Complete the following short answer questions. Please do not copy/paste. You do

Complete the following short answer questions. Please do not copy/paste. You do not have to cite your answers.
1. Job crafting is a relatively new idea in the field. What are some advantages of allowing
employees to customize their own jobs? What are some of the disadvantages? Provide an
example to support your answer. (Make sure you describe what job crafting is)
2. It is common in consulting work to encounter managers who believe that job attitudes do not
matter – if someone quits, they will just hire another person to replace that person. Based upon
your course materials, what might you say to these types of managers? Please provide an
example to support your answer.
3. Dual-earner couples are becoming increasingly common. What are some of the challenges faced
by individuals in these dual-earner roles? How might organizations help their employees
alleviate, or lesson, some of these challenges? Please provide an example to support your
answer.
4. Consider a time when you experienced social loafing in a group (class or work). What were some
aspects of the situation that contributed to social loafing to occur? What could you, your
instructor, or your boss have done to decrease and/or minimize social loafing? Please make sure
you utilize course materials to answer this question).
5. The theories of transformational and transactional leadership suggest two very different ways to
lead. Is one of these approaches universally more effective than the other, or do both
approaches work equally well in certain situations? How could you use both? Please make sure
you utilize an example to support your answer.