1.   How are organizations similar to living things? What is organizational behavior? Why is it important to understand organizational behavior?

2.   Why is the organizational behavior model important in management? How do individuals affect organizations? How do organizations affect individuals? What makes your organization unique from other organizations?

3.   If organizational behavior is not a perfect science with absolute rules, what is the purpose of studying organizational behavior? Some people believe that organizational behavior is common sense. Why is this false? What are the fields of study that contribute to organizational behavior?

4.   As society becomes increasingly mobile, geographical differences become more visible, how does globalization affect organizational culture? If employees have values and attitudes that differ from the organization, is it an issue? How do diversity and individual differences affect organizational culture?

5.   How would you adapt the organizational behavior model in the changing workplace? How do organizations prepare employees for impending change? How can an organization overcome employees’ resistance to change? What changes do you anticipate in your organization? How does your organization respond to planned and unplanned change?