BUS 1000 Quiz: Exam 1 Study Guide

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13 May 2023

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Baruch College

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Business Administration and Policy

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BUS 1000

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Exam 1 study guide- these are among the issues discussed in the first three lectures- it is not a complete list of the issues. There may be questions on the quiz not covered in this study guide. This is not a complete list- but it should be helpful. Reread the article on ethics assigned before the first lecture. Note how the four quadrant ethics grid is used. Understand the types of lenses that different that apply to individuals as they make business descions. What are ways to foster ethical behavior: establish a code of ethics: develop a clear and comprehensive code of ethics that outlines the values and principles that guide the company"s behavior. Make sure all employees are aware of the code and understand its importance: lead by example: company leaders should model ethical behavior in their own actions and decisions. Make updates or changes as needed to address any potential ethical concerns.

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The story is set in a factory manufacturing cleansing productslike soap bars. This factory is part of a large company where the headquarters are in a geographically and culturally faraway place. A majority of the 500-workforce works on the factory floor.

The workers in the factory have a practice of bringing back the products that they have produced for their own use. To them, it is perfectly normal because everybody does it. There is no malice or ill intent behind the action, and they don’t perceive their action as illegal.

Recently, the headquarter (HQ) management has decided to implement an ERP system in the factory to improve the efficiency of the processes, in addition to enhancing governance and accountability. The headquarter management has long been aware of the issue where workers brought back products for their own use. With the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)system, the shortfall in the stock produced will easily come to light. The management realised that the local team in the factory may therefore resist the implementation of the ERP system as it would mean that they could no longer have the liberty to consume those stocks.

Therefore, the management wanted to have a plan to address this possible resistance before the ERP system was implemented. However, they were also aware of the cultural sensitivities around the issue.

Questions:

1. What will you do if you were in the shoes of the headquarter management?

2. How would you use the MARS Model to solve the problem?

3. Based on previous lectures, identify the unethical behaviourof the employees.

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To accomplish their objectives, many businesses adopt team-based structures. Shared leadership, group effort, and a focus on collaboration are all characteristics of team-based systems.

Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of team based arrangements in an essay. Then go about the actions that businesses may do to assist their teams work more efficiently. Make sure to include in the advantages: enhance communication and coordination, greater innovation, ability to added complex problems, sharing information and best practices.

Also include on the disadvantages: groupthink, potential interpersonal conflict, different views and competing goals and lastly coordination issues

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Case Study - 5

Breaking The Bargaining Pattern

Gilson steel is a local fabricating and supply firm. Situated in open country, far from the large steel making centers. The firm has been in business many years. About the third of employees have worked in the organization for more than ten years. Top management would like to get away from the current practice in which negotiations on wage matters and fringes follow the pattern. The firm’s president feels that industry – wide bargaining tends to divorce employees from the firm. He thinks they feel that their employer is a combination of U.S steel and bethlem steel instead of Gilson. He argues that the local firm which has prospered can do better by employees than is possible in national pattern. He says that the local conditions should be considered. His basic objection to current practice, however, is his conviction that it tends to divorce its employees from local employer. The labor relations manager has been urged to try negotiating terms at variance with the national pattern.

Answer the following questions: ·

What theory and policy do you read into the president’s suggestion? ·
How will his ideas fit into the existing pattern of public union policy? ·
Can you suggest a promising innovative approach?

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