Homework
Instructions
For this course, you will have a course project that includes the written homework.
Summary of the deliverables:
1. Identify a subject organization. Provide an initial assessment of some problem related to teams or to a specific team in the organization, utilizing relevant group and team behavior themes. Provide an annotated reference list of at least five peer-reviewed resources that can help you better understand the team's themes and assess the organizational problem.
2. On the basis of your work, observations, interviews, and/or additional research, present a paper assessing the root causes of the organizational problem by using team behavior themes.
3. On the basis of your work, justify an action plan based on strong research. What are the consequences to the organization for failing to act? What are the benefits of addressing the problem? What are the recommended action steps for the organization?
Tasks:
Locate a suitable subject organization for your course project. The organization can be your current organization or one that you are familiar with. Students who select their own organizations to study are more prone to bias and are tempted to solve tactical problems they encounter on a daily basis. For the course project, maintain focus on the specific homework (related to team behavior) and your Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) program (Organizational Behavior). Contact your instructor early in the week if you need assistance selecting an organization. For your paper, provide a summary of the organization. Include the following details in your summary:
1. What is the organization?
2. What does it do?
3. Who does it do it to/for?
4. In what way does the organization utilize groups or teams?
In organizational diagnosis, one of the first steps is an initial assessment of potential areas of concern. If you were contracting with an organization as a consultant, the chief executive officer (CEO) would likely share in the early conversations about why you are being hired. As part of the process, you would make observations, look at some organizational documents, and even have some informal conversations with organizational members to get a sense of where issues might be located so that you can determine how you will gather necessary data for diagnosing problems and recommending solutions.
In your paper, provide an initial assessment of some organizational problems that are evident in your case study organization. Although in an actual consulting scenario, you would do your assessment on the basis of your full range of organizational and leadership theory knowledge, for this course project, focus on group and team behavior dynamics.
1. What are the symptoms of the problems?
2. What is the evidence that problems actually exist?
3. What are the relevant group and team themes that might explain the problems (and not just the symptoms)?
Remember, helpful questions about teams include:
1. Why does the team do what it does?
2. Is the team functioning effectively and what factors are influencing effectiveness?
How do we enhance team performance to achieve organizational goals? On the basis of your initial assessment, one of the first things you will need to do is determine the additional information required for fully assessing the situation. In other words, what resources do you need to better understand the themes and assess the organizational difficulty? For your paper, provide an annotated reference list of at least five peer-reviewed sources that are relevant to your case study. Most of the references should relate to team behavior or team topics. However, at least one resource must relate to methodology (such as how to do organizational diagnosis or how to conduct a survey). Your methodology resource should be different than the resource you used in the Project during the Organizational Behavior course. By selecting a different resource, you will build a larger portfolio of resources through your doctoral program.
Format your homework according to the give formatting requirements:
1. The answer must be double spaced, typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the course title, the student's name, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.