Questions from General Business Management

Q: Is there anything about a particular company’s culture or structure that would

Is there anything about a particular company’s culture or structure that would make you want to work there?

Q: Ask a manager to list the main performance measures that he or

Ask a manager to list the main performance measures that he or she uses to evaluate how well the organization is achieving its goals.

Q: Ask the same manager or a different manager to list the main

Ask the same manager or a different manager to list the main forms of output control and behavior control that he or she uses to monitor and evaluate employee behavior.

Q: What is the relationship between organizing and controlling?

What is the relationship between organizing and controlling?

Q: How do output control and behavior control differ?

How do output control and behavior control differ?

Q: Why is it important for managers to involve subordinates in the control

Why is it important for managers to involve subordinates in the control process?

Q: What kind of controls would you expect to find most used in

What kind of controls would you expect to find most used in (a) a hospital, (b) the Navy, (c) a city police force? Why?

Q: What steps might you take to prevent such unethical behavior and encourage

What steps might you take to prevent such unethical behavior and encourage people to behave in an ethical way?

Q: What are the main obstacles to organizational change? What techniques can

What are the main obstacles to organizational change? What techniques can managers use to overcome these obstacles?

Q: Either by yourself or in a group, think about the ethical

Either by yourself or in a group, think about the ethical implications of organizations’ monitoring and collecting information about their employees. What kinds of information is it ethical or unethic...