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Organizational behavior
1. Within
the framework of the emotional intelligence domains of self-awareness,
self-management, social awareness, and relationship management, discuss the
various factors that might have led to Diana’s failure to be promoted.
2. What
competencies does Diana need to develop to be promotable in the future? What
can the company do to support her developmental efforts?
1. What
competencies are needed to be creative?
2.
Identify methods through which creativity can be nurtured.
1. Based
on your knowledge of team dynamics, explain why the packaging department is
less productive than other teams at Treetop.
2. How
should Treetop change the nonproductive norms that exist in the packaging
group?
3. What
structural and other changes would you recommend that may improve this
situation in the long term)
1. What
barriers to effective communication existed in Aluminum Elements Corp? How did
the author deal with these? What would you do differently?
2.
Identify and discuss why John was upset at the end of the case. What should the
writer do at this time?
1) You
have been put in charge of a cross-functional task force that will develop
enhanced Internet
banking
services for retail customers. The team includes representatives from
marketing,
information
services, customer service, and accounting, all of whom will move to the same
location at
headquarters
for three months. Describe the behaviors you might observe during each stage of
the team’s development.
2)
Informal groups exist in almost every form of social organization. What types
of informal groups exist in your classroom? Why are students motivated to
belong to these informal groups?
3) You have
been assigned to a class project with five other students, none of whom you
have met before. To what extent would team cohesiveness improve your team’s
performance on this project? What actions would you recommend to build team
cohesiveness among student team members in this situation?
4) The
late management guru Peter Drucker said, “The now-fashionable team in which
everybody works with everybody on everything from the be inning rapidly is
becoming a disappointment.” Discuss three problems associated with teams.
5) You
have been asked to lead a complex software project over the next year that
requires the full- time involvement of approximately 100 people with diverse
skills and backgrounds. Using your knowledge of team size, how can you develop
an effective team under these conditions?
Organizational behavior
1. Identify several concepts and
characteristics from the field of organizational behavior that this case
illustrates?
2. What advice can you give Tony? How
would this advice be supported or tempered by behavioral concepts and
processes?
3. Is it possible to find an
"ideal" place to work? Explain.
1. How successful do you think Helen
Bowers’s new plan will be?
2. What challenges does Helen confront?
3. If you were Helen’s consultant, what
would you advise her to do
1. What mistakes has Alex already made in
developing a team-based organization?
2. If Alex were to call you in as a
consultant, what would you tell him to do?
3. Using the organization chart of Evans
RV Wholesale Supply and Distribution, describe how you would put the employees
together in teams.
1. What signs of stress was Larry Field
exhibiting?
2. How was Larry Field trying to cope with
his stress? Can you suggest more effective methods?
Organizational behavior
1) Has
Preeti made a good decision about the way she is going to make the decision?
2) Which
investment would you choose? Why?
3) Which
investment do you think most people would choose?
4) Based
on what you have learned about group shift, which investment do you think Preeti’s
family will choose?
1) What
are some factors that led to groupthink in the cases described here? What can
teams do to attempt to prevent groupthink from occurring?
2) How
might differences in status among group members contribute to groupthink? For
example, how might lower-status members react to a group’s decision? Are
lower-status members more or less likely to be dissenters? Why might
higher-status group members be mare effective dissenters?
3)
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says that he encourages dissent. Can such norms
guard against the
occurrence
of groupthink? As a manager, how would you try to cultivate norms that prevent
groupthink?
4) How
might group characteristics such as size and cohesiveness affect groupthink?
1) Why is
this group a team?
2) Has
anyone in this case acted unethically?
3) What,
if any, characteristics of groupthink are manifested in the work team?
4) Has
Karan been an effective team leader? Explain your position.
1) Do you
believe that team-building activities increase productivity? Why or why not?
What other factors might be responsible for increases in profitability
following a corporate retreat?
2) What
are some other ways besides those described here to build effective teams and
increase teamwork among company employees? How might these alternatives be
better or worse than corporate retreats?
3) What
should companies do about employees who lack athletic talent but are still
pressured to participate in physical activities with their colleagues? How
might poor performance by those with low athletic ability affect their status
within the organization?
4) How
might you increase teamwork when team members are not often in direct contact
with one another? Can you think of any “electronic” team-building exercises?
1. What
competencies are needed to be creative?
2.
Identify methods through which creativity can be nurtured.
Petroleum Management
1.}
Explain the challenges faced by oil and gas sector in current scenario?
2.}
Elaborate on the Six decades of policy Initiatives in India.
2.}
briefly categorized the downstream in oil sectors in the last two decades.
4.}
Explain how oil sector in linked with other sections of the society?
5.}
Explain how technology, Knowledge and talent has helped oil industry for better
management?
6.} Explain
the economic importance of oil for underdeveloped countries.
PPM
1. What is
your assessment of Daimler-Benz’s operations in many different fields?
2. Should
the various groups operate autonomously? What kinds of activities should be
centralized?
3. Daimler-Benz
is best known for its Mercedes-Benz cars. Why do you think Daimler bought AEG
in the first place, and why did the company venture into aerospace and Inter Services?
4. Given
the apparent mistakes in acquiring no automotive businesses, what should Jurgen
Schrempp do now?
1. What
are the advantages and disadvantages of centralization and decentralization?
2. What
was the rationale for the Ford 2000 program?
3. Why did
Ford change from decentralization to centralization to recentralization?
4. Why did
Ford establish a luxury car division?
1. What
are the advantages and disadvantages of a hands-off, decentralized management
approach?
2. How can
Daewoo stay competitive with the Japanese?
3. What
are some of the controllable and uncontrollable factors in this case? How
should Mr. Kim respond to those factors?
4. What do
you think of Daewoo’s expansion into central Europe? What are the advantages
and risks for the company?
1. What is
your assessment of Barrett’s performance and his vision for Intel? Is he the
right person for the job at Intel?
2. What
are some problems associated with frequent reorganization?
3. What
are the pros and cons for focusing on the distant futures and the heavy
investment in new technologies?
1. Do you
think it is ethical to engage in restructuring and delivering in massive reeducation
of position?
2. Why
would other companies agree to study their “best practices”?
3. What do
you think of evaluating the performance of managers not only on the achievement
of result, but also on the degree to which they share the organizational
values?
4. How
would you feel of setting unrealistic {stretch} objectives?
Production &
Operation Management
1.
Distinguish Production Management and Operations Management. Outline the scope
of POM
2. What is
Master production scheduling? Discuss the process of arriving at it in a multi
product
organization.
3. What is
Methods Study and its objectives? Briefly explain the procedure for Methods
Study.
4. What is
productivity? State the methods for improving productivity.
5. Write short notes on (a) Quality Circles (b) Six Sigma
6. Assume
that a company has just committed to change from a traditional style of
management to
one based
on TQM. Explain the importance of employee involvement and empowerment in
implementing
the TQM.
7.
Capacity will be modified in response to demand. Demand will be modified in
response to capacity.
Which of
these two statements is correct? Why?
8. What
are the advantages of product layout and process layout? Describe briefly, when
to use
product
layout vs process layout.
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