DISCUSSIONSWEEK 1Rules for High Performance Organizations (graded)This week our text discusses the definition of organizational behavior and in particular its applied focus, and our lecture focuses on high performance organizations (HPOs). Right at the intersection of those would be the Ten Golden Rules of High Performance listed below. What do you think should be added to the list? Is there anything on the list that you disagree with? Please support your opinion with evidence from our readings and also from your own work and life experience. Please also remember to respond to your classmates posts to stimulate further discussion.Ten Golden Rules of High Performance1. Hire by committee make sure recruits talk to their future colleagues.2. Cater to every need make it easy, not hard, for people to perform.3. Pack them in put people to work close to one another.4. Make coordination easy use technology to keep people talking together.5. Eat your own dog food make use of the company products.6. Encourage creativity allow freedom to come up with new ideas.7. Strive for consensus remember that many are better than few.8. Dont be evil live tolerance and respect.9. Data-driven decisions do the analysis and stay on track.10. Communicate effectively hold many stay-in-touch meetings.Satisfied Workers (graded)Our second graded discussion question this week comes primarily from Chapter 3 in the textbook. Assume you are new to your job and on the first day you have a conversation with your boss, who says, Satisfied workers are productive workers. Do you agree with her statement? Why? Why not? Please support your opinion with evidence from our readings. Please also remember to respond to your classmates posts to stimulate further discussion.WEEK 2Performance Mgmt, Diversity, and Motivation (graded)Please consult the course Webliography, listen to the WBUR radio article Introspection After Allegation of Discrimination, and read the summary. The discussion is rich in references to many of our current topics and touches on some that we will cover in more depth later. These include diversity, cultural influences on behavior, managing across cultures, and specifically touch on performance management and motivation.- How do the new practices at Sodexho align with the essentials of performance management?- How is Sodexho using social networking to its advantage?Motivational Theory Exploration (graded)Dr. Peter Drucker has stated: “You cannot motivate employees, employees must motivate themselves.”What does Dr. Drucker mean by this statement in regard to motivational theory?What are some methods you could use to promote self-motivation in the workplace?WEEK 3What Constitutes a Team? (graded)Focusing on the material related to team building, compare and contrast this MGMT591 session with a team that you are familiar with. In what aspects does the class resemble a team? Are there parallels between the stages of team development and the progression of our class? What type of team formatioA Lesson in Team Building (graded)One of your Facebook friends has posted this note.Help! I have just been assigned to head a new product design team at my company. The division manager has high expectations for the team and for myself, but I have been a technical design engineer for 4 years since graduating from college. I have never managed anyone, let alone led a team. The manager keeps talking about her confidence that I will be very good at creating lots of teamwork. Does anyone out there have any tips to help me master this challenge? Help! You immediately start to formulate your recommendations. What are the three key things you will advise her to do, and why those three first?n is going on in this classroom? Does the notion of social loafing apply to our class in any respect?Please be specific in your examples, and support your opinion with evidence from the text.WEEK 4Conflict and Negotiation (graded)Research on the Internet (and provide the reference) a recent situation where a fundamental conflict or disagreement occurred within a group setting. How was the conflict resolved (if at all)? What resolution methods were used in order to resolve the issue? Learning from the conflict resolution methods presented this week, what methods would you have implemented and used in this situation and why? Organizational Communication (graded)It seems common in many of todays workplaces that people dont actually talk to one another frequently. We rely on e-mail or the even less rich communication channel of text messaging. The benefits of moving lots of information quickly around an organization and between individuals are real. However, people can too frequently hide behind their computers and send messages electronically that they might otherwise censor or rethink in face-to-face communication. What approaches would you recommend or implement as a new manager taking over an organization to improve communications without abandoning the use of e-mail?WEEK 5Power and Influence (graded)From the Cairo Review of Foreign Affairs (read the .aucegypt.edu/gapp/cairoreview/pages/articledetails.aspx?aid=69″>Cairo Review), we read about Nelson Mandela’s use of power for the greater good. Using the text’s discussion of power and influence as a backdrop, analyze Mandela’s power from multiple perspectives, and assess how his use of power changed the perspective of a nation.Leadership (graded)Read the following Harvard Business Review interview of Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks, regarding his leadership principles and vision regarding the turnaround strategy of Starbucks. What leadership principles did Schultz display in applying his personal beliefs and values in transforming the organizational culture at Starbucks? What are Schultz’s views regarding the championing of innovative practices within an organization?Do you share in his leadership philosophy? Why or why not?WEEK 6Organizational Culture Inventory (graded)Using the OCI instrument online, and the cultural change background information on Conglomerate, Inc. provided in Doc Sharing, we will be identifying and prioritizing cultural attributes and also identifying areas for change. (Note: The Cultural Change Situation can be downloaded from Doc Sharing.)Review Profiles 1a (workforce results) and 1b (senior leadership teams ideal state) closely.Identify and describe the cultural aspects that management cites as important and contrast them to the cultural attributes that employees report as being expected. How do employees believe they are expected to act to fit in?What are the most significant gaps between management and staff?What observations can you make on the differences between Conglomerate Inc.s preferred culture and ideal culture presented by HSI?Once weve identified and discussed the gaps, Ill cue everyone to move onto the review of the suggested change initiatives and onto observations around your own OCI results.Resistance to Change (graded)When Jorge Maldonado became general manager of the local civic recreation center, he realized that many changes would be necessary to make the facility a true community resource. Having the benefit of a new bond issue, the center had the funds for new equipment and expanded programming. All he needed to do now was get the staff committed to the new initiatives. Unfortunately, his efforts have been met with considerable resistance to change. A typical staff comment is, Why do we need all these extras? Everything is fine as it is. How can Jorge deal with the employees resistance to change, to enable him to move the change process along?WEEK 7Organizational Design Preference (graded)Our text takes us through a thorough review of various organizational design structures; let’s investigate our own organizational design preferences.Describe your current or most recent employer’s organizational design (mechanistic, organic, hybrid). Is the structure consistent with the company goals?If you had the opportunity to redesign your current organization where you are employed, would you maintain its current structure or change it to another model? What would that model be and why?Empowering Teams: Fact Versus Fiction (graded)Over the last 3 weeks, we have focused very much on leadership, power, organizational culture, and organizational change. Our case study for the week is a great synthesis piece that addresses all of these topics through a detailed study of firm’s attempted move to team-based management.The article isDiagnosing Whether an Organization Is Truly Ready to Empower Work Teams: A Case Study. By: Bergmann, Thomas J.; De Meuse, Kenneth P., Human Resource Planning, 1996, Vol. 19 Issue 1, p. 3847.As you read through the report, pay close attention to the discussion about Harley-Davidson and Shelby Die Casting, and their eventual conclusions about how to manage resistance to change. Also, keep in mind our OCI material from Week 6 and think about the process from a cultural change perspective. And of course, pay close attention to the lessons for top management presented at the end.A few opening topics for this week’s discussion:1. Assess the process from the model for planned change.a. What did the company do right? b. What more might have been done to prepare for the change?2. What are your thoughts on Harley-Davidsons resolution for resistance to change? a. Do you support the conclusions of the management team? Why or why not?3. Share with the class what you found most interesting about the article and why.a. Compare and contrast the case studys findings with our discussions and the information from our text.As always, but particularly given the synthesis nature of our discussion this week, be certain to read, consider, respond, and probe your classmates thoughts and ideas. This is a great opportunity for us all to weave together many of the topics weve covered this session.LSI Assignment GuidelinesDeveloping a willingness and ability to engage in self-reflection is a critical leadership skill that is not easily learned yet which reaps many rewards. The LSI enables you to examine your own unique way of thinking and how it influences your behavior.Your Assignment:Complete (on your own) the LSI according to the procedure outlined here, so that you end up with your “Life Styles Circumplex” profile: 12 “personal thinking style” scores, one score for each section of the circumplex.Write a 35 page paper examining and explaining your LSI results. There are more details in the table below.LSI Style Interpretations: Go to the LSI1 Results page, find your circumplex profile, and click on the circumplex “slice” of one of the styles. The site will bring you to a customized interpretation of the style you clicked on. Click on each of the 12 “slices” to see all of the customized style description pages.How to Use the InventoryClick .next.ecollege.com/default/launch.ed?ssoType=DVUHubSSO2&node=humanSynergisticsSSO&inventory=lsiuniversity-sso”>here to go to the Life Styles Inventory (LSI) exercise.Follow the instructions given on the LSI Website.The content of your LSI paper must include a copy of your LSI results (circumplex and chart) and the following written sections:SectionPointsDescriptionTitle pageTitle of your applied research paper, your name, e-mail address, course number and title, instructor, and date.Personal Thinking Styles25Identify your primary and backup thinking styles: What are your “primary” (highest percentile score) and “backup” (second highest percentile) personal thinking styles as shown in your circumplex? Discuss how your primary and backup personal styles are manifested in your life and work (see the LSI Self Development Guide online). Using the style interpretations in the LSI Guide, describe the styles and give your perceptions about the results. Do you agree or disagree with them and why?Identify your limiting style:Identify and illustrate one style you think might be working against you to reduce your overall effectiveness. Name the style you have chosen, make a few remarks about why you are choosing this style as limiting your professional effectiveness in organizations.Select one behavior associated with this style that you think you would like to change and the difference it will make. Be sure to support your interpretation with examples, etc.LSI Style Interpretations: Go to the LSI1 Results page, find your circumplex profile, and click on the circumplex “slice” of one of the styles. The site will bring you to a customized interpretation of the style you clicked on. Click on each of the 12 “slices” to see all of the customized style description pages.Impact on Management Style35What impact do your personal styles have on your management style? Explore and assess the impact of your personal styles on your effectiveness as a manager in terms of the four functions of management:a. Planning;b. Organizing;c. Leading; andd. Controlling.If you are currently not a manager, assume you are and predict your effectiveness as such.Genesis of Personal Style35Critically evaluate and explain on how you developed the personal styles that were revealed in your LSI. What role, for example, did family relationships, school, organizational memberships, culture, etc. have in shaping your personal style?Conclusion and Reflection25Think about your LSI results and your responses to the above questions. Summarize any concluding comments. Close your paper with a statement of at least one question or goal you hope your work in MGMT591 will help you to address and comment with a few sentences to describe the value of this exercise to your personal and professional development.Please note: The LSI Self-Development Guide is integrated into the LSI1 Participant account, and is available after you complete the LSI Survey and have access to your results. In-depth and personalized style descriptions can be found by clicking on the style “slices” of the circumplex. For example, if you would like to learn more about the Humanistic-Encouraging style (Style 1), you simply click on the circumplex “slice” for that style. The same goes for the other 11 styles.You can find the Challenge of Change and the Self-Improvement Plan information by using two of the additional links that become available in you LSI online account after the survey is complete. These links are “The Challenge of Change” and “Your Self-Improvement Plan.” Good luck with the exercise!LSI Grading Rubric:WRITTEN LSI PAPER RUBRICCriteriaFailed to Meet Minimum StandardsMet Minimum Standards(60% = 72 pts) DSatisfactory(70% = 84 pts) CGood(80 % = 96 pts) BSuperior(90% = 108 pts) APart I: Personal Thinking Styles (25 Points)Results not apparent0Mentions style names; does not describe; does not evaluate17.0Defines styles; reflects barely adequate information to acquaint the reader with the style’s application19.5Contains a focus and provides sufficient detail to set the stage for the analysis but may not support evaluative statements22.0Defines styles; validates results; supports impressions; complete information25.0Part II: Impact On Management Style(35 Points)No managerial impact apparent0Gives examples of behaviors, but does not relate them to the managment functions or the personal styles21.5Mentions the management functions with examples or relates to the personal styles, but not both24.5Loosely connects management functions and styles; uses vague examples or examples lacking depth of application28.0Shows clear connection between styles and their impact on the management styles; uses specific examples 35.0Part III: Genesis of Personal Styles(35 Points)None provided0Too shallow; insufficient depth; provides only one example to support development21.5Provides a review of 23 supporting experiences; does not relate them to style development24.5Loosely connects personal experiences to style results; uses vague examples lacking depth of application28.0Gives a clear and focused analysis; uses several specific examples; directly relates experiences to how styles were formed35.0Part IV: Conclusion and Reflection(25 Points)No reflective statement or summary offered0Perfunctory effort at drawing lessons from the assignment17.0One key lesson; no other insights offered19.5Good faith effort in discussing the lessons from the assignment; some insights are included22.0Well presented insights on how the assignment influenced personal, academic, and professional development; includes statement regarding MGMT591WEEK 3Assignment and Guidelines.equella.ecollege.com/file/324d4433-26e6-40fd-9b55-c5fdab2062f3/1/MGMT591_W3_CaseStudy.html#top”>Back to TopThe Case Study for this week is Building a Coalition, which appears on page 629 of the course text.Each student is required to analyze this weeks case study and submit a two- to three-page paper addressing the key questions identified below. Remember that all case studies present both too much and too little information. There may be information presented that is not really relevant, and there may be scant information about a key area. This analysis does require interpretation of the information and there is not one right answer. However, you must explain and defend any assumptions you made or conclusions resulting from your analysis with citations from the text or from the case itself. There is no need to research outside sources for this paper.Your paper must include the following labeled sections.CategoryPointsDescriptionPart I: Group Development15Identify and summarize the stages of group development.Reflecting on the case and textbook material, what stage is the group at now? How could an understanding of the stages of group development have assisted The Woodson Foundation in building a cohesive coalition?Support your conclusion with evidence from the case and our text.Part II: Problem Identification30Identify key problems.Identify primary and secondary problems the Woodson Foundation is facing. Identify what the organization should have understood about individual membership in teams in order to have built group processes that were supportive of her groups’ goals.Do not necessarily limit yourself to only team theory here. Plumb any concepts we have covered to date in class if you feel they are relevant.Part III: Retrospective Evaluation40Given that there is no one perfect solution for this situation, identify, describe, and defend two possible solutions to the primary problem(s).Clearly identify and defend both courses of action. Identify and discuss specific steps needed to implement your selections. Support your selections with evidence from the case, the text, or weekly discussion. Remember that deciding on a course of action entails envisioning and planning the steps to success. Be sure to identify implementation steps for both possible solutions.Almost every situation presented with relation to group dynamics and behavior can have multiple avenues for remedy. It is important to develop the ability to critically evaluate more than one alternative and rationally identify pros and cons of each. Presenting pros and cons for the identified alternative solutions in a table format within the paper is acceptable.Part IV: Reflection15What would you advise as a strategy for managing diversity issues for program leaders?Grading RubricsCOURSE PROJECTBrief Proposal of Research (Due This Week)Your individual Brief Proposal of Research is due this week.Submit a written Brief Proposal of Research containing the following:a brief overview of the chosen organization and your role in it;a brief narrative description of the organizational problem that you would like to research and resolve;a preliminary problem statement in the form of a researchable question; andwhich TCO or textbook topic your problem is related to.This Course Project is NOT a team effort. Review the MGMT591 Course Project Paper Organization Guide located in Doc Sharing. Your Brief Proposal of Research is due this week.Course Project: Leadership and Organizational Behavior in Action.equella.ecollege.com/file/b8304cdc-5a62-466b-a76c-163b6c564583/1/MGMT591_CH_CourseProject.html#1″>Objective| .equella.ecollege.com/file/b8304cdc-5a62-466b-a76c-163b6c564583/1/MGMT591_CH_CourseProject.html#2″>Summary| .equella.ecollege.com/file/b8304cdc-5a62-466b-a76c-163b6c564583/1/MGMT591_CH_CourseProject.html#3″>Guidelines| .equella.ecollege.com/file/b8304cdc-5a62-466b-a76c-163b6c564583/1/MGMT591_CH_CourseProject.html#4″>Milestones| .equella.ecollege.com/file/b8304cdc-5a62-466b-a76c-163b6c564583/1/MGMT591_CH_CourseProject.html#5″>Project Outline| .equella.ecollege.com/file/b8304cdc-5a62-466b-a76c-163b6c564583/1/MGMT591_CH_CourseProject.html#6″>Grading RubricsObjective.equella.ecollege.com/file/b8304cdc-5a62-466b-a76c-163b6c564583/1/MGMT591_CH_CourseProject.html#top”>Back to TopResearch shows that people learn effectively when working on real problems grounded in their own work experience. To this end, our course project is designed to incorporate students’ work experience into the learning process in this course.The project is an opportunity to explore, in-depth, a topic related to the course objectives (TCOs) that is of significance to you or your organization (current or former).Summary.equella.ecollege.com/file/b8304cdc-5a62-466b-a76c-163b6c564583/1/MGMT591_CH_CourseProject.html#top”>Back to TopMembers of the class are required to prepare an applied research paper, with a minimum of 10 pages but not to exceed 12 pages in length (excluding cover page and appendices), on a specific issue related to leadership or organizational behavior.Guidelines.equella.ecollege.com/file/b8304cdc-5a62-466b-a76c-163b6c564583/1/MGMT591_CH_CourseProject.html#top”>Back to TopTopic SelectionSelect a specific organization of interest to you and identify a problem at the firm related to organizational behavior (OB).Think of yourself as an organizational consultant and assume that a key manager has requested a thorough analysis and recommended course of action to resolve an actual organizational problem that will make a difference to the future performance of the organization.Identify which of our TCOs or specific topics in the syllabus are related to the problem you identify.Research SourcesAll papers must have a minimum of six scholarly sources cited within the text of the paper and identified in the references section.Additional research sources can be attached in a bibliography.Review the following document for instructions on how to access and use EBSCOhost for your research: .equella.ecollege.com/file/b8304cdc-5a62-466b-a76c-163b6c564583/1/documents–ebsco_host_tutorial_updated.docx”>EBSCOhost.Paper FormatAll papers should be single sided, double-spaced, using a 11- or 12-point font.Length of the paper to be between 10 and 12 pages, not counting cover page and appendices.The first page should include the title of the work, student name, address, telephone and e-mail address, course number, date, and instructor name.Follow APA style for general format and citations.Paper sections must adhere to the guidelines below and each section must be labeled in the text.Language should be clear, concise, and precise.Tone should be professional, consistent, and not filled with jargon.Grammar and syntax (sentence structure) must be correct.Report must be free of misspellings and typos.Tables and FiguresAll figures and tables must be referred to in your text before they appear on the page.Figures and tables should appear on the same page as or the page after the text that refers to them.All figures and tables need captions. Captions go below figures and above tables.Quotations and CitationsQuotations and citations are crucial components of a research paper and must be present.Failure to properly cite research sources and borrowed ideas is plagiarism.Refer to APA style guide for assistance with properly citing quoted and/or borrowed materials and ideas.Milestones.equella.ecollege.com/file/b8304cdc-5a62-466b-a76c-163b6c564583/1/MGMT591_CH_CourseProject.html#top”>Back to TopWEEKACTION REQUIRED1Familiarize yourself with course content and select an organization and problem area to research.2Submit written Brief Proposal of Research containing the following:A brief overview of the chosen organization and your role in itPreliminary problem statement in the form of a researchable questionA brief narrative description of the organizational problem that you would like to research and resolveWhich TCO or textbook topic your problem is related to3Conduct library research on your topic.Identify a minimum of six scholarly resources for your project.All resources for the paper must come from the DeVry library and must be of scholarly quality.Use the librarians for assistance in accessing materials.Review the “using EBSCO” tutorial.Please Note: Articles found online (many on consulting company websites, Internet magazines, or other blogs) will not be considered an acceptable scholarly resource. Conduct your research through a library where you can be assured that the sources are of scholarly quality.4Submit written Expanded Research Proposal containing the following:Documentation of at least three initial scholarly sources from the libraryExpanded introduction to the organizationExpanded description of your chosen problemPreliminary solution options (bulleted)Preliminary analysis of leadership and organizational behavior concepts addressed in the paper57Continue to work on class project; seek instructor help as required.7Submit completed project.Project Outline.equella.ecollege.com/file/b8304cdc-5a62-466b-a76c-163b6c564583/1/MGMT591_CH_CourseProject.html#top”>Back to TopPlease print out the Course Project Paper Organization Guide available in Doc Sharing and use it as a checklist while constructing your paper and again before you turn it in.Your paper must include the following sections:SECTIONPOINTSDESCRIPTIONTitle Page5Title of your applied research paper, e-mail address, course number and title, instructor, and date.Introduction10Provide an overview of the organization and your role in it. Give enough information about the firm to acquaint an unfamiliar person (no matter how famous the company). Identify name, location, size, market segment (business line), and a brief history. Identify the essential issues, events, or actions to help frame the problem and subsequent discussion points.Problem Statement15Identify and clearly state the problem (the leadership or organizational behavior issue that you have selected to research). The problem statement should be phrased in terms of a researchable question. For example, if a work group is not performing effectively, an effective problem statement might be “How can group performance be improved?”A well-formed problem statement has:Focus – the problem should be well defined and specific enough for the reader to gain a clear idea of the OB topic area and the direction of your study and research.Structure – if the problem statement is sufficiently focused, it will provide a basis for decisions about which information to include and which to exclude from the paper.Literature Review40You must address at least six scholarly resources in this section. Approach this section as a mini “book report” on each of the reference sources that significantly informed your analysis and proposed solutions. Give the reader an encapsulated review of what information you found most relevant to your research. You may have found conflicting opinions/theories related to your topic area. Identify and discuss any such contrasts and/or describe in detail significant agreement among your sources. Your literature review should be separate and distinct from your analysis section; it is a summation of your research.Analysis40Explore the problem in depth and with scholarly rigor.Provide an identification and description of the root causes of the problem/issue. Be sure not to address only symptoms of your problem. Diagnose the problem and its origins.A critical element of this section is to apply leadership and organization concepts and models from our text, from class discussions, and from your literature review. Discuss the concepts, ideas, or insights that are most valuable in helping you make sense of the causes of the problem. Support your analysis with reference to appropriate research material.Solutions30Identify at least three potential workable solutions to your problem and identify the pros and cons of each alternative solution and its high-level implementation steps.Identify your preferred solution and describe exactly what should be done and how it should be done, including by whom, with whom, and in what sequence. Always explain your thinking behind your final solution set. It’s important to be clear about why a particular alternative (solution) was chosen, as opposed to others.Reflection10Think about this assignment and write a well-thought-out reflective statement about how this assignment influenced your personal, academic, and professional leadership and managerial development.References10You must use no fewer than six library resources outside your textbook.All references must be cited in two places: within the body of your paper and on a separate reference list. Choose references judiciously and cite them accurately. Cite all sources using APA format.Please note: Citing an author’s work within your text documents your research, identifies the source for readers, and enables readers to locate the source of information in the alphabetical reference list at the end of the paper. To use the ideas or words of another person without crediting the source is plagiarism. Plagiarism in its purest form involves copying passages either verbatim or nearly verbatim, with no direct acknowledgment of the source. The most common form of plagiarism is to paraphrase information from your source material. Paraphrasing does not relieve you of the obligation to provide proper identification of source data. The best way to avoid plagiarism is to make sure all quotes, ideas, or conclusions not your own are given proper acknowledgment in your text.Total160Grading Rubrics.equella.ecollege.com/file/b8304cdc-5a62-466b-a76c-163b6c564583/1/MGMT591_CH_CourseProject.html#top”>Back to TopCriteriaFailed to Meet Minimum Standards095Barely Meets Minimum Standards60+% – D96111Meets Minimum Standards70+% – C112127Good80+% – B128143Superior90+% – A144160Title Page(5 Points)Title of your applied research paper.Your name, e-mail address, course number and title, instructor, and date. (5)Introduction(10 Points)Introduction is not apparent. (0)Introduction is vague, incomplete, or lacks a focus. (6)Introduction reflects barely adequate information to acquaint reader to the problem context. (7)Contains a focus and provides sufficient detail to set the stage for the analysis but may contain extraneous information. (8)Introduction has a sharp, distinct focus; complete information. (10)Problem Statement(15 Points)No problem statement apparent. (0)Problem statement is vague; does not agree with title of paper. (9)Presented mostly as symptoms of the problem. (11)Presented as a disguised solution. (13)Focused and concise. (15)Literature Review(40 Points)None provided. (0)Too shallow; insufficient depth; provides review of only one source; does not cite sources properly; may include analysis of the problem in this section. (27)Provides a review of only 23 sources; does not address topic areas germane to the problem; including analysis of the problem; does not cite some sources properly. (31)Provides a review of the minimum six research articles; lacks reference to insights or findings from many of the readings that are applicable to the problem. (35)Discusses the concepts, ideas, or insights that have the most value for helping make sense of problem; excellent use of citations; follows proper citation protocol; exceeds all standards defined in the syllabus guidelines for the project. (40)Analysis(40 Points)No analysis evident or presents a simplistic, inappropriate, or incoherent analysis of or response to the problem. (0)Illogically analyses the problem; may lack coherent structure or elaboration with examples.Does not apply findings from literature review. Clear lack of evidence to support analysis; makes broad generalizations and unsupported assertions. (27)Presents an adequate analysis of the problem, elaborating the analysis with sufficient examples and acceptable reasoning. May not apply findings from literature review appropriate.Lack of evidence to support analysis; making broad generalizations and unsupported assertions. (31)Presents a thoughtful analysis of problem, elaborating that response with appropriate examples and sensible reasoning. (35)Presents a cogent analysis of the stated problem, elaborating that response with well-chosen examples and persuasive reasoning supported by the literature. (40)Solution(30 Points)Solutions and recommendation not included. (0)The choice of solution(s) is not linked to the analysis. (20)Presents only a single solution that may or may not be fully supported by the analysis. (23)Solution or recommendations linked to the analysis. Partially supported and defended. (26)Solution or recommendations logically flow from the analysis. Well supported and defended. (30)Reflection(10 Points)No reflective statement offered. (0)Perfunctory effort at drawing lessons from the assignment. (6)One key lesson; no other insights offered. (7)Good faith effort in discussing the lessons from the assignment; some insights are included. (8)Well presented insights on how the assignment influenced personal, academic, and professional development. (10)References(10 Points)Few or no references listed. (0)Insufficient references listed; inconsistent format. (6)A few appropriate references listed. (7)Well chosen references used; minor errors. (8)Well chosen references used; follows correct format for listing; no errors. (10)NOTE: Points will be deducted for grammar, syntax, and/or punctuation errors. Failure to cite sources properly or using incorrect protocol when citing sources and listing references is cause for point reduction. Failure to cite sources will result in submission for academic integrity review.This week our text discusses the definition of organizational behavior and in particular its applied focus, and our lecture focuses on high performance organizations (HPOs). Right at the intersection of those would be the Ten Golden Rules of High Performance listed below. What do you think should be added to the list? Is there anything on the list that you disagree with? Please support your opinion with evidence from our readings and also from your own work and life experience. Please also remember to respond to your classmates posts to stimulate further discussion.Ten Golden Rules of High Performance1. Hire by committee make sure recruits talk to their future colleagues.2. Cater to every need make it easy, not hard, for people to perform.3. Pack them in put people to work close to one another.4. Make coordination easy use technology to keep people talking together.5. Eat your own dog food make use of the company products.6. Encourage creativity allow freedom to come up with new ideas.7. Strive for consensus remember that many are better than few.8. Dont be evil live tolerance and respect.9. Data-driven decisions do the analysis and stay on track.10. Communicate effectively hold many stay-in-touch meetings.Our second graded discussion question this week comes primarily from Chapter 3 in the textbook. Assume you are new to your job and on the first day you have a conversation with your boss, who says, Satisfied workers are productive workers. Do you agree with her statement? Why? Why not? Please support your opinion with evidence from our readings. Please also remember to respond to your classmates posts to stimulate further discussion.WEEK 2Please consult the course Webliography, listen to the WBUR radio article Introspection After Allegation of Discrimination, and read the summary. The discussion is rich in references to many of our current topics and touches on some that we will cover in more depth later. These include diversity, cultural influences on behavior, managing across cultures, and specifically touch on performance management and motivation.- How do the new practices at Sodexho align with the essentials of performance management?- How is Sodexho using social networking to its advantage?Dr. Peter Drucker has stated: “You cannot motivate employees, employees must motivate themselves.”What does Dr. Drucker mean by this statement in regard to motivational theory?What are some methods you could use to promote self-motivation in the workplace?Focusing on the material related to team building, compare and contrast this MGMT591 session with a team that you are familiar with. In what aspects does the class resemble a team? Are there parallels between the stages of team development and the progression of our class? What type of team formatioOne of your Facebook friends has posted this note.Help! I have just been assigned to head a new product design team at my company. The division manager has high expectations for the team and for myself, but I have been a technical design engineer for 4 years since graduating from college. I have never managed anyone, let alone led a team. The manager keeps talking about her confidence that I will be very good at creating lots of teamwork. Does anyone out there have any tips to help me master this challenge? Help! You immediately start to formulate your recommendations. What are the three key things you will advise her to do, and why those three first?n is going on in this classroom? Does the notion of social loafing apply to our class in any respect?Please be specific in your examples, and support your opinion with evidence from the text.Using the OCI instrument online, and the cultural change background information on Conglomerate, Inc. provided in Doc Sharing, we will be identifying and prioritizing cultural attributes and also identifying areas for change. (Note: The Cultural Change Situation can be downloaded from Doc Sharing.)Over the last 3 weeks, we have focused very much on leadership, power, organizational culture, and organizational change. Our case study for the week is a great synthesis piece that addresses all of these topics through a detailed study of firm’s attempted move to team-based management.The article isDiagnosing Whether an Organization Is Truly Ready to Empower Work Teams: A Case Study. By: Bergmann, Thomas J.; De Meuse, Kenneth P., Human Resource Planning, 1996, Vol. 19 Issue 1, p. 3847.As you read through the report, pay close attention to the discussion about Harley-Davidson and Shelby Die Casting, and their eventual conclusions about how to manage resistance to change. Also, keep in mind our OCI material from Week 6 and think about the process from a cultural change perspective. And of course, pay close attention to the lessons for top management presented at the end.A few opening topics for this week’s discussion:1. Assess the process from the model for planned change.a. What did the company do right? b. What more might have been done to prepare for the change?2. What are your thoughts on Harley-Davidsons resolution for resistance to change? a. Do you support the conclusions of the management team? Why or why not?3. Share with the class what you found most interesting about the article and why.a. Compare and contrast the case studys findings with our discussions and the information from our text.As always, but particularly given the synthesis nature of our discussion this week, be certain to read, consider, respond, and probe your classmates thoughts and ideas. This is a great opportunity for us all to weave together many of the topics weve covered this session.Developing a willingness and ability to engage in self-reflection is a critical leadership skill that is not easily learned yet which reaps many rewards. The LSI enables you to examine your own unique way of thinking and how it influences your behavior.Your Assignment:Complete (on your own) the LSI according to the procedure outlined here, so that you end up with your “Life Styles Circumplex” profile: 12 “personal thinking style” scores, one score for each section of the circumplex.Write a 35 page paper examining and explaining your LSI results. There are more details in the table below.LSI Style Interpretations: Go to the LSI1 Results page, find your circumplex profile, and click on the circumplex “slice” of one of the styles. The site will bring you to a customized interpretation of the style you clicked on. Click on each of the 12 “slices” to see all of the customized style description pages.The content of your LSI paper must include a copy of your LSI results (circumplex and chart) and the following written sections:Identify your primary and backup thinking styles: What are your “primary” (highest percentile score) and “backup” (second highest percentile) personal thinking styles as shown in your circumplex? Discuss how your primary and backup personal styles are manifested in your life and work (see the LSI Self Development Guide online). Using the style interpretations in the LSI Guide, describe the styles and give your perceptions about the results. Do you agree or disagree with them and why?Identify your limiting style:Identify and illustrate one style you think might be working against you to reduce your overall effectiveness. Name the style you have chosen, make a few remarks about why you are choosing this style as limiting your professional effectiveness in organizations.Select one behavior associated with this style that you think you would like to change and the difference it will make. Be sure to support your interpretation with examples, etc.LSI Style Interpretations: Go to the LSI1 Results page, find your circumplex profile, and click on the circumplex “slice” of one of the styles. The site will bring you to a customized interpretation of the style you clicked on. Click on each of the 12 “slices” to see all of the customized style description pages.What impact do your personal styles have on your management style? Explore and assess the impact of your personal styles on your effectiveness as a manager in terms of the four functions of management:a. Planning;b. Organizing;c. Leading; andd. Controlling.If you are currently not a manager, assume you are and predict your effectiveness as such.Think about your LSI results and your responses to the above questions. Summarize any concluding comments. Close your paper with a statement of at least one question or goal you hope your work in MGMT591 will help you to address and comment with a few sentences to describe the value of this exercise to your personal and professional development.Please note: The LSI Self-Development Guide is integrated into the LSI1 Participant account, and is available after you complete the LSI Survey and have access to your results. In-depth and personalized style descriptions can be found by clicking on the style “slices” of the circumplex. For example, if you would like to learn more about the Humanistic-Encouraging style (Style 1), you simply click on the circumplex “slice” for that style. The same goes for the other 11 styles.You can find the Challenge of Change and the Self-Improvement Plan information by using two of the additional links that become available in you LSI online account after the survey is complete. These links are “The Challenge of Change” and “Your Self-Improvement Plan.” Good luck with the exercise!WRITTEN LSI PAPER RUBRICPart I: Personal Thinking Styles (25 Points)Results not apparent0The Case Study for this week is Building a Coalition, which appears on page 629 of the course text.Each student is required to analyze this weeks case study and submit a two- to three-page paper addressing the key questions identified below. Remember that all case studies present both too much and too little information. There may be information presented that is not really relevant, and there may be scant information about a key area. This analysis does require interpretation of the information and there is not one right answer. However, you must explain and defend any assumptions you made or conclusions resulting from your analysis with citations from the text or from the case itself. There is no need to research outside sources for this paper.Your paper must include the following labeled sections.Your individual Brief Proposal of Research is due this week.Submit a written Brief Proposal of Research containing the following:This Course Project is NOT a team effort. Review the MGMT591 Course Project Paper Organization Guide located in Doc Sharing. Your Brief Proposal of Research is due this week.Research shows that people learn effectively when working on real problems grounded in their own work experience. To this end, our course project is designed to incorporate students’ work experience into the learning process in this course.The project is an opportunity to explore, in-depth, a topic related to the course objectives (TCOs) that is of significance to you or your organization (current or former).Members of the class are required to prepare an applied research paper, with a minimum of 10 pages but not to exceed 12 pages in length (excluding cover page and appendices), on a specific issue related to leadership or organizational behavior.Topic SelectionResearch SourcesPaper FormatTables and FiguresQuotations and Citations12Submit written Brief Proposal of Research containing the following:3Conduct library research on your topic.Please Note: Articles found online (many on consulting company websites, Internet magazines, or other blogs) will not be considered an acceptable scholarly resource. Conduct your research through a library where you can be assured that the sources are of scholarly quality.4Submit written Expanded Research Proposal containing the following:577Please print out the Course Project Paper Organization Guide available in Doc Sharing and use it as a checklist while constructing your paper and again before you turn it in.Your paper must include the following sections:51015Identify and clearly state the problem (the leadership or organizational behavior issue that you have selected to research). The problem statement should be phrased in terms of a researchable question. For example, if a work group is not performing effectively, an effective problem statement might be “How can group performance be improved?”A well-formed problem statement has:4040Explore the problem in depth and with scholarly rigor.Provide an identification and description of the root causes of the problem/issue. Be sure not to address only symptoms of your problem. Diagnose the problem and its origins.A critical element of this section is to apply leadership and organization concepts and models from our text, from class discussions, and from your literature review. Discuss the concepts, ideas, or insights that are most valuable in helping you make sense of the causes of the problem. Support your analysis with reference to appropriate research material.30Identify at least three potential workable solutions to your problem and identify the pros and cons of each alternative solution and its high-level implementation steps.Identify your preferred solution and describe exactly what should be done and how it should be done, including by whom, with whom, and in what sequence. Always explain your thinking behind your final solution set. It’s important to be clear about why a particular alternative (solution) was chosen, as opposed to others.1010You must use no fewer than six library resources outside your textbook.All references must be cited in two places: within the body of your paper and on a separate reference list. Choose references judiciously and cite them accurately. Cite all sources using APA format.Please note: Citing an author’s work within your text documents your research, identifies the source for readers, and enables readers to locate the source of information in the alphabetical reference list at the end of the paper. To use the ideas or words of another person without crediting the source is plagiarism. Plagiarism in its purest form involves copying passages either verbatim or nearly verbatim, with no direct acknowledgment of the source. The most common form of plagiarism is to paraphrase information from your source material. Paraphrasing does not relieve you of the obligation to provide proper identification of source data. The best way to avoid plagiarism is to make sure all quotes, ideas, or conclusions not your own are given proper acknowledgment in your text.160Introduction is not apparent. (0)Introduction is vague, incomplete, or lacks a focus. (6)Introduction has a sharp, distinct focus; complete information. (10)
