Essay and PPT

The outline of CLA2:

a) Introduction – A brief introduction of what I learned in general from the course.

b) Detailed discussion about the important concepts learned:

· Interpersonal competencies: Define the concept of interpersonal competencies and

discuss how the interpersonal competencies play a role in the development of organizational

behavior.

· Techniques for problem-solving: Introduce different kinds of techniques that are used for

problem-solving. Talk about one specific and widely-used technique in detail.

· Theories of Motivation: Define the motivation in the workforce and discuss how

motivation in my workplace can be stimulated.

· Leadership effectiveness: Define the concept of leadership effectiveness and discuss

how it will affect the organizational performance.

c) Apply two or three concepts in the above to my work setting and provide solutions

regarding the implementation of the concepts.

· How I will use the interpersonal competencies to interact with team members and gain

support from them.

· How I will use the techniques to solve some problems that I encountered during my

work.

d) Findings from PA1, CLA1

· Crowdsourcing: Crowdsourcing is a new business model including a variety of thinking

from various sides and can solve the problems faster (Aitamurto el, 2011). Through the

crowdsourcing, many companies like Threadless, have achieved great success.

· Leadership style: there are too many leadership styles. None of them are the same and

can be simply copied from organization to organization. The leadership style has to fit and

adapt to the situation of the organization and the followers.

e) Place-holders

· How to evaluate the steps involved in implementing teams, and develop an

understanding of how teams can outperform the performance of individuals.

· How to recruit and maintain talented employees.

· Findings from PA2.

Reference:

Aitamurto, Tanja & Leiponen, Aija & Tee, Richard. (2011). The Promise of Idea

Crowdsourcing – Benefits, Contexts, Limitations. Nokia Ideas Project.

Baldwin, T., Bommer, B., & Rubin, R. (2013). Managing organizational behavior: What great

managers know and do (2nd ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill ISBN: 978-0073530406