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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

Case: The Jenner Situation


- How would you describe Dr. Jenner’s personality?
- What should Dr. Lemont do?

SESSION 4

Article “The ordinary Heroes of the Taj”


- How does Taj ensure their desired outcomes (as per the OB model) are achieved by
focusing on values?

SESSION 6

Case “Martha Rinaldi: Should She Stay Or Should She Go?”


- How did Martha Rinaldi get into this mess?
- Could she have done anything differently?
- What should she do now? Please be specific.

SESSION 7
 
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

Video: The Puzzle Of Motivation, Dan Pink


- What are the key ideas expressed in the video?
- How can they be applied to knowledge workers, generations y and z in the context of
a digital workplace and the VUCA world?

SESSION 10

Case “Ramesh Patel at Aragon Entertainment Limited”


- What is the core message to be delivered by Ramesh Patel in the feedback to Jeremy
Gibson and how should it be delivered?

SESSION 14

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

Case “The Army Crew Team”


- Why does the Varsity Team lose to the JV team?
- What should coach P have done earlier in the season to resolve this problem? At
exactly what point should he have intervened differently?
- At the end of the case, what action should coach P take on Tuesday? Why do you
recommend this action? How should he implement this action? Please be specific.
- How would you compare the Army Crew Team to other types of organizational
teams? What are the key similarities and differences? What lessons can we learn from
the Army Crew Team?
 
 

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