3 PAGE ESSAY

        Learning Journal & Self-Assessment Tests : You are expected to keep a journal, in which

you reflect on your professional and personal experiences in light of the issues we have discussed in

the video lectures and what you have seen in the readings. The purpose of keeping a journal is to help

you engage class content in a deeper ongoing manner. You should write your reflections on events

happening in your professional and personal life. However, this is not a diary about your personal life

as such. Therefore, your comments must be connected to things we are working on in the class. In

other words, you must integrate experience and theory. Please note that observations and description

are not sufficient. Each entry should apply the insights of the readings and class discussion to your

experiences, so be specific and address real issues you have seen or experienced in your

professional and personal life.

         In addition to writing about your observations and experiences, you will complete two self-assessment

tests per journal entry. You should take the assigned self-assessment tests, calculate your score, and

write at least two paragraphs for each assessment that tell what you learned about yourself, what the

textbook says about the topic (cite page number), how could this new insight change the way that you

relate to people in your professional and personal life, and anything else that you want to record.

         Your entries will be confidential and will not be seen by anybody else except me. Journal entries

should be made every other week and then submitted to the BBLearn before the deadline. The journal

overall (3 entries) will count for around 12% of your grade. Write rich, detailed entries rather than

short, superficial comments or observations, and emphasize the importance of relating entries to the

class. Your entry about the following topics should be minimum three (3) pages in length (double

spaced, 12-point font size):

Entry 1 :

• Discuss how the integrative OB model will help you to improve your understanding of

relationships and/or events in your professional and personal life. Describe your analysis and

explain how the class content provided new insights or a better mental model.

• Complete the Self-Assessment Tests (Chapter 1: Private Self Consciousness & Chapter 2:

Affective Commitment) and then discuss what you learned about yourself, what the textbook

says about the topics (cite page number), and how this new insight could change your

relationships in your personal and professional life.