Discussion Questions. Answer the 5 questions below in one or more paragraphs. Include at least 1 scholarly source cited in APA style in each answer.
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Culture is part of all organizations, and social systems exist in any given company. When an individual becomes an employee, he or she also becomes part of that organization’s social system. This is the general system in which people relate to one another at work. As such, many variables may influence an organization’s social system, which can impact the working balance. When working relationships are functional, they contribute to the organization’s success.
Considering your current or past workplace, describe how the social system operates and how people contribute to or taint the system. How do people contribute to the social harmony (or disharmony) at your workplace?
Support your initial post and response posts with scholarly sources cited in APA style.
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How can an effective leader empower his/her employees and why, from an overall organizational point of view, is employee empowerment significant? Provide relevant examples (positive or negative) from your own current or past workplace and include in-text citations.
Support your initial post and response posts with scholarly sources cited in APA style.
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Consider a job you have had or now have. Explain the main sources of power within the organization. In addition, describe how organizational politics influenced the overarching organizational behavior. Then explain a situation where conflict ensued because of the organizational power and politics. Would you consider the ensuing conflict constructive or destructive? Why?
Support your initial post and response posts with scholarly sources cited in APA style.
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Describe the three stages of change. Why is it critical that each stage be fully implemented before moving to the next? Provide concrete, detailed examples and explain how each fits into the three stages of change.
Support your initial post and response posts with scholarly sources cited in APA style.
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Explain the difference between a group and a team in an organizational setting. What are the core differences and what are the similarities? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each? Provide some examples.
Then, reflect on a current or previous job where you worked on a team or in a group and respond to the following prompts:
- Define the type of team or group.
- Explain the history of the team. How and why was the team created?
- Explain your role in the team or group.
- Illustrate the team environment.
- Describe how individual behaviors impacted the team’s effectiveness.
- Explain how did the team’s overarching behavior influenced the organization.
Support your initial post and response posts with scholarly sources cited in APA style.
