1. Select any two "hot topics" from the macro-level environment of business management; from which dimensionts) do they originate, and how might they impact a business in Wichita? Are these topics I potential opportunities or threats. and how should the business react to them?
2. What are the most persuasive arguments for, and against, Corporate Social Responsibility'? What is the difference between a "legitimate operation" and a business that has lost its legitimacy in the eyes of its stakeholders? What actions can he taken to regain "legitimacy"?
3. Business people who focus on profits wind up in the hole. For me. profit is what happens when you do everything else right" (Chouinard). Agree or disagree. and why?
4. Why can't you just accept my ethics? Where did you get your ethical values, and what are some of the difficulties when an individual's ethics confront/contradict the ethical values presented by the company?
5. "Profit is the sole objective of business" seems to be an antiquated concept in today's marketplace. What is the cost of an over-emphasis on social responsibility and who pays this cost? Business has an "obligation to protect and enhance society"? Who says?
6. Describe a recent decision that you made: how did intuition, political forces risk propensity. ethics and/or escalation of commitment &tem your decision?
7. Once your business strategy has been formulated and you have a plan for implementation, you begin to focus on structural issues that may impact implementation. You have a problem: a 20-year employee. well-intentioned and hard-working, but overmatched for new job tasks, is standing in the way. I low do you deal with this employee? What are your options/obligations? Bow long are you willing to accept an unacceptable situation?
8. Describe an organizational change that you've witnessed or experienced. Evaluate management's 'change implementation process'. Were they successful in introducing the change? What steps did they succeed in? Which sips did they fail, and why? What would you have done differently?