Discussion 1 Question B Read "Creating Innovation:  Leading and Managing the Human Capital at Apple" on page 14 in Chapter 1 and respond to the following:Human creativity is needed in any sort of enterprise; yet, at Apple, it is the chief source of their competitive advantage.  Their competitors may try to copy their products, but what must they emulate to match or surpass this “creative king”?  Support your opinions by referencing sources such as the textbook or internet research. Assignment 's Organizational Behavior Final Project - Topic Selection The final project revolves around you diagnosing a process/structure/environment in an organization that you're familiar with and that needs improvement and designing an organizational development (OD) intervention to achieve positive change.  Organizations such as your place of employment, community groups, volunteer groups, school committees, and even city/state/Federal governments are areas to consider.   Using APA formatting requirements (12 point Times New Roman font, double-spacing, 1" margins, title and reference pages), write a  250-350 word paper introducing your chosen organization and the associated process/structure/environment that needs improvement. Additionally, your paper should discuss the following:    why you have chosen your organization; a diagnosis of why the change is needed; proposed organizational behavior concepts from the text that might apply as you work towards an intervention Assignment 2 All in a Day’s Work Case Study Review the All in a Day’s Work Case Study (pp. 33-34) and answer the three discussion questions.   Responses to each question should range from 100-200 words.   Your paper should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards (12 point Times New Roman font, double-spacing, 1" margins, title and reference pages).  Be sure to use the text and/or other sources to support your responses and properly cite the use of such. Describe the people-related problems or issues Ann Wood faced during the day. Did she handle these effectively? If not, what do you believe she should have done? Is Ann Wood a high-involvement manager? If so, provide evidence. If not, how well do you think she’ll perform in her new job as head of marketing? Assume that Ann Wood wants her managers and associates to be the foundation for her department’s competitive advantages. Use the framework summarized in Exhibit 1.2 to assess the degree to which Ann’s people are a source of competitive advantage at this point in time. Week 2 Dicussion Organizational Behavior Diversity Roadblock – Stereotyping Please respond to the following question along with at least 2 substantive peer replies (for a minimum of 3 posts): Sheryl Sandburg is one of the best known women in business today. Her accomplishments have illustrated the capacity of women to manage complex organizations in a manner that is equal to that of a man. What has her success revealed in regard to stereotyping and diversity?   Ass.

1. Discussion 1
Question B
Read "Creating Innovation: Leading and Managing the Human
Capital at Apple" on page 14 in Chapter 1 and respond to the
following:Human creativity is needed in any sort of enterprise;
yet, at Apple, it is the chief source of their competitive
advantage. Their competitors may try to copy their products,
but what must they emulate to match or surpass this “creative
king”? Support your opinions by referencing sources such as
the textbook or internet research.
Assignment 's
Organizational Behavior
Final Project - Topic Selection
The final project revolves around you diagnosing a
process/structure/environment in an organization that you're
familiar with and that needs improvement and designing an
organizational development (OD) intervention to achieve
positive change. Organizations such as your place of
employment, community groups, volunteer groups, school
committees, and even city/state/Federal governments are areas
to consider.
Using APA formatting requirements (12 point Times New
Roman font, double-spacing, 1" margins, title and reference
pages), write a
250-350 word paper
introducing your chosen organization and the associated
process/structure/environment that needs improvement.
Additionally, your paper should discuss the following:
why you have chosen your organization;
a diagnosis of why the change is needed;
proposed organizational behavior concepts from the text that
might apply as you work towards an intervention
Assignment 2

2. All in a Day’s Work Case Study
Review the All in a Day’s Work Case Study (pp. 33-34) and
answer the three discussion questions.
Responses to each question should range from 100-200 words.
Your paper should reflect scholarly writing and current APA
standards (12 point Times New Roman font, double-spacing, 1"
margins, title and reference pages). Be sure to use the text
and/or other sources to support your responses and properly cite
the use of such.
Describe the people-related problems or issues Ann Wood faced
during the day. Did she handle these effectively? If not, what do
you believe she should have done?
Is Ann Wood a high-involvement manager? If so, provide
evidence. If not, how well do you think she’ll perform in her
new job as head of marketing?
Assume that Ann Wood wants her managers and associates to be
the foundation for her department’s competitive advantages.
Use the framework summarized in Exhibit 1.2 to assess the
degree to which Ann’s people are a source of competitive
advantage at this point in time.
Week 2 Dicussion
Organizational Behavior
Diversity Roadblock – Stereotyping
Please respond to the following question along with at least 2
substantive peer replies (for a minimum of 3 posts):
Sheryl Sandburg is one of the best known women in business
today. Her accomplishments have illustrated the capacity of
women to manage complex organizations in a manner that is
equal to that of a man. What has her success revealed in regard
to stereotyping and diversity?
Assignment week2
Whole Foods Case Study Questions (Chapters 1, 2, and 3)
Review the Whole Foods Case Study (pp. 1-6) and answer the
questions connected to Chapters 1, 2, and 3 as listed below.

3. Responses to each question should range from 100-200 words.
Your paper should reflect scholarly writing and current APA
standards (12 point Times New Roman font, double-spacing, 1"
margins, title and reference pages). Be sure to use the text
and/or other sources to support your responses and properly cite
the use of such.
Describe how Whole Foods uses human capital as a course of
competitive advantage. (Ch 1)
Identify the aspects of high-involvement management contained
in Whole Foods’ approach to managing its associates. (Ch 1)
How could Whole Foods’ democratic model of selection
interfere with the development or continuance of a diverse
workforce? What should it do to prevent such difficulties? (Ch
2)
How do you think globalization will affect Whole Foods over
time? Please explain several ways it could affect the company’s
operations. (Ch 3)
Week 3 Discussion
Organizational Behavior
Perception Factors
Please respond to the following questions along with at least 2
substantive peer replies (for a minimum of 3 posts):
What factors influence the way we perceive people? How might
these factors influence the judgments an interviewer makes
about a job applicant?
Your initial post should be a minimum of 150 words and
specifically reference the applicable elements of this week’s
reading.
Assignment Week3
Final Project – References
Benjamin Franklin once quoted, “By failing to prepare, you are
preparing to fail.” This week’s written assignment is designed
to ensure you stay on track with your final project and have
adequately researched your organization of choice and planned

4. intervention. For this week, provide a set of references you
have read in preparation for your final project.
Each reference should include the following:
APA formatted citation of the source as it will appear on your
References page
A brief description of the source
A short summary of its primary points or arguments
A brief explanation of how the source is relevant to your project
A minimum of 5 references is required for this assignment.
Assignment 2 week 3
Organizational Behavior
It’s Just a Matter of Timing Case Study
Review the It’s Just a Matter of Timing Case Study (pp. 133-
134) and answer the three discussion questions.
Responses to each question should range from 100-200 words
. Your paper should reflect scholarly writing and current APA
standards (12 point Times New Roman font, double-spacing, 1"
margins, title and reference pages). Be sure to use the text
and/or other sources to support your responses and properly cite
the use of such.
What did Teresa learn?
Other than quitting, what can Teresa do to resolve the problem?
What learning and perception factors should she consider as
she analyzes the situation?
If you were an outside consultant to the firm, could you
recommend solutions that might not occur to Teresa or Vegas?
What would they be?
Week 4 Discussion
Managing Stress
Please respond to the following questions along with at least 2
substantive peer replies (for a minimum of 3 posts):
What can organizations do to prevent and manage workplace
stress? How can individuals manage their own stress? What
specific changes can they make?

5. Your initial post should be a minimum of 150 words and
specifically reference the applicable elements of this week’s
reading.
Assgnment Week 4
Organizational Behavior
Whole Foods Case Study Questions
Review the Whole Foods Case Study (pp. 1-6) and answer the
questions connected to Chapters 4, 5, 6, and 7 as listed below.
Responses to each question should range from 100-200 words.
Your paper should reflect scholarly writing and current APA
standards (12 point Times New Roman font, double-spacing, 1"
margins, title and reference pages). Be sure to use the text
and/or other sources to support your responses and properly cite
the use of such.
To what extent do you think training and associate learning
would be more important for Whole Foods compared to other
grocery stores? (Ch 4)
Given the nature of Whole Foods’ jobs and the way in which
associates are selected, what type of personality traits would be
important for Whole Foods associates to possess? (Ch 5)
Which of the motivational practices are emphasized by Whole
Foods in its management system? Tying rewards to
performance? Designing enriched jobs? Providing feedback?
Clarifying expectations and goals? All of these? (Ch 6)
Based on the demand-control and effort-reward models of
stress, are Whole Foods team members like to experience a
great deal of stress? Executives? (Ch 7)
Discussion Week 5
Organizational Behavior
Leadership – Colin Powell
Colin Powell is a retired four star general and was Commander
of the United States Army Forces Command. He also served as
Secretary of State under George W. Bush and was his National
Security Advisor. Listen to Powell talk about Leadership in the
video entitled: “Colin Powell Speaks about Leadership.” [You
can find the video by going to YouTube and using the search

6. terms, “Colin Powell Speaks about Leadership at Colgate”.]
This was an address given to business students at Colgate
University.
Please respond to the following questions along with at least 2
substantive peer replies (for a minimum of 3 posts):
In the many leadership roles Powell occupied, what according to
Powell is the role of a leader?
How does the individual who is serving as a leader go about
seeing that the needs of the organization are met?
What advice does Powell have for the business students he is
speaking to with regard to leadership?
Your initial post should be a minimum of 150 words and
specifically reference the applicable elements of this week’s
reading.
Assignment Week 5
Final Project – Title Page, Outline, & References Page
Develop the format and framework for your final project. Your
submission should be a single document which includes:
APA formatted Title Page
Outline summarizing the main topics and sub-topics of the final
project (be sure to refer to the lecture from Week 1)
APA formatted References page
Your paper should reflect scholarly writing and current APA
standards. Please include citations within your outline to
support your ideas.
Discussion Week 6
Team Processes
Please respond to the following questions along with at least 2
substantive peer replies (for a minimum of 3 posts):
Which team processes can have a positive influence on team
performance?
Which processes can have negative effects? Provide an
example of each (process with positive influence AND process
with negative) that you’ve personally experienced in your life.
Your initial post should be a minimum of 150 words and
specifically reference the applicable elements of this week’s

7. reading.
Assignment Week 6
Whole Foods Case Study Questions
Review the Whole Foods Case Study (pp. 1-6) and answer the
questions connected to Chapters 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 as listed
below.
Responses to each question should range from 100-200 words.
Your paper should reflect scholarly writing and current APA
standards (12 point Times New Roman font, double-spacing, 1"
margins, title and reference pages). Be sure to use the text
and/or other sources to support your responses and properly cite
the use of such.
Is John Mackey a transformational leader? Why or why not?
(Ch 8)
Whole Foods’ open-book policy allows all associates to have
full access to all information about the company and its
executives. (a) Would this degree of open communication work
as well in other companies? Why or why not? (b) What impact
do you think this degree of transparency has on the attitudes and
behaviors of Whole Foods associates? (Ch 9)
What group decision-making pitfalls appear most likely within
Whole Foods teams and which decision-making techniques
would you recommend to counter those pitfalls? (Ch 10)
What policies and procedures does Whole Foods enact that
allows it to develop successful associate teams? (Ch 11)
Whole Foods has been opposed to unionization of it associates.
However, associates in a Madison, Wisconsin store recently
voted to become unionized. What type of conflicts or power
struggles may have led this to occur? (Ch 12)
Discussion Week 7
Implementing Change
Please respond to the following questions along with at least 2
substantive peer replies (for a minimum of 3 posts):
What are the factors to consider in deciding whether a fast or
slow approach to change is best?
What are the factors to consider in deciding whether a top-down

8. or participatory approach to change is best?
Describe a situation where you were either a change recipient or
a change leader and a poor choice was made for at least one of
these two decisions (use an example from an organization in
which you currently work or formerly worked, or use a
volunteer organization, a church, a sports team, a
fraternity/sorority, etc).
Your initial post should be a minimum of 150 words and
specifically reference the applicable elements of this week’s
reading.
Assignment Week 7
Organizational Behavior
Whole Foods Case Study Questions
Review the Whole Foods Case Study (pp. 1-6) and answer the
questions connected to Chapters 13 and 14 as listed below.
Responses to each question should range from 100-200 words.
Your paper should reflect scholarly writing and current APA
standards (12 point Times New Roman font, double-spacing, 1"
margins, title and reference pages). Be sure to use the text
and/or other sources to support your responses and properly cite
the use of such.
Analyze effects of the democratic approach to store operation
and hiring new associates on store performance. (Ch 13)
Whole Foods now faces a significant amount of competition.
How should it respond to the changes in the competitive
landscape of its industry? What future challenges do you
envision for Whole Foods market? (Ch 14)
Assignment Week 8 Final Project
Organizational Behavior
Final Project
Using APA formatting requirements (12 point Times New
Roman font, double-spacing, 1" margins, title and reference
pages), write a
1,500-2,500 word paper
in which you diagnose a process/structure/environment in an
organization that you're familiar with (and that you chose in

9. week 1 and have been researching during the term) and that
needs improvement and design an organizational development
(OD) intervention to achieve positive change.
In addition to your standard APA formatting requirements, your
paper should include an Executive Summary which succinctly
describes your recommended change(s), highlights of what will
be required during the change process, and a projected timeline
for implementation. For a detailed sample structure for your
paper, please review the lecture from Week 1.