Organizational Behavior

INDIVIDUAL PROJECT SURVEYS (2) AND PROJECT SUMMARY

To assist in the synthesis of the course, Power Point, and Textbook materials, an applied paper is required. You will select two (2) managers from two different organizations to survey. Then study the trends you observe from the respondent’s comments. Blank surveys are posted on the class Blackboard homepage. I also have posted a cover letter (attach to survey if you wish) to help you with this process. There also is a consent page for you and who ever fill out your surveys to sign. It basically explains all information gathered is confidential.

There will be two individual project surveys and a summary (synopsis) submitted this term. After studying the two surveys, you will select the ONE survey from which to write your project summary. Project Summary guidelines:

Cover Page

· Title • Prepared for:

· Prepared by:

· Date

Introduction

· An introduction of the company. This should introduce the company, explain any preexisting relationships (employer, friend of family, family member, etc.), and discuss how the company was interviewed or surveyed. This portion should take roughly ½ - 1 pages.

Main Body

· An overview of the company. This should include a description of any of the items you find particularly salient from the survey responses. This should be a 1 to 2 page section.

· An overview of the management strategy of the company. This should be a 1 to 2 page section.

· An overview of the manager’s personal style. This should be a 1 to 2 page section.

· An overview of the organizational culture of the company. This should be a 1 to 2 page section.

Conclusion

· A one to two page statement for proposing a possible improvement for the company that includes a hypothesized time period and briefly how they would go about managing the transition. For the suggested improvements, give the who, what, when, where, and how they will happen.

There are numerous items in the survey you will have completed by managers that can be used for your descriptions of strategy, manager’s personal style, and organizational culture. There are specific items in the survey that address the extent of any change occurring now in the organization and/or areas for improvement. You may be creative here. There isn’t a RIGHT or WRONG answer here provided you demonstrate: (A) effort and (B) an attempt to link concepts.

This suggests that you should identify which concepts from the surveys and maybe even the text! Do not hesitate to send me drafts of your survey project report for feedback before final submission if you wish. This project must have the two (2) surveys submitted along with the survey project to get credit for this assignment. This, again, is an important application point for the class.

Submitting the assignments, surveys and the survey project assignment:

For each assignment, there will be an assignment designated under the assignment tab in BlackBoard Learn. That is, there will be one for assignments 1, 2, 3, and the survey report assignment. For submission of your work, you will copy your work and paste it in the “submission” space for the relevant assignment. For the survey report and the surveys (the last assignment) you will paste the survey report in the “submission” space and you may attach electronic copies of the two surveys to the attachment button. Doing it this way helps us get results back to you much faster.

Formatting should be 12-14 point font, space and one half or double spacing. Use subheadings where needed to help in readability.