1, Do you think that using flextime, telecommuting, job sharing, or compressed workweeks is really going to motivate employees? Why, or why not?

1, Do you think that using flextime, telecommuting, job sharing, or compressed workweeks is really going to motivate employees? Why, or why not? Also, are there situations in which working in teams might be demotivating? How could this occur?

How much overtime is reasonable in a week? How long can the company expect workers to continue to work overtime before they see employee stress levels getting significantly higher than normal?

2. Do you agree that selection of a top-quality candidate is a critical process in organizations, or do you think intensive training after the person is selected is more valuable? Explain your answer.

Are background checks—including credit checks, criminal-history checks, and social-media reviews—too invasive? Explain your answer.

3. You lead a team-based marketing and customer relationship management company. What option would you choose as your first option in the “who should assess performance” section of the chapter to evaluate your team members? If you could use two options, which one would you choose second? Justify your answers.

What would you do as the manager in order to make sure that your employees knew the standards that they would be evaluated against? Explain your answer.

4. What causes you to trust or distrust someone else? Using this answer, what would you do as a manager to cause your employees to trust you?

An employee who works for you confronts you with a formal grievance concerning another employee being promoted over him. What initial actions will you take in order to address this grievance?