1. What do you think is the biggest personal reward of being a manager? What is

the biggest potential ‘downside’ of being a manager?

2. Think about two different managerial-type jobs you have personally observed

(within your family, as a worker, as a customer, etc.). Compare them using

Stewart’s concept of job dimensions. Considering each job’s content as

analyzed by the three dimensions, which one would you choose? Why?

3. The chapter states that effective managers need technical, interpersonal, and

conceptual skills. Do all managers need these in the same mix? In other words,

would some managers need more of one than of another? Why? Describe the

managerial skills you think you need to work on the most and suggest how this

might be done.