Discussion Questions
Discussion Questions
Discussion Questions
Plan your answers to the discussion questions given below. Your faculty will discuss these
questions in class and will expect you to be ready with your answers and ideas.
SESSION 1
Video: The 2 Most Important Skills For the Rest Of Your Life, Yuval Noah Harari on
Impact Theory
- Given the ideas expressed in the video and the volatile, uncertain, complex, and
ambiguous (VUCA) world we currently live and work in:
o What are the opportunities and challenges that organizations are facing?
o What are the implications for you as a future manager?
Case: The Team that Wasn’t
- What is the problem in the case?
- What should Eric do?
SESSION 2
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Movie “Coach Carter”
- How did Coach Carter help his players unlearn and relearn and thus change their
behaviors?
- In the process, how did he use reinforcements, punishments, and social learning
concepts to enhance learning?
SESSION 8
Case “Shivani Carriers”
- What is your assessment of SCPL’s driver management system?
- What should Vandana and Hemant Laddha do in response to the challenges they face?
SESSION 9
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Case “Blake Sports Apparel and Switch Activewear: Bringing the Executive Team
Together”
- Did Barker have the right people in the right roles on the executive team? If not, what
should be changed?
- Did Barker appropriately structure and manage the team? If not, what should be
changed?
- How could Barker bring the executive team together to consistently perform at their
very best, so as to more effectively and efficiently reach or exceed the company
goals?
- When working with a team that is both high-performing and dysfunctional, what
would be the right strategy for instigating change?
- What is the take home value of this case when applying it to your own team?
SESSION 17