- What are the strengths and limitations of mainstream perspectives on organisational behaviour? Discuss with reference to TWO topics covered in the course.
- Drawing on the case ‘Developing teamwork at New Zealand Cricket’ discuss three ideas you believe managers would benefit most from understanding. Why do you consider these ideas to be important?
- How relevant is Tourish’s (2013) article on the dark side of transformational leadership to the cases ‘A question of style: the leadership of Christine Rankin’ and ‘Trimming the FAT: Change at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade’? 2
- In the case ‘Leading culture change at New Zealand Police’, what practical steps should Commissioner Howard Broad implement to develop a more positive culture?
- What conclusions can be drawn from the case ‘The battle for middle earth: New Zealand’s bid to save The Hobbit’ about the power relationship between corporations and governments?
- Analyse the case ‘Corporate social responsibility: Mercury Energy and its lowincome electricity consumers’ from the perspective of critical approaches to ethics. What issues in the case would critical scholars be most interested in? Why?
- What can we learn about organisational behaviour from the obedience to authority experiments conducted by Stanley Milgram?
- Are today’s employees more tightly controlled than workers used to be under scientific management? Discuss with reference to TWO topics covered in the course.
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