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Based on your readings from this week’s chapters, please answer the following questions: Which do you think is more important for organizations: downward communication or upward communication? Why?  Which of the conflict causes do you feel is most challenging to a manager? Why? Critique Fiedler’s LPC theory. Are other elements of the situation important? Do … Read more

individual report Managing and organizaional Behavior

The Assessment Task This assignment is a theoretically informed individual 3,500-word report to address the identified challenges outline in your poster presentation. This report should develop a critical theoretical discussion using up to date credible sources to debate the different options for leaders/managers to deal with your outlined specific challenges. You should demonstrate the depth of … Read more

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  Examining Norms in Measurement What do norms tell us and what do they mean in regards to measurement individual differences in behavior? Give an example of when a norm would be used.

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 One of the biggest sources of error in employee evaluation is rater evaluations. Supervisors do not always receive adequate training or compensation to perform evaluations. If you were asked to train raters to evaluate performance, what aspects would you include in their training? Why? 

Organizational Analysis

Detail about an organization you choose… 6 pages APA  Sections: • Introduction of the organization, including history and background. • Organizational strategy. • Organizational design and your assessment of effectiveness. • Organizational culture. • Conclusion and what you would change about the selected organization for improvement.

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 Describe the purpose of a job analysis and its main elements. Then write a job description for your current or a previous position that you have held by conducting a blended job analysis. First, identify your tasks and duties, as well as the Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Other (KSAOs) necessary to perform the job. Be … Read more

Journal Analysis

  Topic-  economies of scale  find 1 recent peer-reviewed academic journal article (within the past 3 years) that closely relates to the concept. Your submission must include the following information in the following format: DEFINITION: a brief definition of the key term followed by the APA reference for the term; this does not count in … Read more

Discussion

This week’s topic is on Leadership and Influence Processes. A major area of focus within the leadership research is bias, particularly with regard to gender. You may review the lecture slides to get some background on the major theories in this area and also check out this Ted talk (Links to an external site.) for some … Read more