Dynamics of Organizational Behavior

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Hi, please answer any two questions and write two pages for each one, You must integrate multiple aspects of the course in each answer and across all of your answers

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EXAM 2 Please answer 2 of the 6 essay questions below. The exam is open book/open notes. Your answers must reflect your own work and you may not discuss the exam or your answers with anyone else. You must integrate multiple aspects of the course in each answer and across all of your answers (readings, class discussions, cases, etc.). 1. Discuss your communication style and your experiences with active listening and nonverbal messages. How have you improved on these this semester and how will you continue to develop your skills in the future? 2. How do you define your perspective and approach to interpersonal politicking and power? What does it mean to influence others? Discuss several methods of influence that you believe work/ could work for you and why. How can you be more effective in politics and persuasion in the future? 3. What is the value of feedback and why do people avoid/fear feedback? Discuss how you have gotten better at receiving and giving feedback and how you will make the most of feedback in the future. 4. What does it take to be a good boss? How does personality influence leadership style and how have/can you develop a more effective leadership style? 5. Discuss some advantages and disadvantages of teams and your experiences with these. How have/will you make your teams more effective in the future? 6. How and why have you struggled with change? How can you overcome resistance to change in yourself and others in order to bring about and maintain positive change? CLASS SCHEDULE DATE Aug 22 Activities Introduction Read “Critical thinking” Web: http://ideas.darden.virginia.edu/2014/09/writing-and-leadership- reflecting-on-the-page/ Personality and Individual Differences: Watch Susan Cain – The power of introverts Complete Personality Inventory • Case – Bright and talented: What more do you want? No class Aug 29 . Sep 5 Sep 12 Sep 19 Emotion, biology, and bias Read. “Managing emotion in the workplace"(web link) Read. Hammond, The hidden traps in decision making. HBR • Read "Crucial Conversations" slides (canvas) Motivation Read. “One more time...” (HBR) Case – Alex Sander step 1 Trust Read. Galford & Drapeau (2003). The enemies of trust. HBR Watch. Simon Sinek – If you don't know people you don't know business Emotional Intelligence Goleman. Biology of Leadership. Web link Read Emotional Intelligence Chapter Case – Alex Sander step 2 Sep 26 . Oct 3 . Oct 10 . . Oct 17 Oct 24 . Oct 31 . Nov 7 Nov 14 Engagement and Identity Read Managing employee engagement. Watch. Work and Personal Identity (web link). Exam 1 Communication & Negotiation Read “TIP Chapter 6” (canvas) Read “3-D Negotiation.” Power & Influence Read. Pfeffer, Power Play. HBR. Read. Johnson, Exerting Influence without Power. (canvas) Case – Alex Sander step 3 Feedback and Performance Management Read "Fear of feedback.” HBR Role plays Leadership Are you a good boss? HBR Watch. Aly Pain. Leadership Styles. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYyORNcJXDA Case - Thomas Greene step 1 Thanksgiving Break Teams Read. How to lead a self-managed team. (Canvas) Team Exercise Creativity and Innovation Read. Creating the preconditions for innovation (coursepack) Watch. Steven Johnson: Where good ideas come from. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0afooUCTO-C Case - Thomas Greene Step 2 Exam 2 Nov 21 Nov 28 Dec 5 . Dec 12
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Organizational Change
Question 6. How and why have you struggled with change? How can you overcome
resistance to change in yourself and others in order to bring about and maintain positive
change?
Change can be defined as a deviation from the norm that is of lasting characteristics.
Change is constant in the world, in that, due to different exposures and experiences people are
forced to adapt to new technologies and strategies. In the rapidly evolving world, new techniques
and trends usually open up to new opportunities, although unknown possibilities that come with
the changes may be frightening, surviving in the evolving environment requires adapting to
learning to embrace the changes quickly rather than resisting it.
As a manager and once a subordinate staff, I have struggled with the change in various
occasion. As human we are naturally drawn to consistency, we fell safer with consistent patterns.
Any change means that a particular risk is involved, explaining the tendency of people focusing
on avoidance of losses even at the cost of gaining something in the short run or future. Change
too many people may be a sign of impending danger, especially if in the past it was associated
with bad things, traumatic or chaos resulting in people been scared of change. However, it also
brings happiness, liberation but often it is hard to see this, especially when the outcomes are
uncertain or unclear. The biggest challenge with change is that people are always concerned if
they have enough resources, skills, and experiences to cope with change.
Resistance can be overcome b...


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