Assignment 1

After reading the case study at the end of Chapter 15: Transcat Insurance Corporation, answer the discussion questions in a 3-4 page APA formatted document and place in the drop box by the end of the week. Please insure you apply critical thinking when answering the questions. Draw from your personal and professional experiences.

Assignment 2

After reading the case study at the end of Chapter 14: Hillton’s Transformation, answer the discussion questions in a 3-4 page APA formatted document and place in the drop box by the end of the week. Please insure you apply critical thinking and draw from your personal and professional experiences when answering the questions.

Assignment 3

Read the Harvard Business Review case Thomas Green: Power, Office, Politics, and a Career in Crisis (information found on syllabus). Answer the following questions in a 5-6 page, APA formatted document. Apply critical thinking skills when answering the questions.

• What are the work styles and personalities of Thomas Green and Frank Davis?
• How do the actions of Thomas Green differ from the expectations of Frank Davis?
• What is your analysis of Thomas Green’s action and job performance in his first five months?  What mistakes has he made?
• What are the possible underlying agendas of Davis and McDonald?
• What actions would you take, if any, if you were Thomas Green?

Assignment 4

After reading the case study at the end of Chapter 8: The Outstanding Faculty Award, answer the discussion questions in a 3-4 page APA formatted document and place in the drop box by the end of the week. Please insure you apply critical thinking and draw from your personal and professional experiences when answering the questions.

What problems in team decision making likely caused the committee to select for the award the worst applicant on their list?

What would you recommend to future committees so they avoid the problems identified in this case?

Discuss what happened in this case using concepts and theories of individual decision making.