2024 – Chapter 1 Managers and Management 1 1 What is an organization and what characteristics do organizations

Chapter 1: Managers and Management

1.1 What is an organization and what characteristics do organizations share?

1.2 How do managers differ from nonmanagerial employees?

1.4 What similarities do you see among the four management functions? Do you think these functions are related?

 

Chapter3: Integrative Managerial Issues

3.1 How does the concept of a global village affect organizions and managers?

3.3.What are the managerial implications of Hofstede’s reseach on cultural environments? The GLOBE study?

3.10 Describe and discuss the three ways that organizations and managers are adapting to a changing workfore.

Chapter 4: Foundations of Decision Making

4.1 Way is decision making often described as the essence of a manager’s job?

4.2 Describe the eight steps in the decision-making process.

4.4 Because managers have so many powerful decision-making tools to use, they should be able to make more rational decisions.” Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Why

 Chapter 5: Foundations of  Planning

5.1 contrast formal with informal planning.

5.2 Discuss why planning is beneficial.

5.5 Organizations that fail to plan are planning to fail.”Agree or disagree? Explain your position.

5.9 Do a personal SWOT analysis. Assess your personal strengths and weakness( skills, talents, abililties). What are you good at? What are you not so good at? What do you enjoy doing? Not enjoy doing? Then, identify career opportunities and threats by researching job prospects in the you’re interested in. Look at trends and projections. you might want to check out the information the Bureau of Labor Statistics provides on job prospects. Once you have all this information. Write a specific career action plan.Outline five-year career goals and what you need to do to achieve those goals.

 Chapter 6: Organizatonal Stuctures and Design

6.1 Discuss what is meant by the term Organizaton design.

6.2 Describe the traditional and contermporary views of each of the six key elements of organizational design.

6.3 Can an organization’s structure be changed quickly? Why or why not? Should it be changed quickly? Why or why not?

6.4. An organization can have no structure. ” Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Explain.

Chapter 7: Managing Human Resources

7.1 How does HRM affect all managers?

7.2 Should an employer have the right to choose employees without governmental interferece? Support your position.

7.3 Some critics claim that corporate HR departments have outlived their usefulness and are not there to help employees but to shield the organizaton from legal problems. What do you think? What benefits are there to having a formal HRM process? What are the drawbacks?