Roman Bold","serif";”>ORGB 300 – ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR

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Roman Bold","serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;”>Winter 2014

The purpose of this assignment is to give you the opportunity to: (a) better understand theories and concepts we discussed in this course, (b) implement theoretical concepts into practice, and (c) improve your critical thinking and writing skills.

Please carefully read the Reenergizing Employees After a Downsizing case study (located on the second page), and then prepare a written summary of your assessment about the below four questions. This assignment requires critical thinking in addition to an understanding of the course material. To answer the below questions, please use the relevant concepts and theories discussed in Chapters 2, 3, and 5
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task performance, job satisfaction, organizational commitment, job characteristics theory, equity theory, Herzberg’s two-factor theory, and psychological empowerment
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Roman Bold","serif";”>You must use and properly cite at least five external sources (e.g., books, journal articles. etc.) not including your textbook and lecture slides, to further explain your answers.

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Roman Bold Italic","serif";”>Questions:
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Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;”>1. How should Andrea approach the morning briefing? Should she be honest and informative in explaining corporate actions in the downsizing, or should she be more guarded?
Roman Italic","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;”>Support your analysis with the relevant concepts and theories from Chapters 2, 3, and 5.
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Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;”>2. How could job characteristics theory guide Andrea as she considers ways of combining areas for the staffers? Is there a way to give the new versions of their jobs a higher satisfaction potential than the pre-downsizing versions?
Roman Italic","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;”>Support your analysis with the relevant concepts and theories from Chapters 2, 3, and 5.
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Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;”>3. What advice would you give to Andrea in terms of her use of the bigger compensation budget? Would you give everyone a short-term retention bonus or a more permanent raise? Or would you leverage those funds to support the changes in the work structure, especially for those staffers with an especially expanded workload? What would be the difficulties associated with those two options?
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Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;”>4. As you consider the broader challenges faced by the newspaper industry, what could Andrea do to maintain or restore the sense of meaning and significance that the 
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