September 23, 2003

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September 23, 2003

• Exam review
• Goal Setting Theory
• Hausser Food Products Company Case
• Homework 1

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Exam 1

• Topics
• Mood, Emotional Intelligence, Values,
  Personality, Intelligence (G)
• Equity theory
• Goal theory
• Sections
• Multiple choice (50 points)
• Short answer (50 points)
• Mini case analysis (100 points)
• 90 minutes
• Closed books, closed notes

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Sample questions

• Multiple choice
• A mood is
• Long lasting
• Intense
• Focused at an object
• Focused at an event
• Short answer
• Define g fluid and g crystal
• Mini-case
• Explain the behaviors in the case using a theory
  of motivation
• What should the manager do now?

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Goal Setting Theory

• Goals that are
• specific
• difficult (but not impossible)
• accepted
• lead to higher performance than goals that are
• vague (or non-existent)
• easy, moderate or impossible
• not accepted

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Goal Setting Theory

• How does goal theory work?
• increased attention and action toward
  goal-relevant activities
• increased effort
• finding ways to do the task well
• developing plans to achieve goals
• increased persistence

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Goal Setting Theory

• Goal theory works best when employees are given
  feedback
• Goal theory works best when employees have high
  self-efficacy.
• Extrinsic rewards are not necessary for goal
  theory to work, but may increase the effects

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Goal Setting Theory

• What are the boundary conditions for goal setting
  theory?

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Goal Setting Questionnaire
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Hausser Food Products Company

• What are Brenda Coopers key problems?
• What is the Florida team doing? Why?
• What should Brenda Cooper do?

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Next Class

• Exam 1 (90 minutes)
• Champoux (1999) Intrinsic Rewards and Job
  Design Chapter 9, pp.154-162.

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Homework 1

• Grades will be posted on gradebook
• General comments
• Grade distribution
• A (180-200)
• B (160-179)
• C (140-159)