Part 1 CASE: The Sleepiness Epidemic

Question 1

(The following two questions relate to the attached CASE--The Sleepiness Epidemic).

A. Should organizations be concerned about the sleepiness of their employees?

B. What factors influencing sleep might be more or less under the control of an organization?

Question 2

(The following questions relate to the attached CASE--The Sleepiness Epidemic).

A. How might sleep deprivation influence aspects of expectancy theory?

B. How might the incorporation of "nap rooms" for sleep-deprived employees demonstrate aspects of equity theory?

The Sleepiness Epidemic

Question 3

(The following questions relate to the attached CASE--The Sleepiness Epidemic).

A. If you were a manager who noticed your employees were sleep-deprived, what steps might you take to help them?

B. What theories of motivation could you use to help them?

Part 2  CASE  - Your Best Self

Question 4

(The following questions relate to the attached CASE--Your Best Self).

A. What are your top three values?

B. How well do they represent you?

C. Did you feel pressure to choose values that might seem most socially acceptable?

Question 5

(The following two questions relate to the attached CASE--Your Best Self).

A. It is often argued that values are meaningful only when they conflict and we have to choose between them. Do you think that was one of the objectives of this game?

B. Do you agree with the premise?

Question 6 

(The following question relates to the attached CASE--Your Best Self).

Is there a value you would claim for yourself that is not on the list?

Part 3 CASE  - The Youngest Billionaire

Question 7 

(The following questions relate to the attached CASE--The Youngest Billionaire).

A. How much of Blakely's success is due to her personality and effort and how much to serendipity (being in the right place at the right time)?

B. Does attribution theory help you answer this question? Why or why not?

Question 8

(The following question relates to the attached CASE--The Youngest Billionaire).

Use the three-stage model of creativity to analyze Blakely's decision making. What can you learn from her story that might help you be more creative in the future?

Question 9

(The following questions relate to the attached CASE--The Youngest Billionaire).

Does hindsight bias affect the factors to which you might attribute Blakely's success? Why or why not?

Question 10

Analyze and describe two different and non-related instances where you experienced being treated fairly and unfairly. Work-related experiences are preferable, but nonwork examples are fine too.

Evaluate the experiences through the Model of Organizational Justice and state whether each experience involved:

Distributive Injustice

Procedural Injustice

Interactional Justice

Organizational Justice

Be sure to state if the experiences have anything in common.

All three cases are attached below :

Attachment:- Cases.rar