) Layers of Organizational Culture: 1) ESPOUSED VALUES (Core values and guiding
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The biology of leadership The relation between leadership, psychopathy and hormones Master thesis Economics and Business 8th of August 2012 Name student: Ricardo Westendorp Student number: 294819rw Supervisor: Wouter van den Berg The biology of leadership PREFACE Around October, 2011, I started looking for a subject to graduate on, when a neuro-economical subject, involving the connection of leadership to psychopathy and hormones, crossed my path. I had to jump into it, because this subject
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Organizational Behavior: 1/10/13 * Real life decision making is not rational * “Sunk cost bias” – violates economic assumption of reality * ex: $20 auction * Escalation * Influences of Escalation * Project features encourage it * Psychological factors encourage it * Social factors encourage it * Structural factors encourage it * ex: Vietnam war – committed large number of troops to combat * Reduce escalation of commitment
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internal politics, lack of strong motivation, lack of of time devoted to quality initiatives, Lack of leadership Identify procedures that lead to process improvement. customer satisfaction, achieving higher quality, reducing waste, reducing cost, increasing productivity, and reducing processing time. List the 8 key principles of a quality management system. 1. Customer focus, 2. Leadership, 3. Involvement of people, 4. Process Approach 5. system approach to management, 6
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Management (T2) by Richard L. Daft Chapter 9+10+14+15+16 everything to pass your second MNO exam by Roibin The Marketplace to Buy and Sell your Study Material Buy and sell all your summaries, notes, theses, essays, papers, cases, manuals, researches, and many more.. www.stuvia.com Stuvia.com - The Marketplace to Buy and Sell your Study Material Management and Organization Chapter 9 – Managerial Decision-Making Managers are often referred to as decision-makers, and every organization
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Chapter 1 Case1: "Lessons for 'Under Cover' Bosses" This exercise contributes to Learning Objectives: Define organizational behavior and identify the variables associated with its study, Explain the relationship between personality traits and individual behavior, Describe the factors that influence the formation of individual attitudes and values, Discuss the importance of individual moods and emotions in the workplace, Apply the study of perception and attribution to the workplace; Learning Outcomes:
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THE LEADERSHIP TRAINING ACTIVITY BOOK 50 Exercises for Building Effective Leaders LOIS B. HART, Ed.D. CHARLOTTE S. WAISMAN, Ph.D. AMACOM AMERICAN MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION New York | Atlanta | Brussels Chicago | Mexico City | San Francisco Shanghai | Tokyo | Toronto | Washington, D. C. Special discounts on bulk quantities of AMACOM books are available to corporations, professional associations, and other organizations. For details, contact Special Sales Department, AMACOM, a division
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Team Dynamics My team experience Ruth Nadia Alico University of Colorado Colorado Springs Team Dynamics Teams are groups of people who work together to achieve a common goal. Groups are also people who work together. They may or may not work toward the same goal. Each member in a team or group acquires different qualifications and expertise. Team’s Dynamics describe the way in which people in a group interact with one another. When dynamics are positive, teams work well together. On the
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