Some OB Questions that students wrote .. It is compilation :
1. More difficult you set the goal, harder your woirk for it. justify the statement with reference to students sales performance in Maha Mandi !
2.How Gert Hofstedes 5 cultural dimension will help to explain and understand the variations of employees work place attitudes in a given a company ?
3. How to motivate employees for extraordinary sales performance in Maha Mandi ! Take the help of any given motivation frame work that is discussed in ORGB book ?
4. What is inspiration leadership used in maha mandi ? Discuss using any of the inspiration leadership approaches discussed in your ORGB book .
5. Current Employees motivation levels among the corporate employees is found to be least. Explain the same using the Two factor theory of motivation by Herzberg. Suggest measures for improving the motivation.
6.What is negotiation skills ? What are the effective negotiaons skilsl one business profesional should practice at work place ? List down two examples of yuour negotiation skills which u practice during Maha Mandi sale event.
7. Explain the concept of SMART goals with reference to Maha Mandi performance .. What is the typical behavioral response of students for goal setting ? As a OB student manager identify the goal setting behaviours that you try to inculcate among the Mandi participants !
8. Explain the following OB aspects in case of startups emerging in India with respect. Leadership, Team Management, Conflict Management. Make use of the management theories you studied in the OB course while explaining the the concepts
9. What is meant by effective interpersonal communication in Maha Mandi ? What
10. The case " Three monks and no water " exposes conflicts. Explain the conflicts with the help of OB theories. Explain what - effective methods, tools, and measurements - are deployed to manage the conflict among the monks ?
11. Explain the concept " Team work" with reference to three idiots crossing the valley case. List the analytics for teamwork in this case . Explain how - effective crossing method, team norms for crossing, and measurements - are invented to achieve teamwork ?
12. Story telling is one of the cultural tools used by the corporates. Explain how Maha Mandi is used as a Learning Story so as to motivate and imbibe productive learning culture among the students.
13. Explain entrepreneurship behaviours with the help of Maslows hierarchy ?
14. Explain the relationship between the two concepts - Organisational Differentiation and Organisational Integration . How managers try to achieve organizational integration ?
15. What is the Gandhian approach to conflict resolution ? Draw a scheme on how to apply Gandhian approach to conflict resolution in case of Three monks and no water case ?
16. Discuss the Mc Gregors two motivation styles - Theory X and theory Y.. Discuss the implications of applying theory X and Y theories on the employees performance ?
17. SMART goals concept boosts the organisational performance ? How did you use the concept in Maha Mandi to deliver superior performance !
18. What is EI? . Why and how emotional intelligence became a key skill for the organizational leaders ?
19. Refer to the Tower Building exercise.. In this exercise, tower building performance - Taller or Shorter - is directly attributed the given manager and not to the worker ( blind folded person ). What are the managerial implications of this ? Explain what behaviors of manager becomes critical for achieving superior performance !
20. Refer to the Story Dialogue between Mynah and Elephant . Compare and contrast two concepts - Inspiration with Motivation.. Illustrate ( 1 ) the inspirational behavior of leaders ( 2 ) Illustrate the inspired followers behaviors with the help of appropriate dialogues picked from the story.
21. What is Pygmalion Effect? How Pygmalion effect related to Theory X and Theory Y motivation ? Explain your personal instances where Pygmalion effect helped improve your performance !
22. Short bits :
What is Unrealistic Goal ?
5 Stage model of group development ?
Innovation and Improvement ?
Charismatic leadership and Inspirational leadership
Orgl culture and Artifacts
9, 9 leadership Grid
Bounded Rationality
Creative Problem and Routine Problem
Job Redesign
Classical Conditioning
23 What is herzberg's two factor theory ? Explain its implications based on OB Class room learning activities that were performed .
24. How do you create risk tolerant organisation ? what should be the approach rules or motivation or the right blend of both ?
25. Since human affairs are very similar across different cultrues. What is the scope of a universal approach for organisational effectiveness
26. What is transnational leadership ? Using the elephant and Mynah case describe what transformational leadership Mynah used ? Explain the transformation that is achieved in the story ?
27. Write and Set S - M - A - R - T Goals for Maha Mandi 2016 students ?
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1. More difficult you set the goal, harder your woirk for it. justify the statement with reference to students sales performance in Maha Mandi !
2.How Gert Hofstedes 5 cultural dimension will help to explain and understand the variations of employees work place attitudes in a given a company ?
3. How to motivate employees for extraordinary sales performance in Maha Mandi ! Take the help of any given motivation frame work that is discussed in ORGB book ?
4. What is inspiration leadership used in maha mandi ? Discuss using any of the inspiration leadership approaches discussed in your ORGB book .
5. Current Employees motivation levels among the corporate employees is found to be least. Explain the same using the Two factor theory of motivation by Herzberg. Suggest measures for improving the motivation.
6.What is negotiation skills ? What are the effective negotiaons skilsl one business profesional should practice at work place ? List down two examples of yuour negotiation skills which u practice during Maha Mandi sale event.
7. Explain the concept of SMART goals with reference to Maha Mandi performance .. What is the typical behavioral response of students for goal setting ? As a OB student manager identify the goal setting behaviours that you try to inculcate among the Mandi participants !
8. Explain the following OB aspects in case of startups emerging in India with respect. Leadership, Team Management, Conflict Management. Make use of the management theories you studied in the OB course while explaining the the concepts
9. What is meant by effective interpersonal communication in Maha Mandi ? What
10. The case " Three monks and no water " exposes conflicts. Explain the conflicts with the help of OB theories. Explain what - effective methods, tools, and measurements - are deployed to manage the conflict among the monks ?
11. Explain the concept " Team work" with reference to three idiots crossing the valley case. List the analytics for teamwork in this case . Explain how - effective crossing method, team norms for crossing, and measurements - are invented to achieve teamwork ?
12. Story telling is one of the cultural tools used by the corporates. Explain how Maha Mandi is used as a Learning Story so as to motivate and imbibe productive learning culture among the students.
13. Explain entrepreneurship behaviours with the help of Maslows hierarchy ?
14. Explain the relationship between the two concepts - Organisational Differentiation and Organisational Integration . How managers try to achieve organizational integration ?
15. What is the Gandhian approach to conflict resolution ? Draw a scheme on how to apply Gandhian approach to conflict resolution in case of Three monks and no water case ?
16. Discuss the Mc Gregors two motivation styles - Theory X and theory Y.. Discuss the implications of applying theory X and Y theories on the employees performance ?
17. SMART goals concept boosts the organisational performance ? How did you use the concept in Maha Mandi to deliver superior performance !
18. What is EI? . Why and how emotional intelligence became a key skill for the organizational leaders ?
19. Refer to the Tower Building exercise.. In this exercise, tower building performance - Taller or Shorter - is directly attributed the given manager and not to the worker ( blind folded person ). What are the managerial implications of this ? Explain what behaviors of manager becomes critical for achieving superior performance !
20. Refer to the Story Dialogue between Mynah and Elephant . Compare and contrast two concepts - Inspiration with Motivation.. Illustrate ( 1 ) the inspirational behavior of leaders ( 2 ) Illustrate the inspired followers behaviors with the help of appropriate dialogues picked from the story.
21. What is Pygmalion Effect? How Pygmalion effect related to Theory X and Theory Y motivation ? Explain your personal instances where Pygmalion effect helped improve your performance !
22. Short bits :
What is Unrealistic Goal ?
5 Stage model of group development ?
Innovation and Improvement ?
Charismatic leadership and Inspirational leadership
Orgl culture and Artifacts
9, 9 leadership Grid
Bounded Rationality
Creative Problem and Routine Problem
Job Redesign
Classical Conditioning
23 What is herzberg's two factor theory ? Explain its implications based on OB Class room learning activities that were performed .
24. How do you create risk tolerant organisation ? what should be the approach rules or motivation or the right blend of both ?
25. Since human affairs are very similar across different cultrues. What is the scope of a universal approach for organisational effectiveness
26. What is transnational leadership ? Using the elephant and Mynah case describe what transformational leadership Mynah used ? Explain the transformation that is achieved in the story ?
27. Write and Set S - M - A - R - T Goals for Maha Mandi 2016 students ?
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