Assume the role of a consultant who has been brought in to advise a company.Choose an existing organization and analyze any organizational issue that was covered in our class and report. Analyze in depth an aspect of an organization of your choosing that was discussed in class such as, individual differences, emotions, motivation, etc.... In your analysis draw on the content of the course and your own research. This should be an organization that you are familiar with enough to be able to discuss one of the issues covered in one of our topics. (Perhaps an organization where someone you know works: friend or a family member - obviously places like Google or NASA would not qualify, unless you really have a family member who works at NASA) Your task is to describe in detail the issue that you chose to discus, e.g., the organization's approach to employee motivation and then, drawing on the content of the course and your own research, either praise or criticize this practice. That is, explain why this approach is good or bad and justify your answer with arguments based on what was discussed in class AND on results of your own research on the topic. Your analysis MUST include information that was discussed in class and one other source for each point you make.

1. Introduce the area the business is in (e.g., hospitality is an area focusing on ...) 2. Describe briefly the company (it is not necessary to identify the company by name, e.g., premier hotel chain operating on 3 continents with annual revenue of... employing ....) 3. Describe one of their procedures/policies (e.g., approach to leadership) 4. Critique the procedure/policy discussed above (e.g., their approach to leadership is good because ... or, is not good because... information from class and information from your own research). Your critique must cite sources other than your textbook. (e.g., According to Hersey at al., 2013, leadership should ...). You can either explain why the approach is good or why it is not good, or the points you raise can be a mixture of both. The purpose of the project is twofold. You are supposed to show that you can apply what you have learned in class in real life settings and you are supposed to show that you can do additional research on the topic that goes beyond what was discussed in class