Essay Exam

MGMT 4420 Essay Exam is due November 22, 2021 11:59 PM It is not necessary to repeat the question on your exam but be sure to number your answers. Please

ansEssay Examwer the questions in the order given. Feel free to use paragraphs in your answers and DO discuss

and elaborate. It doesn’t make sense that a 10 or 15 point question would be answered completely in

just a few words or a limited bullet point list! Poor grammar will hinder my understanding and perception

of your performance! Good luck!

1. It’s important to understand the manager’s power and dilemma in choosing

to delegate decision making.

a) What does it actually mean when a manager says they “delegated a hiring decision to their assistant”? 3 pts.

b) Briefly discuss 2 benefits of delegating decision making for the manager

and/or the organization. 6 pts. c) However….if there so many benefits…….why wouldn’t you practice it

regularly….as in what are some barriers to being effective in delegating? How would you work to overcome at least one of these barriers? 8 pts.

2. We have covered the components of EXPECTANCY THEORY (expectancy,

valence, and instrumentality) and the concept of self-efficacy, all important to understand if you are going to have any insight into performance motivation of employees. For this question, I want you to focus specifically on the concepts of expectancy and self-efficacy. If you look at the definitions of each, these concepts are definitely related. a) So….to be sure we are on the same page, please restate/give me the

definitions of both expectancy and self-efficacy . 8 pts. b) Next, let’s say I am your boss and I am a big believer that self-efficacy

and expectancy are the keys to performance motivation, and I am seeing that some of our employees don’t seem to be performing to their potential. What can we do in terms of training (either new employee training or ongoing training) to focus on increasing their expectancy and/or self-efficacy? Be specific. 10 pts.

3. The Job Characteristics Model explains how employee engagement and motivation are affected by dimensions of work tasks and the interpersonal demands of the job called job characteristics. Looking at the five job characteristics of the model…..choose 3 and discuss HOW you might change

a job (you choose any job you want to talk about…but tell me what the job is!) to make it intrinsically motivating. Be sure to name each of the 3 characteristics that you are talking about (you can define each one if you want) but the main focus of your answer should be about how you might change a job in terms of each of the 3 selected characteristics to increase the motivating potential. (15 pts)