Week 6

Question 1

Some types of toxic behaviour in workplace

Answer 1

bullying mobbing, passive aggressive, counterproductive behaviour

Question 2

How to address toxic behaviours

Answer 2

anti bullying policies, procedural guidelines, responsibilities of maangr/staff/org, consequences for behaviours

Question 3

dysfunctional and workplace politics toxic behaviours

Answer 3

gossip, ranks, bias, lobbying, etc

Question 4

How to handle various behaviours in a workplace

Answer 4

Reflective practices

Question 5

Who is most often targeted for bullying?

Answer 5

Females and minorities

Question 6

Fairness of managers is linked to ..

Answer 6

positive behaviour

Question 7

What can you do to help with bullying?

Answer 7

training in interpersonal skills, emotional intelligence, conflict resolution, stress management. Manager: work with HR to avoid hiring toxic workers, introduce training that addresses dysfunctional behaviour for employees

Question 8

Organizational deviance

Answer 8

actions of an employee who means to harm org rather than an individual

Question 9

Organizational deviance can look like…

Answer 9

cyberloafing, fraud, theft, sabotage and embezzlement

Question 10

How to reduce gossip, rankism, bias and lobbying?

Answer 10

open door policies, policies to reduce rankism & avenues for advancement, code of ethics and definitions of professional etiquette, open and inclusive convos and being open to new idea/concepts from all employees