Organizational Behavior

Q1. (a) What types of power does the UAW hold over GM? How has
this power influenced its ability so negotiate with GM?

Q1. (b) Would you consider P&G to be a "learning organization"?

What aspects of P&G lead you to your answer?

Q2. (a) Teams should read each scenario and identify the five
members whose power will increase most in light of the external
environmental condition described.

Q2. (b) Wingman's attempts to maintain its core cultural values by

hiring individuals who are passionate about the food industry and by
staffing new stores partly with existing employees. What are some
advantages and disadvantages of trying to impose a similar culture
throughout different areas of a company?

Q3. (a) Considering what you know about individual differences such
as personality, what types of employees might respond more and less
favourably to gore's lack of hierarchy?

Q3. (b) What hypotheses might explain the connection between how
individuals react to the authority of others and how they are as
authority figures?

Q4. (A) Demonstrate how organizational structures differ, and

contrast mechanistic and organic structural models.

Q4. (b) What are the differences among the traditional, human
relations, and interactionist views of conflict?

Q5. (a) In explaining why she was offended, Cohen argued, "people
my age are taught to express themselves, and saying something
negative about someone's fashion is saying something negative about
them. "Do you agree with Cohen?

Q5. (b) Do you believe that team-building activities increase

productivity? Why or why not? What other factors might be
responsible for increases in profitability following a corporate retreat?

Q6. (a) What are some processes losses that are likely to occur in
teams such as those at IGU Medical Inc? How can these processes
losses be avoided?
Q6. (b) How might group characteristics such as size and
cohesiveness affect groupthink?

Answer1a: For the sake of those who do not know, UAW stands for
United Automobile Workers and GM stands for General Motors, a
leading western car manufacturer.

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