Case Analysis

OB midtermexam preparation

• Why is it important to complement intuition with systemathic study in our attemts to understand behavior within organizations?

• Organizational behavior is an applied behavioral science built upon contributions from a number of different disciplines. What are these disciplines and what are the contributions of each discipline? Be complete in your response and include four different behavioral science disciplines?

• How does globalization affect a manager’s people skill?

• Discuss the ways in which the manager’s job is changing in response to globalization.

• Discuss the implications of workforce diversity for management practices

• What is an ethical dilemma? Provide an example.

• Define the concept of “learning” and explain various learning theories (i.e., classical conditioning, operant conditioning, and social learning).Include similarities and / or dissimilarities of different learning theoties in your explanation.

• Explain why values are important to the study of organizational behavior.

• Discuss the Rokeach Value Survey. Include definitions and discussion of terminal values and instrumental values.

• Describe what is meant by the terms “person job fit” and “person organization fit”

• Name and describe the value dimensions of culture identified by Hofstede.

• Discuss the three components of an attitude.

• Discuss cognitive dissonance theory and three ways in which individuals might alleviate dissonance.

• Explain the difference between job satisfaction, job involvement and organizational commitment.

• What are the major causes of job satisfaction?

• Explain the exit-voice-loyalty-neglect framework

• Discuss how job satisfaction can impact productivity, absenteesm amd turnover.

• Discuss the primary factors that operate to shape and sometimes distort perception.

• What is attribution theory? What...