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Question 1:
1. Why do you think having women with greater power on a board changes firm performance?
2. Do you think using a quota system to promote gender diversity is a good idea? Why or why not?
3. Why do you think some countries have more gender-diverse boards than others?
Question 2:
1. Describe some of the factors that led this situation to become an open conflict.
2. Do you think this is an issue worth generating conflict over? What are the potential costs and benefits of Matt and Peter having an open discussion of the issues?
3. How can Matt and Peter develop an active problem-solving discussion to resolve this conflict? What could effectively be changed, and what is probably going to remain a problem?
Question 3:
1. Do you think it's possible for an organization to generate an anti-hierarchy to encourage employees to engage in more acts of creative deviance? What steps might a company take to encourage creative deviance?
2. Why do you think a company like Apple is able to be creative with a strong hierarchical structure, whereas other companies find hierarchy limiting?
3. Do you think Apple's success was entirely dependent on Steve Jobs's role as head of the hierarchy? What are the potential liabilities of a company's being so strongly connected to the decision making of a single individual?