assignement 4

Weekly written assignment 4 includes One case analysis (Bridgewater Associates case) and two business articles with three application questions. Please read the case and the articles below and answer all questions (all sub-questions).

Written Assignment Questions:

Case analysis – Chapter 9 Bridgewater Associates

Bridgewater Associates Case Questions – Please answer below three Case questions on textbook Chapter 9, p. 304.

9.1. Picture being in a meeting at Bridgewater – one where attendees are rating one another using the Dot Collector. What would you like about that process? What would you dislike about that process?

9.2. Do you agree with the notion that a person’s rating history on personality traits can be used to create a “believability” index? And do you agree that the views of more “believable” people should be given more weight during decisions?

9.3. Should more organizations create these sorts of continually updated baseball cards? Is there something about the nature of the investment business that makes it more suited to this sort of approach?

We study three different dimensions of ability in Chapter 10. The above two articles emphasize the importance of emotional ability.

Question 1.

(a) In your opinion, as more organizations embrace AI, which will be the most important ability that employers are looking for? Cognitive? Emotional? or Physical? All three? Why?

(b) Please share your opinions and examples of why that ability (or those abilities) is (are) important.

Question 2.

(a) After reading the two articles above, should employers provide any emotional intelligence training? Why? Why not?

(b) Have you experienced any training for emotional intelligence? Was it effective? (or not)? Any suggestions to employers? (If you do not have any emotional intelligence training experience, please answer (c))

(c) If you do not have any training experience, what type of training will benefit employees? (If you answered (b) above, you do not need to answer this)

Submission Instructions:

Make sure to answer all questions (with all sub-questions) fully. Do not type out all questions (the plagiarism checker will show a red flag), but need to include question numbers for each answer.

Please apply chapter theories and contents in your answer. Also, if you have any related experience, try to share your own experience in your answers.

Avoid direct quotes from the textbook or any external sources. If your plagiarism or AI score is 30% or higher, you will get zero and need to resubmit your work for a grade. In the case of using grammar AI tools, students should include acknowledgment of the authenticity of their submission.

No cover page. No more than 6 pages. Expect at least 4 pages, excluding references. The last sentence of your answer should be on page 4 (at least a total of 1000 words count expected, excluding references). Longer submissions will not lose points (unless they go over 6 pages), but shorter submissions will lose points in detail criteria.