A major investment bank in Wall Street has hired you as an external consultant to conduct assessments about various aspects of their organizational climate (shared perceptions about policies/procedures/practices). They are interested in collecting this information because in the past two years they have seen patterns of low work engagement (employees not energized while in the office, interested in their work, and dedicated to their jobs) as well as high levels of voluntary turnover intentions (a considerable number of employees are seriously considering leaving the organization). Senior leaders are concerned that employees' perceptions about the organizational climate may be contributing to low engagement and high turnover intentions. Thus, you have two main objectives: one objective is to gather information about employees' perceptions of organizational climate. The other objective is to find out whether there are certain aspects of the climate that employees do not like (and therefore may be contributing to the negative outcomes). Keep in mind that working as a banker in Wall Street is not as fabulous as it may be seen. Investment bankers have very demanding working hours (working 80 hours/week is a norm), have a poor work-life balance, and face a lot of job demands (high job pressure, harsh performance appraisal system) while having low job control (they cannot be rebellious on the orders from clients). However, they learn a lot in a fast pace - not just learning about financial trends and markets, but also various soft skills like communications and critical thinking skills. And of course, an investment banker is one of the most lucrative jobs.

Assume that you found that the employee survey was consistent with what you expected. Based on your analyses on the organizational climates, you will deliver a brief proposal to senior leaders of this bank. In your brief proposal, you will first summarize the major problems of the organizational climates and provide at least two specific and implementable recommendations regarding how this company can improve their poor organizational climates (and thus increase employees' organizational commitment and decrease their turnover intentions). * You can use your imagination, but your answer should be realistic and pursuasive. For example, you cannot say that the company should raise their employees' salaries up to ten billion dollars. * I highly encourage you to integrate other chapters beyond org culture/climate and use some scholarly sources outside of the textbook.