Organizational Behavior Final.

Organizational Behavior Final.

Due to the work and research that is required for your final. I have provided you with the case scenarios and questions; you may answer and place the responses in your week 13 folder by Sunday, Apr. 12th.

Please be thorough in your responses. You are also welcome to give additional feedback from scholarly journals or articles. Do cite your references and sources.

1. You have been given the unique opportunity to develop a ‘Greenfield’ site for a new production facility. A Greenfield site means that the entire operation is new, including employees, structure and practices. You want to ensure that the new plant supports self-directed work teams, unlike other company facilities which mainly focus on individual performance. Describe the distinctive features of a typical self-directed team. Also, briefly discuss the various stages that may take place in the team development.
2. Emotional contagion receives relatively little attention in organizational behavior literature (as it is mostly studied by psychologists), yet it is an important part of social interaction in the workplace. Define emotional contagion and identify two benefits of this phenomenon.
3. An important factor in choosing the best communication channel is its media richness. Explain the concept of media richness. What are the two conditions required for a communication channel to be considered high in media richness?
4. Describe the conditions that support organizational politics? What are ways in which organizational politics may be reduced?
5. NewTech Inc. is searching for a new vice-president of marketing and wants to find someone with excellent leadership qualities. Along with evaluating each job candidate’s past experience, NewTech intends to assess each candidate’s leadership competencies. List and explain the main categories of leadership competencies that NewTech should be examining in each candidate.
6. What is a network structure? Discuss in detail and provide an example.
7. What does organizational culture consist of? Describe and discuss it components.
8. Your friend is thinking about applying for a technical or managerial job opportunity at a large computer network firm. However, past experiences have made your friend aware that it is important to ensure that the company’s dominant values are aligned with his or her own. Identify and explain the four “4” broad categories of artifacts that your friend should consider when deciphering the culture of the computer network firm.

Your friend is a job applicant, so your answer should relate to the experience of being recruited into an organization.

1. Describe the ethical problems that may arise from organizational change activities.