Discussion Questions - DQ 1

Write a 120 word response to each of the bulleted questions below. Each question must have its own response and meet the minimum word count.

1.       Discuss Herzberg’s Motivator Hygiene Theory.

2.       How would I compare and contrast the content theories of motivation?

3.       How would I compare and contrast the process theories of motivation?

4.       Managers have the ability to reward or punish subordinates, but it must be used wisely to be effective.  As a manager, what caveats you should in mind as the distributor of rewards and punishment?

5.       Discuss how Professor Max Bazerman of Northwestern’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management assists in making smart decisions?

6.       Discuss how and why conflict may be good or bad for an organization?

7.       What is the role of positive emotions in POB, and how can they make me more effective at school, at work, and in other arenas of life?