BMGT 464 Assignment 1 Individual Level of Analysis
BMGT 464 Assignment 1 Individual
Level of Analysis
Purpose:
·
To
recognize and better understand the effect of individual characteristics and
behavior (individual level of analysis) on organizational performance and
effectiveness.
Related to the
following course objective:
·
Maximize
individual contributions to the organization based on an understanding of
individual behavior
Deliverable:
Three to four-page
paper, in addition to a cover page containing your name, the course name, the
date, and the professor’s name, and bibliography.
Introduction to Assignment
For this assignment,
you will read and analyze Case Study 1: Reach for the Stars—Developing
Salespeople, Achieving Organizational Success. The case describes information
and key observations concerning manager and worker behavior. You will identify
and—to evidence critical thinking skills—analyze the critical incidents
(problems, situations, issues, and consequences) in the case influencing
individual and organizational performance and effectiveness, and make
appropriate recommendations to improve problems, meet challenges, and take
advantage of opportunities. Overall, your analysis should include:
·
Identification and
explanation of all relevant OB concepts and theories, using examples where
appropriate
·
Explanation of the
specific case characteristics, incidents and/or situations that addresses the
concepts or theories
·
Analysis of the
relevance of identifying and better understanding individual characteristics
·
Analysis of pros and
cons of key incidents or situations (i.e., what are the drawbacks and/or
positives associated with the situation as it related to individual performance
and/or organizational productivity and effectiveness?)
·
Specific
recommendations to address problems, challenges, and opportunities, and a
proposed follow-up or evaluation
Read and follow all
the Instructions carefully. The paper must clearly demonstrate your
ability to understand how and why individual characteristics and behavior
influence organizational performance and effectiveness. Demonstrate
critical thinking, as described under higher thinking levels in Bloom’s
Taxonomy (find through Google). Strive to be original along with applying data,
information, and ideas from the required reading and outside research. Use
examples and research information to support claims. Use American
Psychological Association (APA) format for in-text citations and the reference
list. Use the comprehensive outline format described in Instruction
9 to present your research findings, analysis, recommendations, and significant
personal learning.
Instructions
1) Review
the assignment purpose, course objective, and introduction above and the
Assignment Grading rubric.
2) Read
the case below, Reach for the
Stars—Developing Salespeople, Achieving Organizational Success. This
case was created for BMGT 464-6380. Your analysis must evidence
understanding of the case’s specific characters, context, and circumstances.
Avoid generalizations that might apply to similar cases available on the Internet
or in previous courses.
3) Compose
a brief abstract (no longer than a paragraph) synthesizing case highlights, putting the characters and
incidents in context, and generally setting the scene for the detailed analysis
to follow.
4) Identify
and analyze at least three critical incidents (problems, situations, issues, and consequences) in the
case that influenced individual and organizational performance and
effectiveness. Explain how and why you think
the incidents influenced individual and organizational performance and
effectiveness. Discuss the pros and cons of
key incidents or situations (i.e., what are the drawbacks
and/or positives associated with the situation as it related to individual
performance and/or organizational productivity and effectiveness?)
5) Make
appropriate recommendations to
address problems, meet challenges, and take advantage of opportunities,
and propose follow-up or evaluation.
6) Draw
data, information, and ideas from at least six required resources (at least two
from each of Weeks 1, 2, and 3) listed in the weekly Schedules, plus at least
two credible, authoritative, relevant outside sources for a total of at least
eight references.Your outside
references should show a mix of scholarly and applied/practical sources,
largely drawn from UMUC’s Information Library System (ILS), and including
classic writings. Review APA citation materials and Tips on Research Sources in
Course Content. Cite research sources within
the paper’s body using APA in-text formatting. Include a Reference
list with complete source information at the end of the paper. See
specific formatting and heading template instructions below in Instruction
9. Alphabetize references under each subheading.
Please note my preference for including publication date within in-text
citations. You are expected to paraphrase, using quotes only when the source’s
verbatim statements uniquely enhance meaning and understanding. Deductions will
be taken when quotes are overused and found to be unnecessary. See
examples below:
In-text citation:
(Casey, 2002, p. 50).
[Include publication date]
Reference citation:
Casey, C.
(2002). Critical Analysis of Organizations: Theory, practice,
revitalization. London: Sage.
7) Identify
and present in bold font at least six different OB concepts,
theories, methods, strategies, or practices in your analysis. Demonstrate through context and/or
endnotes your understanding of the terms’ definition and meaningfulness to the
meet the assignment’s purpose and course objectives.
8) Determine
what significant learning and understanding you gained from your research and
analysis. Identify and
evaluate at least three valuable take-aways you learned
from your organization change analysis, and how you envision specifically
applying them to your job or career.
9) Use
the outline below for headings and subheadings. Your deliverable will use a
comprehensive outline format with expository content under each heading to
present your analysis, evaluation and recommendations in standard composition
style. Feel free to add other headings, subheadings or make modifications as
your findings, ideas, and assertions dictate. Use examples and cite support
sources as presented above.
1.
Title page
(your name, the course name, assignment, the name of the organization, the
date, and instructor’s name)
2.
Case abstract
3.
Critical
incidents (occurrence, fact, change, e.g., product diversification and market
growth as reflected by “expanded its product line from aging-related to sports
injury-related medical supplies and equipment” in the case study)
Critical incident 1
Critical incident 2
Critical incident 3
[and so forth]
1.
Recommendations (e.g.,
offer workshops or individual coaching with personality tests to more
effectively identify, validate, share, and utilize personality traits,
preference strengths, job-fit methods, and interactionist perspectives—see
Saylor/OBsection 3.1)
2.
Follow up (or
evaluation—this is an area in which outside research and resources would be a
plus; e.g., how will management determine if the intervention recommended above
actually worked? Perhaps assessing personality trait-based problem
behavior during performance refers could work, or including manager reports
from the personality tests referred to, say, three and six months after the
intervention would provide useful results…?)
1.
Significant
learning (see Instruction 8 for details about take-aways)
Learning or Take-away
1
Learning or Take-away
2
Learning or Take-away
3:
and so forth
1.
References
(required course materials and outside research sources)
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