Business
Employee’s job satisfaction
Attitudes color every aspect of people’s everyday lives. Attitudes certainly affect an employee’s work life and organizational success. One of the major job attitudes is job satisfaction. The job itself may have qualities or factors that contribute to an employee’s job satisfaction or dissatisfaction; hours, pay, environment, culture, and the amount or type of work all play a role. Other factors can include the quality of social aspects of the workplace environment, such as employee relationships and support. Virtual work can have an impact on job satisfaction, as it may affect social relationships due to reduced face-to-face interaction.
In this Discussion, you will explore job attitudes at play at Walden Sports and come up with ways to measure them.
To prepare for this Discussion:
View Introducing Walden Sports, Inc. found in this week’s media Learning Resources. Assuming the role of a consultant, identify job satisfaction problems within Walden Sports and think about data you may need to collect in order to better understand those problems.
Read the article “Organizational Behavior: Affect in the Workplace.” Consider the production of moods and their consequences in a workplace such as Walden Sports.
Read the article “Understanding Job Satisfaction in the Causal Attitude Network (CAN) Model.” Compare the measurement of job satisfaction models and how that can support your choice of data collection strategy. See Appendix B, the “Detailed Methods” section, on page 28.
Review the article “Attitudes: Satisfaction, Commitment and Involvement,” focusing specifically on pages 9–17. Consider the measurement of and challenges to measuring job attitudes and job satisfaction.
Demographic and psychographic profile
Social class is a status hierarchy categorized by esteem or prestige acquired from economic success and accumulation of wealth. The four common social classes are upper, middle, working, and lower class. Consider the effects of social class, family structure, cultural background, group identification, and other social factors on your consumer behavior.
Document your demographic and psychographic profile. Use the http://www.city-data.com to explore how your profile matches up with your social class. Click on the Zip Code Finder and enter your zip code. Examine the population segments and analyze your fit. Name the segment that fits your profile and social class. Note that there are 3 categories on the left-hand side, and you can browse through all 3 in trying to find the most appropriate profile.
Capitalist – free market
1. What are the important differences between a “capitalist – free market” economy and a “socialist” economy? Which do you prefer for the U.S. and why?
Use personal examples to show me you understand the two economic types.
2. How important are ethics in business and is it possible for a company or an organization to be operating legally but not be operating ethically? If it is possible, please explain how this could occur.
Use personal examples to show me you understand ethics and its importance in a company and our society.
3. What is a SWOT Analysis and how is it used? Could it be beneficial for an individual to do a SWOT Analysis on themselves?
Infographic
Joseph Campbell’s theories on mythology and the Hero’s Journey connect mythology to our everyday lived realities. In this module, you learned that all myths follow the arc of the Hero’s Journey and that the Hero’s Journey is as influenced by real-life experiences as it is the inspiration for future human creation.
Instructions: Think of a time in your life in which you have participated in the path of the Hero’s Journey. You could have been any of the main characters—the hero or a figure supporting the hero.
Use a free online application (Canva, Piktochart, etc.) to create an infographic that includes an explanation of the following:
Each of the ten steps of the Hero’s Journey as it relates to your situation
Which role you played
What the call to adventure was
How the journey unfolded during each of the ten steps
Business ethics and organizational performance
Write a seven to nine (7–9) page paper (2000–2500 words), not including the title and reference pages, describing the skills and behaviors necessary to practice global interconnectedness in your field of study that includes the following:
Introduction to what it means to be an ethical global leader and a specific goal you have regarding global interconnectedness.
Discussion of the link between business ethics and organizational performance.
Research on cultural factors that influence leadership and contribute to global leadership effectiveness.
Analysis of your own cultural intelligence, including cognitive, physical, and emotional. Be sure to connect research to your analysis.
Recommendations for steps you can take to achieve your goal regarding global interconnectedness. Connecting research to your recommendations will make them stronger.
Conclusion should summarize the primary points of the paper and bring forward a call to action.