Your boss has recently heard

BUS 318 week 1 and week 2

BUS 318: Organizational Behavior

Week 1: Due 5/23

Discussion Questions:

Your initial post should be at least 150 words in length. Support your claims with examples from required material(s), and properly cite any references.

Discussion 1: Attribution Theory

Your boss has recently heard a little about attribution theory and has asked you to explain it to him in more detail, focusing on its possible usefulness in managing your department. How do you address his request? Please make sure you indicate your department.

Discussion 2: Career Planning

Describe how career planning is useful throughout one’s career and is not just carried out during initial entry.

Discussion 3: Career Planning

ERG Theory

Give an example of how the ERG theory could be used to explain your motivation to work in a job you have had. Be specific.

Discussion 4: Compressed Work Week?

What are the potential advantages and disadvantages of a compressed work week? Would you want to work in a compressed work week? Why or why not?

Week 3: Due 6/6

Discussion Questions:

Discussion 1: Managing a High-Performance Team

While surfing the Internet, you encounter this note posted in your favorite discussion group: “Help! I have just been assigned to head a new product design team at my company. The division manager has high expectations for the team and me, but I have been a technical design engineer for four years since graduating from college. I have never ‘managed’ anyone, let alone led a team. The manager keeps talking about her confidence that I will create a ‘high-performance team.’ Does anyone out there have any tips to help me master this challenge? Help! [signed] Galahad.” As a good citizen of the Internet, you decide to answer. What message will you send out?

Your initial post should be at least 150 words in length. Support your claims with examples from required material(s), and properly cite any references.

Discussion 2: Strategy and Influence

Identify and explain at least four strategies of managerial influence. Give examples of how each strategy may or may not work when exercising influence, both downward and upward, in organizations. Give examples of each based on experiences you have had at a job.

Your initial post should be at least 150 words in length. Support your claims with examples from required material(s), and properly cite any references.