Question 1
1. Describe how you perceive one of the following situations:
• Cutting costs by sending American jobs overseas.
• Providing organizationally funded fringe benefits to same sex partners.
• Restricting trade with nations that are known for human rights abuses.
- Peer evaluations of performance.
- Self-management practices in businesses.
- Drug testing in the workplace.
• Electronic surveillance of employees.
Just answer one of them
Question 2
1. Identify examples of the Contrast Effects that you have experienced or witnessed at work or in the classroom.
2. Provide an example of how the self-fulfilling prophecy works in the classroom.
3. Provide an example of the self-serving bias you have observed at work or in the classroom.
4. Discuss the criticism of reinforcement. Is it dehumanizing to try to control people through consequences? Is it an abuse of managerial power?
Answer one of them
Question 3
1. Identify the types of rewards that could be used to satisfy the various higher order and lower order needs.
2. Which occupations would be best suited for individuals with a high need for achievement? For individuals with a high need for affiliation? For individuals with a high need for power?
3. Identify a work or school situation where you have experienced satisfaction AND dissatisfaction.
4. Consider inequity in your current job or former job. Do you feel you are/were rewarded fairly?
5. To better understand the multiplier effect of Expectancy Theory, consider your motivation in your own academic experience. Do you believe if you work hard, you will be able to achieve a high level of performance (expectancy)? If you succeed in performing well, do you expect to be rewarded with a high grade (instrumentality)? Finally, do you value a high grade (valence)?