BUS 318 Organizational Behavior

Discussions To participate in the following Discussion Forums, go to this week's Discussion link in the left navigation: Negotiating Salary Discuss the common pitfalls you would expect to encounter in negotiating your salary for your first job, and explain how you would best try to deal with them. Share any experiences you have had that you feel might help your peers in the future. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts

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1. Question : Karl is the manager of an engineering department. He refuses to allow engineering drawings to be circulated outside of the department. Karl is exercising which type of power? Student Answer: coercive power. information power. legitimate power. process power. representative power. Points Received: 1 of 1 Comments: Question 2. Question : Which of the following is NOT a

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Article Critique Investigate professional journals and locate two articles pertaining to organizational behavior that are of interest to you. You are to critique each of the two articles according to the instructions below. The articles should be less than three years old. You are encouraged to use the ProQuest Database found in the Ashford Online Library. Each one- to two- page critique (a total of two to four pages for both critiques) must

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1. Question : A high-performing team can be created by doing the all of the following EXCEPT: Student Answer: communicating high-performance standards. having members spend time together. creating a sense of urgency. making sure members have the right skills. ensuring that new information is kept to a minimum. Points Received: 1 of 1 Comments: Question 2. Question : In coping with t

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Discussions To participate in the following Discussion Forums, go to this week's Discussion link in the left navigation 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

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1. 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. 2. 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?

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