MGT 3200 Chapter : Inclass Questions/Outside Reading
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Members vote twice publicly ranking the solutions from the best to worst. In the delphi technique: members never meet, input is gathered through surveys/questionnaires, members remain anonymous. Optimal size for a decision-making group: 5 or 7, small and odd. Conditions under which a manager will utilize individual decision-making: Subordinates in the group don"t get along well. Subordinates in the group don"t share the organization"s goals. Leveling effect: is both a assembly effect and a process loss(all of the above), compromise during the decision: best member, group, second best. Which source of feedback is most valued: self generated. Three factors that cause employees to be dissatisfied with their jobs: irrelevance, anonymity, immeasurement. Subordinates don"t share the goals of the organization. An employee is given a job that allows her to make a product from beginning to end and to take pride in her work. In specialized jobs: workers perform simple and repetitive.
