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COB 300 Management Exam #1 Questions and Answers 100% Pass Brazilian Company, Semco - Policy progressive company that encourages employees to frequently switch their workstation, employees set their own schedules, and are free to come and go as they please, employees set their own salaries, emp...

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COB 300 Management Exam #1
Questions and Answers 100% Pass

Brazilian Company, Semco - ✔✔Policy progressive company that encourages employees to frequently

switch their workstation, employees set their own schedules, and are free to come and go as they please,

employees set their own salaries, employees partake in profit sharing, employees also have power to

hire/fire coworkers/management


Crimson Tide video - ✔✔Depicts the differences in leadership styles (Denzel Washington v. white dude)


-DW: firm but still personable; when presented with an issue handled it appropriately while also

allowing employee to not be completely condemned, remember: why?


-WG: felt he was the end-all, be-all, was unreasonable and unwilling to accept change


Office Space - ✔✔Man is brought in for a performance review (or evaluation) and basically tells them that

he has no motivation to work efficiently, tells them he does about a good fifteen minutes worth of work


Rational v. irrational thoughts - ✔✔Don't worry yourself about things that are unlikely to happen


"Brutal facts" - ✔✔The janitor talking to Rudy about not giving up and taking things for granted


Lamborghini - ✔✔Example to not ignore customer remarks about your product because they have the

potential to become your direct competition; Ferrari v. Lamborghini




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UK manager who wouldn't submit sales report - ✔✔Pargas decided that it was best to delegate the job to

an individual who was better at clerical work rather than completely fire the manager since he was the

top sales person in the region; example of removing obstacles when possible


Japanese manger who earned a ton in bonuses - ✔✔Manager ended up making more than Pargas that

year--Pargas wasn't upset because this proved what his job as a manager was, to employ amazing

persons


Hong Kong staff motivation - ✔✔Set unreasonable goal which employees informed Pargas they wouldn't

be able to achieve, was so unrealistic that they did not even attempt to try and meet it and the office

ultimately shut down


Taiwan sexual harassment case - ✔✔Hired someone to fill a vacancy; The person was accused of sexual

harassment; Pargas handled case because he didn't think U.S. HR could handle Taiwan culture;

Accusation was fabricated because the person about the person Pargas hired wanted to keep traveling to

Taiwan to sleep with a secretary there ; Fired the person who made the false accusation and accepted

resignations from the majority of other management


equity theory - ✔✔motivated when treated fairly


-Inputs: what employees put into their work


-Outcomes: what they get from their contributions


-Referents: other employees that they compare themselves to


reinforcement theory - ✔✔behaviors are enforced by the actions taken


-Positive reinforcement: positive consequence to encourage behavior


-Negative reinforcement: removal of something unpleasant



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