Questions from Business Foundation

Q: Define quality, explain the challenges of quality and product complexity,

Define quality, explain the challenges of quality and product complexity, and identify four major tools and strategies for ensuring product quality. (1) How significant is the role of software in pr...

Q: Define motivation, and identify the classical motivation theories. (

Define motivation, and identify the classical motivation theories. (1) How could a manager tap into the drive to defend as a way to help rally employees? (2) Could Herzberg’s hygiene factors help expl...

Q: Explain why many consider expectancy theory to be the best current explanation

Explain why many consider expectancy theory to be the best current explanation of employee motivation. What steps could managers take to alleviate the self-doubt employees often feel when they join a...

Q: Identify the strengths and weaknesses of goal-setting theory.

Identify the strengths and weaknesses of goal-setting theory. (1) Why is collaboration between employee and manager essential to goal setting in MBO? (2) How can overly narrow goals and overly challen...

Q: Describe the job characteristics model, and explain how it helps predict

Describe the job characteristics model, and explain how it helps predict motivation and performance. (1) Can the job characteristics model be used to motivate employees in such positions as janitors o...

Q: Define reinforcement theory, and differentiate between positive and negative reinforcement.

Define reinforcement theory, and differentiate between positive and negative reinforcement. (1) Is demoting an employee for failing to finish a project an attempt at negative reinforcement or punishme...

Q: Discuss the importance of understanding cultural and legal differences in the global

Discuss the importance of understanding cultural and legal differences in the global business environment. (1) What steps could you take to help someone from another country adapt to U.S. business cul...

Q: Apple is famously secretive about the details of upcoming product launches,

Apple is famously secretive about the details of upcoming product launches, leaving consumers and industry insiders to speculate on the features and functions of new models. What effect might this hav...

Q: Some companies play up their home-country roots as they expand

Some companies play up their home-country roots as they expand internationally, such as the way BMW and Mercedes emphasize their German engineering. Should H&M promote some aspect of its “Swedishness?...

Q: Would H&M have been able to succeed with its consistent

Would H&M have been able to succeed with its consistent global strategy in the days before mass media and digital communications? Explain your answer.