Assignment:
Theory Report Instructions
Your assignment is to research and report on a particular organizational theory ororganizational behavioral theory we cover in class in textbooks, Organization Theoryand Public Management by Tompkins and Classics of Organizational Behavior edited by Natemeyer& Hersey. In this report, you are to explain the unit of analysis and level of analysis, assumptions and implications/expectations of this theory, along with how this theory, if put into practice, would both help and hinder establishing organizational credibility and institutional credibility.
So, go to Sign Up Genius (https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080C4FAFA722ABFE3-theory) and sign-up toreport on one (1) theory and the associated theorist(s). Then:
• Research this theory and associated theorist(s).
• Write the theory report (see the Theory Report Outline on the next page)
• explaining this theory including:
• the unit of analysis and level of analysis, explicit and implicit assumptions, the implications/expectations given the assumptions and, extensions: argue how this theory, if put into practice, would both help and hinder establishing organizational credibility and institutional credibility.
• Length: 13+ pages in a Word document not including the Works Cited page(s).
• Format:
- Double spaced (1.5" is acceptable);
- 1" margins (don't allow your computer to automatically indent theparagraphs);
- Use HEADINGS AND SUB-HEADINGS FOR EACH SECTION AND SUBSECTIONOF THE REPORT! A heading is a title of a section of the report. Asub-heading is a title of a sub-section within a section of the report. TheRoman numerals in the outline, below, indicate the sections, the letters aresub-headings.
- Font: Times New Roman or similar font, 12 pt.
- Citations: use the parenthetical method of documentation only (APA). Be sureto include the page numbers as required by the APA style manual.