132. Telecommuting has been identified as an important trend in organizational behavior. Discuss three organizational behavior topics that are influenced by telecommuting. (Note: Students may identify the relevance of various OB topics through creative and logical thinking.) Some of the organizational behavior topics that are influenced by telecommuting include. Stress management: Telecommuting tends to offer better work-family balance. Performance: Telecommuting seems to improve job performance by about 10 percent. Self-leadership: Telecommuters need to manage themselves rather than rely on supervisors for continuous guidance. Organizational influence and politics: Telecommuters have to adjust to the lack of networking, and learn to overcome the limitations of limited face time in demonstrating their value. AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Learning Objective: 01-03 Debate the organizational opportunities and challenges of globalization; workforce diversity; and emerging employment relationships. Level of Difficulty: 2 Medium Topic: Emerging Employment Relationships 133. Discuss the conceptual anchors based on which organizational behavior is developed and redefined. The systematic research anchor states that OB knowledge should be based on systematic research, which typically involves forming research questions, systematically collecting data, and testing hypotheses against those data. The multidisciplinary anchor states that organizational behavior should welcome theories and knowledge in other disciplines, not just from its own isolated research base. The contingency anchor states that a particular action may have different consequences in different situations. The multiple levels of analysis anchor states that OB events should be understood from three levels of analysis: individual, team, and organization. AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Understand Learning Objective: 01-04 Discuss the anchors on which organizational behavior knowledge is based. Level of Difficulty: 2 Medium Topic: Anchors of Organizational Behavior Knowledge
132. Telecommuting has been identified as an important trend in organizational behavior. Discuss three organizational behavior topics that are influenced by telecommuting. (Note: Students may identify the relevance of various OB topics through creative and logical thinking.) Some of the organizational behavior topics that are influenced by telecommuting include. Stress management: Telecommuting tends to offer better work-family balance. Performance: Telecommuting seems to improve job performance by about 10 percent. Self-leadership: Telecommuters need to manage themselves rather than rely on supervisors for continuous guidance. Organizational influence and politics: Telecommuters have to adjust to the lack of networking, and learn to overcome the limitations of limited face time in demonstrating their value. AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Remember Learning Objective: 01-03 Debate the organizational opportunities and challenges of globalization; workforce diversity; and emerging employment relationships. Level of Difficulty: 2 Medium Topic: Emerging Employment Relationships 133. Discuss the conceptual anchors based on which organizational behavior is developed and redefined. The systematic research anchor states that OB knowledge should be based on systematic research, which typically involves forming research questions, systematically collecting data, and testing hypotheses against those data. The multidisciplinary anchor states that organizational behavior should welcome theories and knowledge in other disciplines, not just from its own isolated research base. The contingency anchor states that a particular action may have different consequences in different situations. The multiple levels of analysis anchor states that OB events should be understood from three levels of analysis: individual, team, and organization. AACSB: Analytic Blooms: Understand Learning Objective: 01-04 Discuss the anchors on which organizational behavior knowledge is based. Level of Difficulty: 2 Medium Topic: Anchors of Organizational Behavior Knowledge
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