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Homework: Abilities Being Relevant to Marine Effectiveness- Organizational Behavior
Learning Outcomes:
I. Describe management issues such as diversity, attitudes and job satisfaction, personality, and values in organizational behaviour.
II. Assess challenges of effective organizational communication and share information within the team in professional manner.
III. Examine the differences and similarities between leadership, power, and management.
Textbook: Colquitt, J. A., LePine, J. A., & Wesson, M. J. (2021). Organizational behaviour: Improving performance and commitment in the workplace (7th ed). Burr Ridge, IL: McGraw-Hill Irwin.
Case Study: U.S. MARINE CORPS
Read the case "U.S. MARINE CORPS" from Chapter 10 "Ability"Page: - 326given in your textbook - Organizational behaviour: Improving performance and commitment in the workplace (7th ed). by Colquitt, J. A., LePine, J. A., & Wesson, M. J. (2021) and Answer the following questions:
I. Identify and describe the types of abilities that historically have been most relevant to Marine effectiveness. Which additional abilities appear to be important for Marines involved in cyber-security?
II. Why might it be difficult to find new recruits that possess the appropriate mix of abilities? What could the Marine Corps do to increase the size of the pool of applicants with these abilities?
III. How might the Marine Corps be able to use their existing workforce to deal with their need for cyber-personnel? Describe the advantages and disadvantages of such an initiative.
IV. Think about a highly successful team with which you are familiar. What types of tasks, goals,and outcome interdependence does this team have? Describe how changes in task, goal,and outcome interdependence might have a negative impact on this team.
V. Who is the most influential leader you have come in contact with personally? What forms of power did they have, and which types of influence did they use to accomplish objectives?