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MGT 312 Week 1 Organizational Behavior in the Workplace
MGT 312 Week 2 Diversity and Personality at Work
MGT 312 Week 2 Big Five Personality Types
MGT 312 Week 3 Team Assignment Organizational Climate (Google)
MGT 312 Week 3 Using Strengths to Increase Motivation
MGT 312 Week 4 Team Assignment Five Bases of Power
MGT 312 Week 4 Individual Assignment Working in Groups and Tea
ms
MGT 312 Week 5 CAREER CONNECTION Socialization and Mentor
ing
MGT 312 Week 5 Organizational Development and Human Resource
s
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MGT 312 Final Guide 1
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1
The interdisciplinary field dedicated to understanding and managing
people at work is called:
Management dynamics
Management theory
Organizational dynamics
Organizational behavior
2
The distinction between flexible and fixed individual differences:
Is that managers have little or no impact on flexible differences
Is that managers should hire people based on their attitudes and emot
ions
Is that managers have little or no impact on fixed differences
Has no practical value for managers
3
Regarding using personality testing as part of the hiring process, expe
rts have concluded that:
The typical personality test is not a valid predictor of job performance
Only the Big Five should be used as predictors of job performance
The effects of personality on job performance are so large it cannot b
e ignored by managers
There are many valid instruments available to managers to test for pe
rsonality types
4
In Ajzen’s theory of planned behavior, ___________ is (are) the key li
nk between _________.
Intentions; attidtudes and planned behavior
Norms; intentions and planned behavior
Intentions; norms and attitudes
Attitudes; intentions and planned behavior
5
According to the Ajzen model, the strongest predictor of an employee’
s behavior is (are):
The employee's intentions
The employee's attitudes
Social norms
The employee's values
6
The steps in the process of stereotype formation and maintenance in o
rder are:
Expectations, categorization, inferences, maintenance.
Categorization, inferences, expectations, maintenance.
Inferences, categorization, expectations, maintenance.
Categorization, expectations, inferences, maintenance.
7
Janelle, one of Abdul’s employees, has performed poorly on many asp
ects of her job since she was hired four months ago. This is likely to b
e attributed to:
External causes
Fundamental bias
Internal causes
Self-serving bias
8
The potential to understand and regulate oneself is known as:
Naturalist intelligence
Intrapersonal intelligence
Kinesthetic intelligence
Interpersonal intelligence
9
Self-enhancement and self-transcendence are:
Personal attitudes
Endpoints of one of the dimensions of values
Workplace attitudes
Cognitions
10
Organizations with adhocracy cultures are described as:
Externally focused and valuing stability and control
Internally focused and valuing stability and control
Externally focused and valuing flexibility
Internally focused and valuing flexibility
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MGT 312 Final Guide 2
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1 in the ________ of group development, group members try to get to
know each other and establish common understanding.
2
Organizational ________ is the study of the many factors that have a
n impact on how people and groups act, think, feel, and respond to wo
rk and organizations, and how organizations respond to their environ
ments.
3
The highest level a group can possibly perform at is known as ______
__.
4
In ________, managers establish the rules and reporting relationship
s that allow people to achieve organizational goals.
5
When situational pressures are ________, personality is not a good p
redictor of on-the-job performance.
6 A manager notices his task force's ideas are a little stale. He attribu
tes this to the fact that the group is homogeneous. He should _______
_.
7
The extent to which a leader actually does help a group or organizati
on to achieve its goals is best described as ________.
8
Which of the following statements best explains why work attitude has
little relationship to job performance?
9
Transactional leaders motivate followers by ________.
10
The management of organizational politics most often falls to ______
__.
11
What statement best describes how situational factors may affect work
mood?
12
The ________ of a worker's attitude reflects his thoughts about how t
o act on the job.
13
A business owner accepts the importance of the ________ theory. Co
nsequently he has structured his company to fit the factors that affect i
t the most in an effort to eliminate as much uncertainty as possible.
14
Two managers have conflicting views of how to best handle a recent i
ncrease in funds. They have many meetings and each manager must a
rgue his position. After several weeks, a decision is made that results
in an efficient and effective use of the new resources. This example be
st shows that ________.
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MGT 312 Week 1 Organizational Behavior in the Workplace
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Organizational Behavior in the Workplace
Complete the matrix below with 3 to 5 job skills found in the workplac
e that could lead to improved job performance.
Write a 350- to 700word summary of what you have learned about Organizational Behav
ior from your current readings. Include the following in your summar
y:
· Explain the connection between organizational behavior and your
selected job skills from the matrix.
· Discuss how these job skills can lead to improved job performanc
e.
· Explain how Organizational Behavior can aid you in decisionmaking and problem-solving.
· Predict the consequences of unethical behavior in the workplace.
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MGT 312 Week 2 Big Five Personality Types
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Complete the “What Is My Big Five Personality Profile?” selfassessment.
Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you address the following:
· Do you agree with the results of your assessment?
· Based on the results of your assessment, what do you see as your s
trengths and weaknesses?
· How might your personality type influence your job performance?
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
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MGT 312 Week 2 Diversity and Personality at Work
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You are assigned to work on a team in the workplace with a person w
ho has a different personality type than you. Connect with your team
members who have a different personality than you.
Write a 350- to 700-word paper in which includes the following:
· A description of each team member’s personality type
· A description of the advantages of working with those with differin
g personality types
· A discussion of the disadvantages of working with those with diffe
ring personality types
· Examples of ways organizations can manage a diverse group of e
mployees.
Cite 1 to 3 business sources not including the text that support the tea
m’s ideas regarding personality.
Format the paper consistent with APA guidelines.
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MGT 312 Week 3 Team Assignment Organizational Climate
(Google)
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Locate a list of the 100 best companies to work for by using a search
engine.
Research companies from that list to ensure sufficient information is a
vailable to review the Organizational Behavior environment of that co
mpany. Look for the following key words: amplifying effect, prosocial behaviors, positive deviance, conscious capitalism.
Select one of the companies as a team.
Write a 350- to 700word analysis of the team’s chosen organization and its climate regar
ding organizational behavior. Include the following in your review:
· Does this organization encourage positive Organizational Behavi
or?
· If yes, how do they demonstrate this?
· If not, what type of Organizational Behavior do they seem to enco
urage?
Peer Review: The teams will share their findings with at least one oth
er team in class. The teams will critically analyze the review to see if t
he other team provided adequate evidence to support their claims reg
arding the organizational climate of the chosen organization.
Incorporate the feedback from the peer review in the conclusion of the
paper.
Format the paper consistent with APA guidelines.
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MGT 312 Week 3 Using Strengths to Increase Motivation
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Complete the “What is My Level of PsyCap” self-assessment.
Write a 1050- to 1400-word paper in which you include the following:
· Explain why you agree or disagree with your results.
· Develop strategies to advance your career using your strengths.
· How can you use goalsetting to increase motivation and improve job performance?
· How might your engagement as an employee and job satisfaction i
nfluence job performance?
· Discuss at least 5 of the following motivational theories and expla
in how these can aid in job performance.
· Extrinsic motivation
· Intrinsic motivation
· McGregor’s Theory X and Theory Y
· Maslow’s Needs Hierarchy
· Acquired needs theory
· Self-determination theory
· Herzberg’s theory of motivation
· Equity theory
· Expectancy theory
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
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MGT 312 Week 4 Individual Assignment Working in Groups
and Teams
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Complete the “Evaluate Team Member Effectiveness” selfassessment.
Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you address the following:
· Do you agree with your results?
· Based on your selfassessment, what do you see as your strengths and weaknesses rega
rding working on a team?
· Have you ever engaged in social loafing while on a team? Why or
why not?
· How does working effectively on a team give you an advantage in
the workplace?
· How do groups normally develop?
· How does the effectiveness of the team members influence the gro
up’s development process?
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
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MGT 312 Week 4 Team Assignment Five Bases of Power
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Create a 5- to 8slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation in which you examine th
e five bases of power. Include the following:
· A description of each
· An example of each as used in the workplace
· An evaluation of which are the most and least desirable
· Ways to increase positive power bases
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MGT 312 Week 5 CAREER CONNECTION Socialization and
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CAREER CONNECTION: This assignment builds socialization skill
s and establishes the importance of mentoring to aid in career advanc
ement.
The team has been invited to present at a conference before top execu
tives of Fortune 500 companies. The topic the team is presenting on is
“How Can Socialization and Mentoring Be Used For Career Advanc
ement?”
Create a 10- to 15slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation in which you address the
following as they relate to the topic:
· How can socialization and mentoring be used to advance a career
?
· How can socialization and mentoring help minimize resistance to
change using the contingency approach?
· How can socialization and mentoring help people embrace these c
hanges as a part of career advancement?
· Include Feldman’s threephase model of socialization and the six socialization tactics as par
t of the discussion.
Cite a minimum of 3 peer-reviewed sources other than your textbook.
Format the references according to APA guidelines and include as a r
eference slide at the end of the presentation.
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MGT 312 Week 5 Organizational Development and Human
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Write a 175- to 350word short paper that explains how Human Resource functions relate
to organizational development.
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