Assumptions exercise-2 for new MGT210 course- update 8-21-2020.docx

Assumptions about People
Instructions
 Assign a weight from 0 to 10 to EACH STATEMENT IN EACH PAIR to show the relative strength of your belief in
the statement.
 The points assigned for each pair must total 10.
 Be as honest with yourself as possible and resist the natural tendency to respond as you would “like to think
things are.”
 This instrument is not a test. There are no right or wrong answers. It is designed to be a stimulus for personal
reflection and dialogue.
 A. It’s only human nature for people to do as little
work as they can get away with.
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 B. When people avoid work, it’s usually because their
work has been deprived of its meaning.
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 C. If employees have access to any information they
want, they tend to have better attitudes and behave
more responsibly.
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 D. If employees have access to more information
than they need to do their immediate tasks, they will
usually misuse it.
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 E. One problem in asking for the ideals of employees
is that their perspective is too limited for their
suggestions to be of much practical value.