Research by David Kolb and others suggests that individuals have different learning styles. How would a manager who has a convergent learning style and a manager who has a divergent learning style differ in their approach to learning? | Homework Helpers

Problem 8. Help Wanted!

Evaluate the Want Ads below in terms of employment law.

1. You are employed by Discrimina, Inc. and Mr. Discrimina has appointed you to a committee to re-write the job ads.

2. In a brief cover memo in a Word document, discuss how the BFOQs in the jobs might be changed to accommodate more people who can do all or part of the jobs.

3. Beneath your BFOQ recommendation, in the same Word document, rewrite at least three of the ads in ways that do not discriminate against gender, race, age, education, and so on.

   Discussion 2) For this week’s discussion, please post a response to the following questions:

   1. Research by David Kolb and others suggests that individuals have different learning styles. How would a manager who has a convergent learning style and a manager who has a divergent learning style differ in their approach to learning? (Refer to details in Chapter 3 of your textbook.) (1 to 2 paragraphs)
   2. Suppose you are going to conduct training sessions designed to teach managers how to give feedback to subordinates. Five managers are scheduled to participate. What might you do (if anything), to handle their learning style differences to ensure that all of them learn and apply the material you present? (1 to 2 paragraphs)

   Explain your answer fully and incorporate material from this week’s readings where appropriate, to help support your answer.

   After you submit your answer, post a response to one of your classmates’ contributions. Do you agree or disagree with the post? Why? What else could your classmates consider, and why? (1-2 paragraphs)