Organizational Misbehaviour Is Important For Modern Day Managers

Please answer all questions in this exam. Answers to the multiple choice questions need to be filled in on the scantron sheets (remember to use pencil to fill in the circles) and also circled on the exam itself. Answers to the short answer questions should go in the exam booklet provided. All three components (scantron sheets, exam booklets, paper copy of exam) should be turned in at the conclusion of the exam.

Buchanan, A. H. (2001). Organizational Behaviour:An Introductory Text (4 ed.). (F. T. Hall, Ed.) Pearson Education.

Organisational behaviour is described as 'A field of study that investigates the impact that individuals, groups, and structure have on behaviour within organisations, for the purpose of applying such knowledge towards improving an organisations effectiveness.'

Remember the Titans is an exciting film about the Civil Rights movement in the U.S. It personifies the power of respect, care and desire to win prevailing over racial prejudice. It showcases how individuals from diversified color, background and culture rose from the occasion and became lifelong friends. The players, Gerry Bertier and Julius Campbell, and the coaches, Herman Boone and Bill Yoast, are truly inspiring figures in the film.

A code of conduct and a statement of formal statements describe and explain what an organization expects from its employees and a code of ethics generally consists of statements that serve as principles and basis for rules of conduct. Leaders and managers must be role models for organizational success. If employees see leaders and management demonstrating the organizational values then it adds to the commitment and credibility of leadership and reinforces the importance of the organization’s values which leads to employees who are more engaged and committed to the organization. Also turnover among employees tends to be lower and productivity tends to be high. On the other hand, if leadership demonstrates behavior that is inconsistent with the code of conduct then a negative message is sent to the employees. Therefore, employees may disengage and compromise company standards as seen in the

Knights, D. & Willmott, H. 2007. Introducing organisational behaviour and management. Australia : Thomson, 2007, pp. 344-372.

More specifically, the article relates to the concepts on “Challenges Faced by Managers and Organizations” as sexual harassment and discrimination are a major part of ethics. Which, in the workplace can be particularly difficult to address and regulate due to various inequalities within society. For example, Ellen Pao though her complaints in being discriminated against and being the target of sexual harassment because of her gender her case was dismissed and disregarded by most and in the end she lost. The discrimination Pao experienced was very subtle. Pao described it as “1000 paper cuts.” Many times Pao would receive written evaluations and performance reviews that were in the high rating area and would still be passed over for the higher level job. When this happens the management would give her contradicting answers. This is due to the fact that we have been socialized to regard certain experiences and treatment as acceptable; however, this does not make it right. It’s the management’s role to hire individuals for work performances instead of being gender bias. It is also the management role to give positive feedback to their employees to help improve their work habits instead of being contradictory. This makes ethics, sexual harassment and discrimination in the workplace a

According to Spector "behavior comes from both the individual and the organization context in which the individual work. Management needs to appreciate their employee and recognize them for their performance. Employees need to know they are appreciated and when they make a mistake management needs to communicate with them using a calm voice instead of a harsh voice. Management action and interaction with employees affects the organization changes.

Movies often depict a glimpse into the inner workings of organizations which are complex and fascinating entities that consist of a group of people, who work together. Analyzing how the characters, as individuals and groups, interact with one another allows for an understanding of “how people think, feel and act” within an organization, also referred to as the study of organizational behaviour. The movie The Devil Wears Prada, set at Runway fashion magazine in New York City, is the story of Andrea "Andy" Sachs, an aspiring journalist who gets the job that “a million girls would kill for”. She is hired as the second assistant to Miranda Priestly, the powerful and ruthless executive of the magazine. The job is her stepping stone into the

Trevino (1986) believes that the organizational norms are a level of cultural manipulation that guides individual's behavior and dictates what is and is not appropriate which allow individuals to judge others in different situations. As a result, the pressure placed for compliance with ‘ethical' norms of an organization is the manipulation of culture to encourage employees to follow rules reflecting soft-domination in the post-bureaucratic era. (Higgins, Power, & Kohlberg, 1984 cited from Kurtines and Gewirtz, 1987) This is further emphasized by Treviño, Weaver, Gibson & Toffler's (1999) research. It states that employees are willing to report other's misconducts when unethical behavior is displayed rather than their own offenses in order to prevent social segregation. (Treviño, Weaver, Gibson & Toffler, 1999) In contrast, the views and values that are not clear are known to be weaker cultures that tend to exist with introductions of many subcultures that alter the norm for ethical behavior. (Trevino, 1986) Organizational management in the bureaucratic era reveals higher levels of unethical behavior because of the heavy links to the hierarchical structure that are valued. (Chen, Sawyers & Williams, 1997 and Trevino, 1986) Inversely, the post-bureaucratic era has lower levels of unethical behavior due to the management based on trust, empowerment, personal treatment and shared responsibility. (McKenna, Garcia‐Lorenzo & Bridgman, 2010 and Trevino, 1986) Thus, individual behavior is inevitably manipulated through culture. (Chen, Sawyers & Williams,

In this research paper I would fully discuss what sexual harassment. I will start on the origin of sexual harassment and how it came into law. I will discuss what environment of sexual harassment looks like in the work place. The reader should be able to discover the different types of sexual harassment: Quid pro quo and Indirect. I will show you illustrated trends of sexual harassment in the work place over the years. I will discuss how sexual harassment affect both parties, meaning the employer and the employee. I will back up theses affects by laws that are set in place to protect the employee and hold the employer responsible. I will give an analysis on recent litigation involving sexual harassment in the workplace. In my conclusion I will give a recommendation on how to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace and what management can to protect their employees.

Bloisi, W., Cook, C. & Hunsaker, P.(2003). Management and Organisational Behavior: European Edition. Berkshire: McGraw-Hill Education

References:Huczynski, A. A. and Buchanan, D. A. (2007) Organizational behaviour: An introductory text. 6th ed., Harlow: Financial Times Prentice Hall.

Employees are said to depict positive behaviors like innovative behavior and OCB when the individuals feel the support of the organization, i.e., perceived organizational support (POS) and negative behaviors like CWB in a non-supportive organization (Scheuer, 2010). From this perspective the workplace deviance can be triggered with respect to the unfavorable or unsupportive working conditions. (Colbert, Mount, Harter, Barrick, & Witt, 2004). Thus this leads to the organizational context that has to be taken into account in deviance research (Bennett, Aquino, Reed & Thau, 2005). Even leader behaviors are said to influence the perception of the organizational climate (Lewin, Lippitt & White, 1939). Effectiveness within the organization builds up a trusting relationship between the leader and the sub-ordinates that will have positive consequences. When the employee perception of organization related factors are taken into account organizational injustice has been a frequently cited cause of misconduct.

Organizational behavior is the behavior of individuals, either one or a group. It is not the behavior of an organization, but rather the behavior of the people in an organization. This can be anywhere from a family at home to a church to a work group within a company. Some of the challenges that make behaviors challenging in today’s workplace are high performance, ethical behavior, productivity improvement, technology utilization, quality, diversity, work-life balance, and the global economy, (Schermerhorn, 2003, P. 1).