Organizational Behavior – Case Study 2
1. Case analysis responses should be your original thoughts—clearly and strongly supported by evidence-based ideas covered in the textbook and other assigned resources.
2. Strong case analyses will present creative, thoughtful, and innovative solutions.
3. Your audience for this analysis is the course instructor.You should write concisely and directly to your key points. There is no need to define terms or summarize the case.Instead, you should apply the terms and point to the key facts of the case in support of your best answers.
4. Clearly mark each discussion question and answer it directly. Do not write a single paper that intermingles your answers to the questions.
5. Management is not linear, so there is no limit on which topics/concepts may be included in your case analysis. The expectation is that you demonstrate understanding of all assigned resources up to this point in the course. You may also reference topics/concepts from upcoming modules or any relevant, non-assigned resources.
6. For each question, a MINIMUM of 4 textbook concepts and 2 assigned articles/videos should be cited. Failure to meet this minimum will result in a 0 score on the question.
Nuts & Bolts
1. Answer any 2 of the discussion questions listed below. Use standard formatting (12 point,
Times New Roman, Double Spaced) and make sure to answer the questions completely and thoroughly. Your responses should be submitted via the assignment link in
Blackboard.
2.Note, you are expected to use material from class readings and/or videos to support your responses. When applying terms/concepts from the textbook, apply bold and underlined formatting to those terms. Terms/concepts from the textbook do not need a citation.
3. When applying concepts from the assigned (or outside of class) resources, please cite using APA style. Provide a single reference list at the end of the case analysis.
Discussion Questions Answer any 4 of these questions.
1. What did Tannis do well, and where did she fall short in the initial stages of the case(before the first evening/dinner)?
2. What kind of power and influence did Blankenship have and exert?
3. What factors influenced Tannis’s initial perceptions?
4. Was Vujevic an impartial colleague or a manipulator?
5. How well did Tannis handle the situation with Goldstein? How do you think he felt about the situation? What key lesson did Tannis learn from this situation?