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Final Paper Instructions
Please read these instructions carefully to ensure that you don’t miss any requirements.
For each answer, you should incorporate at least 2 outsides sources that are peer-reviewed academic journal articles (e.g. Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Journal of Management, etc). You may have additional sources that are not journal articles, but at least 2 of your sources should reference journal articles. Please use MLA or APA formatting. You do not need to cite your textbook, lecture, or case studies unless you are using direct quotes; however, you should cite any other material used . If you are directly copying something that is not in your own words, you need to include quotation marks with the authors and page number cited (this is the one exception when you should cite your textbook if you quote from it). However, please quote sparingly and put into your own words when possible. You should have a “references” section at the end of your exam with the full citations for your sources.
While you can use any outside sources, you may not discuss this final exam with anyone in the class. If you have questions, please contact me. You may, however, have someone outside of the class read over your answers and provide you with edits before submitting the paper. However, you should be asking for edits only; no one else may write a portion of your answers for you.
GRADING: I will be grading you on the thoroughness and thoughtfulness of your responses, your integration of material from the textbook and lecture, and the integration of your outside sources. You should not rely heavily on quotes; the majority of the paper should be in your own words with appropriate citation of outside sources. Additionally, your writing should be professional and virtually grammar- and error-free.
TIP: To format in APA, a great resource is at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/. You do not need to worry about a title page or abstract; just use this as a source for how to correctly format in-text citations, quotes, and references.
QUESTION 1
Dan Price, CEO of a company called Gravity Payments, announced that everyone in the organization would earn $70,000 base salary. (For a brief article, please see here): http://www.businessinsider.com/dan-price-gravity-payments-employees-leave-2015-7)
A) What types of employee organizational commitment may become higher as a result of this decision, and why?
B) Explain how the decision to give everyone at least $70,000 relates to equity theory. Based on equity theory, how would employees who were already highly paid before the raise behave in reaction to the news?
C) What type of leadership style(s) do you believe Dan is trying to exhibit by making this decision? Explain your reasoning
QUESTION 2
Imagine you are a supervisor of an employee, Joe, who is engaging in property deviance. He has been caught stealing work supplies for his own personal use. The company doesn’t want to fire Joe yet, and it’s your responsibility as his supervisor to handle the situation.
A) If Joe is engaging in property deviance, what other types of counter-productive work behaviors might he be engaging in?
B) What influence tactics would you use with Joe to try to get him to stop stealing?
C) What leadership style(s) would you use with Joe going forward, and why?
QUESTION 3
Imagine you are an entrepreneur starting a business. Employees who work for your business will have creative jobs involving design work.
A) What types of people would you want to hire? In other words, what personality traits and abilities are you looking for? Explain your reasoning.
B) What types of leadership styles (that we talked about in class) would you use as an entrepreneur for the business? Choose at least two styles, and explain why you would use them.
C) What organizational structure design would you choose for your business, and why?
