MGT 2103 – Organizational Behavior

Worksheet

CLO 1 - Describe the individual behaviours in the organisation.

1. Which academic discipline studies what people think, feel, and do in and around

organizations? (2 marks)

Answer:

2. Sara just finished her Bachelors in Business Management. Now she wants to pursue Master’s

degree. She came to you, an academic consultant, for an advise. Suggest her the skills she will

learn by studying Organizational behaviour and how these skills are valuable to her career. (6

marks)

Answer:
3. Sara is the Accounting manager and thinks that her department’s objective is to just deliver the

Annual reports and maintain accounts. Her employees in the Accounting department just need

skills in accounting. As Human Resources expert, explain to Sara the inter-relationship between

Inputs, Processes, and Outcomes presented in the ‘Organizing Framework for applying OB’. (10

marks)
4. Sara is working as Project Assistant for ABC Ltd. for past 8 years. She received the news

today that she is promoted as the Project Manager. Because the role is new to her, she started

doubting herself. She told you (HR Manager) “I don’t think I can get the job done. I have never

worked as Project Manager, I don’t know if I can lead a team of experts. They have more

experience than me. If I fail in this new job, don’t blame me. Blame the people who promoted

me”.

From this scenario, identify the three self-evaluated personality traits found in Sara (3 x 4 = 12

marks). Advise her the influence of negatively evaluating herself (4 marks). (total 16 marks)
5. Sara loves to make new friends, socialize with them, travels around, learn new skills, is

curious to know variety of things, and is not shy of talking in the departmental meetings.

Apply the Big 5 personality dimensions to identify the two dominating dimensions that she

possess. Explain these two personality dimensions. (2 x 5 marks = 10 marks).

6. Based on the above case of Sara’s personality, what role do you think is played by nature and

nurture? (5 marks)

7. As a recruitment manager, you don’t want to hire people with three socially undesirable

personality traits. Discuss your understanding of Dark Triad with the other departmental

managers so that during interviews, these traits can be assessed. (3 x 5 marks = 15 marks)
8. As a training expert, you want trainees to take responsibility of their own behaviour and

understand the consequences. Create a message for your trainees explaining how their locus of

control influence their performance. (8 marks)