Organisational behaviour need 15 pages

The purpose of the project is to give your team an opportunity to apply what has been learned in the course (through course lectures, readings, and discussions) to problems in an organization of your team's choice. Class members will work in teams of four people. Your team should identify a public, private, or non-profit organization to study (Please, no student groups). You can choose an organization where your team members work or have interests.

Your team is to gather information from people in an organization through direct contact (direct email, LinkedIn message, interview with someone in person). You must supplement this information with data from the media, the organization's literature, and other secondary sources. You should identify a relatively recent problem to analyze (i.e., this should not be an historical account of a problem and the company's solution). You should focus your analysis by applying the concepts from our course. You should also properly cite the information you use for your project using APA format. Please see the Purdue Owl website for assistance.

While it is acceptable to incorporate several concepts from the course, please aim for depth rather than breadth regarding the use of course concepts (focus on 3-4 concepts from Organizational Behavior with in depth discussion). Your goal is to diagnose the mechanisms that are causing the problem or issue of concern in the organization. Initially, you may notice many symptoms (for instance, high turnover, seemingly low morale, low commitment, motivation etc.), but your task is to get to the underlying reason for these symptoms. And beware, sometimes the initial symptoms we think we see are not what they appear to be. Afterwards, you are to provide potential solutions to the problem, with a final recommendation of which solution the organization should choose that is agreed upon by all members.

There are three broad goals for this assignment: 1. One goal of this assignment is obviously to take the initiative to make a positive contribution

to an organization.

2. Another major goal is to provide an opportunity for you to learn more about organizational behavior first hand and to use your critical thinking and reflection skills to link your experience with this organization to your learning in relation to organizational behavior theory.

3. The final goal is to provide a forum for you to hone your skills as a team member and leader and to reflect on the learning gained from this team experience. Each team will make a presentation to the class and write a paper that describes what you did for the organization, what you learned about organizational behavior, and what you learned about working on a team.

To meet these broad goals, your team should answer the following questions in the assignments detailed below. a) What are the issues or problems facing the organization? b) What course concepts can be applied to understand why this problem is occurring? c) What recommendations can you offer to help improve organizational functioning?

Team Project Deliverables: 1. The project proposal is due in your online workspace before midnight on the Friday of week

4. Please include: a) The names of your group members b) The name of the organization

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c) The name, contact information and level of your contact person d) The method you will use to gain access to the organization e) A brief description (one or two paragraphs) of the problem(s) facing the organization.

2. One page (1” margins, 12 point font, double spaced) executive summary into the document sharing area for your team in Canvas so that the entire team can access the document as they work– this is due before midnight on the Friday of week 5. Please include:

a) The names of your group members b) A brief summary of the problem c) A brief summary of your proposed solution

3. One team member should post your written project paper into the document sharing for the entire class to review (before midnight Friday of week 7). Additionally, each team member should submit the project paper to the assignment in Canvas for grading. It should contain a maximum of 8 double spaced pages (1inch margins, 12 point font). You will be penalized significantly for exceeding this limit. The limit does not include the reference page, the executive summary, or appendices, which you are free to use to provide charts, figures, or other background material not necessary in the main body of your analysis. However, appendices that are not directly referenced in the main text will not be read. LATE PROJECTS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. The written project should summarize what problem the organization faced, what organizational behavior issues were driving the problem, and what you did/would do for/within the organization. INCLUDE A FIRST PAGE HEADER WITH ALL TEAM MEMBER NAMES!

4. Teammate Evaluations (Due before midnight on Friday of Week 7, use the assignment link in Canvas): At the end of the semester there will be an assignment in canvas that will ask you to rate each group member – participation in team events, sharing of workload, quality of work, and contribution to team process (e.g., constructive handling of conflict, good communication skills) – to the standards set forth in your team contract. Your individual grade on the team project will be based on your team grade, weighted by your peers’ evaluations.

Additional Requirements

10 to 15 References (including employee interviews, reputable news or other reputable periodicals, relevant websites, Academic Journal articles, textbook references) using proper APA formatting (see the Purdue Owl website).

Do not have any spacing before or after paragraphs (see the page layout tab in Word)

Indent (first line) each new paragraph

Paragraphs consist of at least 4 sentences. A sentence consists of no more than 3 – 4 full lines of text.

Proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation

Be thoughtful and detailed in your analysis and solutions

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Do not give me irrelevant fluff to meet the page limit. I would rather a paper that gets at the issue, the OB theories, and a well thought out and implementable solution in 6 pages than 8 pages with 2 pages of material I am reading saying “So what? Why did I need to know this, and how does it help me do what needs to be done?”

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General Words about Teamwork The issue of equity is a concern that some students have about working in teams and about team grades. If you work harder and do better work than your peers, why should your grade be dependent on them? This view is generally a function of coming from educational environments that only ask for and measure individual performance. Your output for many of the assignments in this university, college, and life in general will be a team product, such as a team case presentation. Team tasks should be given team rewards. This means that you not only must make a direct contribution to the development of the in-class presentation, but that you also have an obligation to make your team work effectively.

An infrequent problem associated with group projects is a team member who does not do his/her share of the job. You are urged not to let problems develop to the point where they become serious. Beware of excuses like: “I am too busy with urgent work - health - social - problems right now but I’ll make it up later.” It is surprising how many people who have one problem have a series of other problems. Be reasonable, but don’t be a doormat. Everyone in this class is expected to carry out their share of the teamwork load as divided and approved in the team contract. Each individual will have a unique strength to offer the team – it is your mission to find and capitalize on those!

I will not supervise the process any more closely than would most managers in similar circumstances. Rather, you are expected to get the work done and to manage each other as detailed in your team contracts. You are on your honor that you will do your fair share. Teams often ignore problems wishing that they would go away. More often they don’t; they only get worse. Try to solve the problem among yourselves, but if you cannot you can reach out to the instructor for guidance.

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