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1. McKinsey and Co. recently reached a settlement regarding the advice it provided to Purdue Pharma. (Note - you can Google this story if you are unfamiliar with this matter.) How could this scenario create cognitive dissonance for the McKinsey partners? Note three distinct points.

2. How can organizations use the Job Characteristics Model to improve employee satisfaction? And, as an HR professional, list 2 ways in which you will use job enlargement and job rotation to motivate employees.

3. How could you apply the Expectancy Theory of Motivation to a medium-sized marketing company during the COVID-19 pandemic. Note how this theory could improve rewards, performance and hiring. Note that employees at this organization, until the pandemic, were highly social in the office. They travelled frequently, enjoyed regular events, an on-site gym and cafe. At present, all employees are working from home.

4. List what you will specifically do this term to improve your EI, self-efficacy and self-awareness. Use evidence-informed examples to support your plan.

5. As a new HR Professional, you join an organization and quickly come to learn that perceptual effects are impacting both the hiring and performance process. Explain 2 possible effects that could be occurring here, and for each effect you explain, list 1 thorough and actionable solution that you will suggest to your HR Director. Be brief, specific and concise.