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Questions:

1) Regarding Chapter 60 "All for the Best in This Best of all Possible World" in The Ropes to Skip and the Ropes to Know, imagine yourself in the position of being asked to write a Green Memo. How would it make you feel? Using your knowledge gained in this class discuss the pros and cons of such a memo from the employer's point of view.

2) Because of downsizing and layoffs at her biotech firm, Soniya got a new department to manage. Previously she had managed the inspection and validation department. Now she must manage a new integrated manufacturing department pulled together from the remains of several group's members left after the downsizing. What are the five stages of rebuilding a team's trust that she should pay attention to? What level of trust needs to be fostered at each of the levels, and what would you suggest she do to as the team leader to create and sustain trust for her manufacturing group considering the reorganization?

3) Ken Kendricks, a sales manager at Emergent Biosciences was promoted to a managerial position at headquarters, where he was responsible for salespeople who serviced his company's largest accounts. His new boss told him that his primary job was to influence others' success more than achieve new goals himself or socialize with his subordinates. However, in talking to you Ken revealed that he did not agree with his boss's directive. He told you that his would lead by demonstrating his need for achievement he had no need to exercise power. Ken's high need to achieve was no surprise-after all, he had been a very successful salesman-but obviously his desire to influence others was much less than his job required. Then came the real shocker. Ken's subordinates confirmed what his stories revealed. He was a poor manager, having little positive impact on those who worked for him. They felt that little responsibility had been delegated to them. He never rewarded them but only criticized them. And the office was poorly organized, confused, and chaotic. Name the types of personal power that Ken can invoke to help him in his new position, and briefly describe an example of how he might use each of them to help him advance in his new role.

4) Rhamy is considerably younger than most of the people he supervises. He has a degree and is mechanically inclined. Right out of college he went to work for a local manufacturer in an on-the-job training program with an eye toward becoming a team leader.Rhamy learned his trade well and was promoted in just under a year to team leader. His much older team members are skeptical of Rhamy's abilities to lead the team. How can he make the best of this situation? Name and describe three suggestion you have for him to become a good supervisor of his older and more experienced workers.