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Organizational Behavior: Solutions for Management
Paul D. Sweeney, University of Central Florida
Dean B. McFarlin, University of Dayton
Designing Motivating Jobs and High Performance Teams

Video Discussion Questions

Video: The Power Within

Chapter Concepts

  • The trend toward teams
  • Designing jobs that work for employees
  • Job enrichment
  • Groups versus teams
  • Different types of teams
  • Explanation of rationales for team success or failure
  • Team building and training
  • Team rewards



1

What affects, from embracing the concept of I-Power, can you visualize taking place within organizations engaging in this philosophy?
2

Differentiate between self-managed teams versus cross-functional teams in terms of size, focus, and degree of authority. Which of these teams do you prefer personally? Why?
3

Have you been part of a team at the organization where you work? What type of team was formed? What obstacles did this team encounter? In your opinion, was the team successful?




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