Organization Behavior and Communication

Your final project is to identify potential organizational behavior problems and recommend solutions for an organization with which you are familiar. All your weekly assignments will be final project tasks.

Early in Week 1, identify an organization you would be interested in studying. You will investigate the organizational behavior in this organization and research best practice solutions for any problems you observe. You may select your own organization, the organization of a family member, or an organization that interests you. Be sure to review each week’s assignments before selecting the organization to make sure you can locate necessary information. Contact your instructor early in the week if you need advice on your organizational selection. As much as possible, you should utilize actual research and real data for your project. Occasionally, you may fill in some details with hypothetical information. However, you are expected to provide documentation (e.g., citations) throughout your work.

Each week, you will write on the topics identified in that week’s learning objectives, so note any information you find related to any of the following topics:

Systems theory

Individual behavior

Communication

Change

Conflict

Motivation

Groups and teams

Making decisions

Organizational culture

Leadership

Scenario:

Assume that the human resources department of your selected organization has received disappointing results on the job motivation survey administered to all employees at all levels. The results indicate that employees reported lower-than-industry-average job motivation, and management is concerned. Employee comments on the survey included the following:

My job is so boring!

My boss micromanages me but never tells me how I'm doing.

I've been in my position for seven to fifteen years, but I am never allowed to provide any input about making the work better.

You have been tasked with writing a paper that reviews the theoretical perspectives relevant to the situation.

Tasks:

Write a paper addressing the following:

Description: Identify the organization you select and provide a description of it. Cite research from a variety of sources, including the company's website, social media sites, company blogs, industry and trade sources, and other sources. The description should include the organization's products or services, customer or client base, areas of operation or distribution, history, main competition, and current situation (whether it is an industry leader, a start-up, or a well-established corporation).

Analysis: Write a paper that explains the factors that affect job motivation and the internal and external consequences of low job motivation predicted by systems theory. At this time, you do not need to propose any solutions; you are simply reviewing theoretical literature.

Submission Details:

Present a 3- to 4-page paper in a Microsoft Word document formatted in APA style.

Name your document SU_MBA5001_W1_A3_LastName_FirstInitial.doc. For example, if your name is John Smith, your document will be named SU_MBA5001_W1_A3_Smith_J.doc.

By Tuesday, May 17, 2016, submit your assignment to the W1 Assignment 3 Dropbox.

Using the same organization that you selected in Week 1, propose a change that your organization could implement that would aid it strategically. The proposed change might relate to some area of need, performance deficiency, or other opportunity that you observe in the organization. Note: You will be proposing a change initiative related to motivation in next week’s assignment. Accordingly, focus your change project for this week’s paper in a direction other than motivation.

Write a paper addressing the following:

Describe the change that you propose and defend its benefits to the organization.

Evaluate how the proposed change may affect various groups of employees.

Assess the conflicts that might occur before, during, and after the change, including why you anticipate these conflicts.

Defend at least three best practices to prevent or resolve those conflicts.

Justify the channels of communication the organization should use in implementing this change.

Submission Details:

Present a 4- to 5-page paper in a Microsoft Word document formatted in APA style.

On a separate page, cite all sources using APA format.

Name your document SU_MBA5001_W2_A2_LastName_FirstInitial.doc. For example, if your name is John Smith, your document will be named SU_MBA5001_W2_A2_Smith_J.doc.

By Tuesday, May 24, 2016, submit your assignment to the W2 Assignment 2 Dropbox.

Use the same organization that you selected in Week 1.

Scenario:

Management has reviewed your work from two weeks ago about how the employees' low job motivation may affect the company internally and externally and determined that there is sufficient evidence to support an organizational change. It has asked you to recommend changes that will help to boost employee job motivation.

Recall that a survey showed that job motivation among employees was lower than average, with complaints such as:

My job is so boring!

My boss micromanages me but never tells me how I'm doing.

I've been in my position for seven to fifteen years, but I am never allowed to provide any input about making the work better.

Write a paper in which you:

Defend at least two organizational changes and explain how these changes will improve job motivation in the workforce. Support your recommendations by citing the theories covered in the readings or your own research.

Assess potential conflicts that may arise due to the changes, including why you anticipate these conflicts.

Justify a change implementation plan for leading the change initiatives and helping the organization overcome any resistance to the changes.

Justify an appropriate communication plan that announces the changes and continues through the change management process.

Submission Details:

Present a 6- to 7-page paper in a Microsoft Word document formatted in APA style.

On a separate page, cite all sources using APA format.

Name your document SU_MBA5001_W3_A2_LastName_FirstInitial.doc. For example, if your name is John Smith, your document will be named SU_MBA5001_W3_A2_Smith_J.doc.

By Tuesday, May 31, 2016, submit your assignment to the W3 Assignment 2 Dropbox.

Assignment 2: Course Project—Leadership Training

As part of the final project, this course has major project assignments that will be due in Weeks 3 and 5. It will take more than a week’s effort to adequately complete them. Plan time to start the research and other work for those assignments earlier than the week in which they are due.

The organization you selected in Week 1 is designing training for all the managers at all levels. It wants to base the training on one leadership theory.

Tasks:

Write a paper recommending a leadership theory. Address the following:

Why do you believe this particular theory is the best for your organization? What is your rationale? What research can you cite to support your choice? What are the factors in your organization that make your selected leadership theory the best choice?

How will using this theory positively impact the following variables?

Managers' behavior toward subordinates and its effect on subordinates

Communication

Motivation of subordinates

Group and team behavior

Decision making

Culture

Be sure that you conduct the research necessary to support your conclusions and cite your sources appropriately.

Submission Details:

Present a 7- to 10-page paper in a Microsoft Word document formatted in APA style.

On a separate page, cite at least three sources using APA format.

Name your document SU_MBA5001_W5_A2_LastName_FirstInitial.doc. For example, if your name is John Smith, your document will be named SU_MBA5001_W5_A2_Smith_J.doc.

By Tuesday, June 14, 2016, submit your assignment to the W5 Assignment 2 Dropbox.

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