Business Finance Homework Help

Management Perspectives – Chapter 3: The Environment and Corporate Culture
1) Read the “Management Challenge” on page 41. After reading the challenge, answer the two
questions that follow. Be sure to support your answer with examples and/or references from
the chapter. (10pts)
2) Beginning at page 41 and illustrated in Exhibit 3-1 (pg. 42), you will see the Location of the
Organizations General, Task and Internal Environments. Read more in the following pages to
learn about the contents of each layer. Afterwards, list one action by each “Titan” that caused a
reaction and ultimately an industry change for Vanderbilt, Rockefeller and Carnegie. NOTE:
The sentences in the example below are abbreviated. You are expected to provide more
details. Also, you do not have to type the example after typing the question. (30pts/Titian).
Management Perspectives – Chapter 5: Managerial Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility
1) Read the “Management Challenge” on page 76. After reading the challenge, answer the two
questions that follow. Be sure to support your answer with examples and/or references from
the chapter. (10pts)
2) On page 77 it discusses ethical dilemmas and the moral agent. Please give your
reaction/response to all five dilemma’s and tell how they should be handled. Give the “plan”
(i.e. Step 1, Step 2, Step 3) for each. Be sure to support your answer with information from the
chapter. (10pts)
3) Examine Exhibit 5.3 then answer all six questions (using six different organizations from “The
Corporation documentary” – one organization per question) and support your response with
information from the chapter. (10pts)
4) Read the section on “Organizational Stakeholders”. Identify at least three from the
documentary “The Corporation” where multiple stakeholders were affected (these cannot be
the same companies listed in Question 2). Check your business periodicals and tell whether
these three organizations have any current issues/unethical behavior. How should the
organization work with these stakeholders to ensure confidence in the future? (20pts)
5) Read the scenario with Exhibit 5.5. Explain the issues; tell whether you agree or disagree with
Ray Anderson and how you would handle this matter in an effort to move forward. (10pts)
6) Read Exhibit 5.7. Explain how this should have been handled pre-scandal and post scandal.
Remember the “Total Corporate Social Responsibility” chart and the information included in
the chapter. Much like question 2, please lay out your “plan”. (10pts)
7) Identify two current events in the industry you are benchmarking and name a “whistle-blower”
that was featured (cannot be a company featured in “The Corporation”). Examine the situation
at hand (based on what you have learned via the chapter and your textbook) and tell how the
organization should handle those guilty as well as the whistle-blower post this incident. (20pts)
8) What were the greatest lessons you learned in this chapter as it pertains to managerial ethics
and corporate social responsibility? Give three to five examples and explain their impact to
your thought process on Business Ethics and CSR. (10pts) Management Perspectives – Chapter 9: Managerial Decision Making
1) Read the “Management Challenge” on page 152. After reading the challenge, answer the
questions that follow. Be sure to support your answer with examples and/or references from
the chapter. (10pts)
2) Under the umbrella of “Decision Making”, describe 3-5 programmed and non-programmed
decisions that you think may have occurred with each of the Titans. Think about past decisions
(earlier initiatives) as well as what you foresee (not having completed the video as of this
assignments due date). Also consider and identify the “certainty, risk, uncertainty and
ambiguity” with each example you’ve given. (25pts)
3) There are four decision-making models listed; which model have you used most to date? Think
about any team project you have had and/or something that may have taken place at your job
or internship. Give examples to support your answer. (25pts)
4) What is your personal decision making style? Give examples to support your answer. (15pts)
5) Examine Exhibit 9.6. After reading about the “Five Leader Participation Styles”, go through the
seven diagnostic questions. Use a major business decision made by a company in your
benchmark industry to support your answer. (25pts)
Management Perspectives – Chapter 18: Leadership in Organizations
1) Read the “Management Challenge” on page 290. After reading the challenge, answer the
questions that follow. Be sure to support your answer with examples and/or references from
the chapter. (10pts)
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2) In the documentary, “The Men Who Built America”, evaluate how each Titan (Vanderbilt,
Carnegie, Rockefeller, JP Morgan) used their position (legitimate, reward, coercive) and
personal (expert, referent) power. You may also evaluate other businessmen from the video
(i.e. Scott, Frick, Edison) in addition to the Titans. Give examples to support your answer.
(25pts)
3) In Exhibit 16.1 (Leader and Manager Qualities), they list traits of both managers and leaders.
Use this chart to evaluate each of the Titans. You are to identify at least five traits from each
side. Give examples to support your answer. (25pts)
4) Using Exhibit 16.2 (Personal Characteristics of Leaders), evaluate each of the Titans using all
six categories. Give examples to support your answer. (25pts)
5) After reading the section on “Contingency Approaches”, review Exhibit 16.5 (How Leader Style
Fits the Situation) and evaluate each of the Titans. Give examples to support your answer.
(15pts)