MIDTERM ASSIGNMENTS MM5005 PEOPLE IN ORGANIZATION - CLASS YE
49X
FACILITATOR: PRASETYO B. SAKSONO DUE DATE: BY 17:00 FRIDAY, 8
MARCH, 2014
General Instruction: 1. This is an individual evaluation
assignments to be worked out at home, which consists
of two part: some review questions and a short case writing
exercise. 2. You are expected to work individually utilizing any
resources available to you,
including all materials we have discussed in class. However, you
must fully observe the academic honesty policy.
3. Your response should be single-spaced typed in MS-Word using
12pt Times New Roman, or 10pt Verdana, printed on A4 size papers of
no more than 4 pages total.
4. Make sure that you write your name and student ID number at
the top-right of your papers.
5. You should submit your answer-papers (hard-copy) to the MBA
Secretariat no later than 17:00pm Friday, 8 March 2014.
A. REVIEW QUESTIONS (10 points max each, in no more than 2 pages
total) 1. Based on the readings we have discussed in class, please
describe in one paragraph
and in your own language your understanding of why it is
important to understand why people behave the way they do in
organizational context.
2. Which of the six topics we have discussed in class do you
think or feel most important and therefore need further learning
for your future career, and why ?
3. Which of the six topics we have discussed in class do you
think or feel least important and may not need immediate further
learning for your future career, and why ?
4. What lessons did you learn from reading and discussing the
case of Life Stories of Recent MBAs
5. Please refer to the result of your StrengthFinder exercise,
and assume that the top five strengths you got are valid. What do
you think you would do to capitalize on that stengths for your
career.
B. SHORT CASE WRITING (50 points in no more than 2 pages length)
You are required to write a short case description and analysis of
an organizational behavior incident or encounter. The case
description should tell a story of your own experience in dealing
with people issue(s) in either interpersonal, group / team, or
organizational context, as it relates to one or more of the six
topics we discussed in class. The case analysis should include your
suggestion on how the issue should have been more appropriately
dealt with based on the concept that you have learned in class. You
should put an appropriate title at the top of to the case. Your
work will be evaluated based on its originality, relevance, clarity
and conciseness.
