Management
Each answer should be about a paragraph long. Do not copy your answers from the web, the text book, etc. In other words, you MAY USE the book, the videos, your notes, and other sources, but WRITE YOUR ANSWERS IN YOUR OWN WORDS.
Five essays at 14 possible points each (for a total of 70 points possible).
1.- The first slide in Chapter 15 contains a lot about personality and individual behavior. As managers, why is it important to understand individual traits when we will generally manage larger groups?
2.- Explain Expectancy Theory as we discussed it in class (do not go out on the internet and copy a bunch of stuff about “valence” like some people did last semester… we didn’t talk about valence in class). Include how this fits into our model of performance at the beginning of Chapter 16, and how we know that this is a multiplicative model rather than an additive one.
3.- In this course, we have talked about four uses of empowerment and participation. We said they are part of delegation, used to overcome resistance to change, used to overcome resistance to control, and used for motivation. Now, explain why empowerment and participation work in all of these areas.
4.- Explain the differences and similarities between power and leadership.
5.- In your own words, in four sentences or less, discuss the characterization of bureaucracy as a “substitute for leadership.”
