2.4 Assignment: Values and Attitudes Fundamental ingredients for achieving job satisfaction and organizational commitment begin with personal and corporate values and attitudes. Out of these values and attitudes come the desire for involvement on the part of employees, and aligning personal and organizational goals. Consideration of the components of attitude, whether affective, cognitive, or behavioral components, can assist managers and leaders when it is part of their responsibility to make things happen, especially in times of personal and organizational stress.

Read the OB in Action Case Study in Chapter 6, “Companies Are Trying to Improve Employee Attitudes during the Recession,” on pages 176-177. 1. Based upon the classroom discussion and your reading, write a paper that answers the following questions: a. Which of Schwartz’s ten values are driving the behavior of managers at Bain & Co., Home Depot, and Best Buy? Provide examples to support your conclusions. b. How would you describe the affective, cognitive, and behavioral components of Steve Ellis’s attitude toward managing in a recession? Be specific. c. How are Home Depot and Best Buy trying to increase employee involvement? d. Use Ajzen’s Theory of Planned Behavior (Figure 6-3) to analyze how managers can increase employee performance during a recession. Be sure to explain what managers can do to affect each aspect of the theory. e. Based on what you learned, what advice would you give to managers trying [to] increase employees’ organizational commitment and job satisfaction in a recession? Be specific. 2. Your paper should incorporate the textbook, workshop devotional principles, and at least two outside peer-reviewed articles. 3. Your paper should be 800 to 1000 words in length and use proper spelling, grammar, and APA