Questions from General Business Management

Q: When is it ethical for employees to give information about a company’s

When is it ethical for employees to give information about a company’s unethical or illegal practices to a third party, such as a newspaper or government agency?

Q: What problems do you think you may encounter in convincing consultants to

What problems do you think you may encounter in convincing consultants to use the new IT?

Q: What steps might you take to motivate consultants to learn to use

What steps might you take to motivate consultants to learn to use the new technology?

Q: Choose a fast-food restaurant, a department store, or

Choose a fast-food restaurant, a department store, or some other organization with which you are familiar, and describe the division of labor and job specialization it uses to produce goods and servic...

Q: Apply Taylor’s principles of scientific management to improve the performance of the

Apply Taylor’s principles of scientific management to improve the performance of the organization you chose in topic 1.

Q: In what ways are Weber’s and Fayol’s ideas about bureaucracy and administration

In what ways are Weber’s and Fayol’s ideas about bureaucracy and administration similar? How do they differ?

Q: Which of Weber’s and Fayol’s principles seem most relevant to the creation

Which of Weber’s and Fayol’s principles seem most relevant to the creation of an ethical organization?

Q: How are companies using management science theory to improve their processes?

How are companies using management science theory to improve their processes? Is this theory equally applicable for manufacturing and service companies? If so, how?

Q: What is contingency theory? What kinds of organizations familiar to you

What is contingency theory? What kinds of organizations familiar to you have been successful or unsuccessful in dealing with contingencies from the external environment?

Q: Why are mechanistic and organic structures suited to different organizational environments?

Why are mechanistic and organic structures suited to different organizational environments?