Organizational Behaviors

LP2.1 Assignment: Perceiving Ourselves and Others in Organizations

This assignment will assess Competency 2. Apply personality characteristics, perception, and ethical values across cultures to organizational behavior.

Directions: Describe and examine the five Types of Individual Behavior categories, and discuss how these categories interact and affect the four MARS elements, including voluntary workplace behaviors and performance.

Using APA 6th edition format, write a 2-page paper and cite your sources of information (at least three) at the end of your paper. For help with APA Citation, review the Library’s APA Formatting & Style page, which contains a tutorial and handouts to help with APA style formatting.

One of the three required citations may be from the McShane and Von Glinow textbook. However, at least one of the remaining two citations should come from the NAU Online Library. You will need to conduct independent research using databases contained in the Business Databases Subject Guide on the NAU Online Library. If you decide to use an external website, review the Finding Credible Websites tutorial.

Submit this assignment to your instructor via the dropbox “LP2.1 Assignment: Perceiving Ourselves and Others in Organizations.”

LP2.2 Assignment: Research Paper Topic

Directions: Submit your research topic to your instructor via the dropbox “LP2.2 Assignment: Research Paper Topic.” This assignment is worth 25 points.

LP3.1 Assignment: Job Design Practices

This assignment will assess Competency 3. Analyze the importance of attitudes and motivation in relation to job satisfaction and performance.

Directions: Compare and contrast job design approaches and their relevance to an employee’s job performance. Identify and discuss the five core job characteristics in the Job Characteristics Model, and describe the three strategies for improving employee motivation through job design. Describe and share a workplace experience when you participated in job design practices, which focuses on increasing work efficiency and employee motivation. What were the advantages and disadvantages to this process? What were the outcomes?

Using APA 6th edition format, write a 2-page paper and cite your sources of information (at least three) at the end of your paper. For help with APA Citation, review the Library’s APA Formatting & Style page, which contains a tutorial and handouts to help with APA style formatting.

One of the three required citations may be from the McShane and Von Glinow textbook. However, at least one of the remaining two citations should come from the NAU Online Library. You will need to conduct independent research using databases contained in the Business Databases Subject Guide on the NAU Online Library. If you decide to use an external website, review the Finding Credible Websites tutorial.

Submit this assignment to your instructor via the dropbox “LP3.1 Assignment: Job Design Practices.”

LP3.2 Assignment: Research Paper Thesis Statement

Directions: Prepare a Thesis Statement for your Research Paper. A Research Writing Guide, APA style tutorial and APA Example Paper Web links are available for students (NAU Student Portal) and faculty (MyNAU intranet) at the NAU Online Library’s APA Formatting & Style page. For any help with APA formatting or finding appropriate sources, consult your local librarian.