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HRM200-300

ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR Spring 2020

TAP R – 15%

Please specify the TAP that should be replaced

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(TOTAL 100 points)

TASK 1: ETHICS (TOTAL 25pts) Answer the question below You are HR Director of a professional services firm. A new Office Manager was appointed from outside the company a few months ago even though the Managing Partner had allegedly ‘favoured’ a particular internal candidate. Since then you have heard on the grapevine that the Managing Partner has been putting the new recruit under pressure, nothing she does is good enough and arrangements she requested at interview to support her work-life balance do not appear to be in place. She has not made a complaint but last time you saw her she appeared tired and stressed. What do you do (if anything) and why?

TASK 2: PERSONALITY AND CULTURE (TOTAL 25pts) Answer the question below Using the website (https://www.hofstede-insights.com/country-comparison/ ) choose any 2 countries and compare their cultures based on Hofstede’s cultural dimensions.

Country Country Power distance Masculinity vs. femininity Uncertainty avoidance Collectivism vs. Individualism Short-term vs. Long-term

TASK 3: TEAMS (TOTAL 25pts) Answer the questions below What is the role of a team-leader? What characteristics should team-leader have? How to become a successful team-leader? TASK 4: STRESS (TOTAL 25pts) Answer the question below 69% of workers who say the coronavirus pandemic is the most stressful time of their entire professional career. Nearly 7 in 10 workers claim the coronavirus pandemic is the most stressful time of their professional career— even more than major events like 9/11 and the 2008 Great Recession, according to mental health provider Ginger. Every demographic, including adults over the age of 55, rated COVID-19 as the most stressful time. Overall, 88% of workers reported experiencing moderate to extreme stress over the past 4-6 weeks. What should employers or HR leaders do to help employees prevent stress in such situation as COVID-19 pandemic is? BONUS: (10pts)

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Which topic from this course (HRM300) did you like the most and the least? Why?