Assignment:
This assessment constitutes the module and the aim of this assessment is to enable student to:
i. Analyse the relationship between organizational culture and firm performance and use a general behavioural process model which identifies organizational factors as the determinants of individual performance outcomes (CLO4).
ii. Demonstrate the ability to apply research process to manage organizational issues related to human capital (CLO5).
Specific Objectives of the Assignment:
To encourage you to become familiar with:
i. Describe the purposes of research in the area of organizational behaviour.
ii. Identify types of research designs and methods of data gathering.
iii. Discuss issues of particular interest area in Organizational behaviour and suggesting necessary solution to the problem with reference to academic framework.
Assessment Questions 2 - Research Report
Choose an issue in your organisation that you would like to research and apply your understanding of the organisational behaviour theories and concepts. Analyse the issue based on the theories and concepts covered in the list below. Your assessment will be based both on your ability to define and explain the theory AND to apply it to the specific organisational experience. Your discussion should be concise, thoughtful and relevant. (Please keep in mind that this analysis may be based on present or PAST organisational experiences.)
You are required to prepare a written report and research report should include one topic from the following list (or students to suggest an alternative topic for research before writing the report):
• Technology in organizational management of employees
• Behaviour Modification
• Learning in Organisations
• Values in Organisations
• Emotional Labour
• Job Satisfaction
• Organisational Commitment
• Corporate Social Responsibility a source of employee satisfaction.
The purpose of assignment is to give you an opportunity to apply relevant theories and concepts of Organisational Behaviour to an issue in an organisation. You must support your discussion with relevant findings in literature. That is, your opinions and statements need to be substantiated with evidence from readings, literature, models, textbook, and other forms of literature reviewed.