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Describe a situation in which your perception turned out to be wrong. What perceptual errors did you make that might have caused this to happen?

Give some examples of situations where expressing emotions openly might improve job performance

What, if anything, can managers do to manage emotions? Are there ethical implications in any of these actions? If so, what?

One day your boss comes in and he is nervous, edgy, and argumentative. The next day he is calm and relaxed. Does this behaviour suggest that personality traits are not consistent from day to day?

An employee does an unsatisfactory job on an assigned project. Explain the attribution process that this person’s manager will use to form judgments about this employee’s job performance.

Develop a list of “organizational puzzles,” that is, behaviour you have observed in organizations that seemed to make little sense. As the term progresses, see if you can begin to explain these puzzles, using your knowledge of OB.