Chapter1 Introduction To Management And
Course Assessment
Exercise : 20%
Group Summary: 20%
Group Work & Presentation : 20%
Final Exam :40%
Total Assessment : 100%
1–1
Assignments
Thinking Critically About Ethics p48,47
P98,100
P119,121
P162,168
P183,189
P203,208
1–2
Critical Thinking 1
Information is power----those who have information have power. Because information gives people power, it’s human nature to want to keep that information and not share it.
Knowledge hoarding is a business habit that’s hard to break.
In fact, it’s an attitude that still characterizes many business organizations. In a learning organization, however, we’re asking people to share information.
Getting people to share information may turn out to be one of the key challenges facing managers. Is it ethical to ask people to share information that they’ve work hard to learn?
What if performance evaluations are based on how well individual do their jobs, and how well they do their jobs depends on the special knowledge that they have? Is it ethical to ask them to share that information? What ethical implications are inherent in creating an organizational environment that promotes learning and knowledge sharing?
1–3
Critical Thinking 2
Foreign countries often have lax productlabeling laws. As a product manager for a U.S. drug company, you’re responsible for the profitability of a new drug whose side effects can be serious, although not fatal. Adding this information to the label or even putting an informational insert into the package will add significantly to the product’s cost, threatening profitability margins. What will you do? Why?
What factors will influence your decision?
1–4
Critical Thinking 3
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In an effort to be (or at least appear to be) socially responsible, many organizations donate dollars to philanthropic and charitable causes. In addition, many organizations ask their employees to make individual donations to these causes. Suppose you’re manager of a work team, and you know that several of
Exercise : 20%
Group Summary: 20%
Group Work & Presentation : 20%
Final Exam :40%
Total Assessment : 100%
1–1
Assignments
Thinking Critically About Ethics p48,47
P98,100
P119,121
P162,168
P183,189
P203,208
1–2
Critical Thinking 1
Information is power----those who have information have power. Because information gives people power, it’s human nature to want to keep that information and not share it.
Knowledge hoarding is a business habit that’s hard to break.
In fact, it’s an attitude that still characterizes many business organizations. In a learning organization, however, we’re asking people to share information.
Getting people to share information may turn out to be one of the key challenges facing managers. Is it ethical to ask people to share information that they’ve work hard to learn?
What if performance evaluations are based on how well individual do their jobs, and how well they do their jobs depends on the special knowledge that they have? Is it ethical to ask them to share that information? What ethical implications are inherent in creating an organizational environment that promotes learning and knowledge sharing?
1–3
Critical Thinking 2
Foreign countries often have lax productlabeling laws. As a product manager for a U.S. drug company, you’re responsible for the profitability of a new drug whose side effects can be serious, although not fatal. Adding this information to the label or even putting an informational insert into the package will add significantly to the product’s cost, threatening profitability margins. What will you do? Why?
What factors will influence your decision?
1–4
Critical Thinking 3
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In an effort to be (or at least appear to be) socially responsible, many organizations donate dollars to philanthropic and charitable causes. In addition, many organizations ask their employees to make individual donations to these causes. Suppose you’re manager of a work team, and you know that several of