For the Session Long Project, you will be applying the concepts from the background materials to your own personal workplace experiences. Instead of writing a paper for the SLP assignments, you will be doing journaling (keeping a journal). Journaling involves writing down thoughts and sometimes emotions clearly and specifically.

For an individual to benefit from journaling, experts sometimes recommend writing for up to 20 minutes per day. Our SLP assignments will not ask quite that much, but who knows?

http://open.lib.umn.edu/organizationalbehavior/ Hint: You can download the textbook as a PDF file so you will not be dependent on access to the link. If you are interested, then you can also read about the relationship between journaling and stress management here: Scott, E. (April 2018) The benefits of journaling for stress management. Retrieved from https://www.verywellmind.com/the-benefits-of-journaling-for-stress-management-3144611 For this first SLP, review the background material, especially about person–job fit, personality, and attitudes.

Then as you go about your work day, try to observe how these issues are manifest or show themselves in your place of work. For example, you might notice that there is an excellent person–job fit for one of your co-workers and from what you have learned in the background material you now understand why. Or you might notice how a particular co-worker’s personality showed itself in the way he or she reacted to something.

Be creative in trying to notice what is happening around you at your workplace.