Scenario-Based Questions You Have Successfully Managed One of the Plants

question 37

Multiple Choice

Scenario-Based Questions You have successfully managed one of the plants of your company over a period of 5 years. You built a climate of openness and trust in your plant and have a longstanding history of honesty, dialogue, and teamwork. Based on your record of success, you have just been transferred to a much larger but less successful plant. This plant has a history of union-management conflict and the last plant manager had to be hospitalized due to stress.
-The union has informed you that it wants to have official representation on your strategy committee. Your response is:

• A) correctly point out that this committee does not deal with contract issues and therefore there is no place for the union.
• B) politely decline because union representation would only add to the already high level of conflict.
• C) ignore the request altogether because it is totally inappropriate.
• D) welcome the request because representation will help with power equalization and dialogue.

Comprehend the dimensional approach to emotions and its cross-cultural perspectives.

Grasp the theoretical frameworks of motivation and their application to human behavior.

Recognize the significance of persistence and intensity in motivation.

Understand the role of emotional intelligence in decision-making and interpersonal interactions.

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Definitions:

High Failure Rate

A high failure rate indicates a situation or context where a significant percentage of attempts or operations do not reach their intended outcome or goal.

New Businesses

The act of founding, starting, and nurturing new companies or ventures.

Fraud

The intentional deception or misrepresentation made by an individual or entity for personal gain or to damage another.

Deception

The act of misleading or lying to others, creating false impressions or beliefs, often used to achieve personal gain or to hide something.