Organizational Behavior – Current Events Application Assignment
Organizational Behavior – Current Events Application Assignment
This application assignment requires you to find and share a business related article from the past 6 months that describes your view of our assigned course topic(s) for the week. In other words, your view may explain the topic’s effect, relevance, importance, non-significance, etc. in workplace behavior. The
This assignment should consist of three distinct paragraphs. In the first paragraph you will summarize the article you chose. In the second paragraph you will clearly identify and discuss the course topic(s) relevant to the article. In the third and final paragraph you should discuss your views about the topic and what the article stated.
It is imperative to choose a concept being covered in this module. It is also important not to copy material from other related assignments or directly from the article itself–use proper citations and rewrite important components into your own words. Concepts and verbatim material will receive a zero.
Current Event:
– News story must be from a credible source within the last 6 months with appropriate citation.
– Context must be provided on why the story is immediately relevant to the topics being covered.
– Responses which are purely opinion and anecdotal are not considered to be substantive in nature.
– Original news story from an external source plus one additional external source required.
– Assigned textbook chapters from the course do not count as external sources, but you are welcome to use the textbook in addition to the required external resource.
Going beyond a creative and high-quality response related to the course material and citing at least TWO external (NOT the course textbook) resources (preferably recently published academic journal articles), and providing examples to enrich your answer and argument. Substantive responses show the depth of understanding, demonstrate insight into the material, and are free from spelling and grammar mistakes. Responses which are purely opinion and anecdotal are not considered to be substantive in nature. Your response should provide depth of analysis, significant insight, and application to at least two course concepts. Responses MUST be original and contain no signs of plagiarism. Note: Response must follow APA format in all citations used (i.e., in-texts and reference lists).
Requirements:
– Formatting:
– APA style format
– 3 Paragraphs properly formatted WITH the required headings:
– Article Summary
– Course Topic Integration
– Views and Opinions
– Language, Spelling, Grammar:
– Language is clear and concise with few, if any, errors
– Accurate Application of Course Concepts:
– Content reflects full understanding of the course concept and applies the concept accurately
– Reasoned Implications and Conclusions
– Competently substantiates independent points and ideas
– Incorporated External Sources
– Primary article is from the last 6 months – Current!
– Accurately incorporates 2 external resources PLUS course resources with proper in-text citations and references; main article within the last 6 months
Course Textbook:
Organizational Behavior: An Evidence-Based Approach, Chapters 1-14 Luthans, F., Luthans, K. W., & Luthans, B. C. (2015). Organizational Behavior: An Evidence- based Approach, Charlotte, North Carolina: Information Age Publishing.
Chapters 5-6 for relevant course material. (Attached)
– Chapter 5: Personality, Perception, and Employee Attitudes
** the meaning of personality
** “Big Five” personality traits
** Myers-Briggs types
** the perceptual process and its major dimensions
** the sources and outcomes of the major employee attitudes of job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and organizational citizenship behaviors
– Chapter 6: Motivational Needs, Processes, and Applications
** the motivation process
** the primary and secondary needs
** the major theories of work motivation
** the motivational applications of job design
** the motivational application of goal setting
