analyzing an actual company. This will give students some practical experience in applying OB concepts and solutions to their real-life situations. Your paper should be 4-6 pages of content (excluding the cover page or the references) and should be written in APA format (APA7). It should focus on either a current or past employer of yours, or some other company with which you have significant familiarity. What is needed is some knowledge of the inner workings of the company-its struggles, its strengths, its climate, and so forth. When writing, keep direct quotes to 10% or less than total content. Avoid block quotes (i.e., direct quotes of 40 or more words). Turn-it-in software will evaluate content for plagiarism and academic misconduct. Problem Solving Paper is due Dec. 12. The paper should include the following six sections: 1. Cover page - Please use the cover page from the last page of this syllabus as your first page. 2. Organization - Provide just enough details on the company for me to be able to understand the problem that will be described. Resist the urge to provide irrelevant details and feel free to omit or disguise any details that might be sensitive in nature. 3. Problem - Describe, specifically, one problem that the company is struggling with that will serve as the focus of the paper. Resist the urge to discuss multiple problems--focus on one specific issue with which the organization is struggling. Be sure to focus on a problem that can be impacted by the relevant topic. 4. Topic - Choose one topic from the list below and apply that topic to the problem. Describe very specifically how the concepts, principles, and findings represented in the topic matter to the problem, and how they can be leveraged to articulate a solution. - Job characteristics theory - Motivation - Ethical decision making - Emotional intelligence - Types of power - Leadership - Personality testing - Power and management - Performance appraisal - Diversity \& inclusion - Organizational culture - Scientific management - Stress - Groupthink - Communication - Organizational change - Teams \& groups - Telecommuting / virtual teams 5. Recommendations - Provide a list of specific recommendations/action steps that flow out of the discussion of the topic and that can help solve the problem. In thinking about how to craft the topic into those recommendations, strike a balance between being proctical and being bold. Every organization has key constraints that need to be considered when designing interventions. Although those should be considered, resist the urge to "play it safe", as that tendency often leads to modest interventions that are ultimately ineffective. 6. References - Please include at least five sources other than the textbook, at least two of them are peer-reviewed academic joumal articles. Note: Beyond the parameters above, please bring your own self-expression, initiative, and creativity to the content and style of the paper. The paper accounts for 22% of the class grade. Please submit using Word and not PDF
