MG-313 Organizational Behavior

MG-313 Organizational Behavior
Research Project Rubrics
Student:
I. Company Profile:
Evaluation Criteria Possible Points Awarded Points Comments
A. Company Profile: name; when founded; corporate headquarters 5
Location of corporate headquarters and major offices or divisions
What it does/makes
Number of employees
B. Open systems (Chapter 1): using the open systems view of
organizations describe the internal and external environments of the
company. Be sure to include:
15
a. Task, structure, people & technology 5
b. Task environment 5
c. Inputs, throughputs and outputs 5
C. Globalization (Chapter 2): describe the opportunities and
challenges globalization has presented for the company especially in the
areas of adapting to different cultures, social and political changes.
15
D. Diversity (Chapter 2): 15
a. Describe the company’s management and workforce in terms of
whether or how diverse it is. 5
b. Describe the company’s diversity statement or policy. Do its
management and workforce reflect the statement? 5
c. What is the company’s diversity reputation? Is it a leader or has it
been involved in major discrimination law suits? 5
E. Ethics (Chapters 2 & 4) 15
a. Describe the company’s ethics policy or code. 5
b. Describe an ethical dilemma the company has faced and how it
was handled. Indicate whether it followed its own ethics policy in
handling it.
5
c. What is the company’s ethics reputation? Is it a leader? 5
F. Leadership & Followership (Chapter 12) 10
a. Profile its top leadership (include names, summary of
backgrounds, reputation in the industry (if available) and
leadership style. For the latter use the leadership grid on p. 191 in
the textbook
5
b. Describe what type of followers the typical employees are,
based on employee comments on the website, interviews with
employees or your own experience if you are an employee. Refer to
pp. 201-202 for description of followership types.
5
G. Your conclusions about the company and its future in the areas
you’ve discussed. 5
H. Overall Presentation of the Project 10
The body of the report must be a minimum of five pages (double-spaced).
The entire report must contain the following parts:
1. Cover page includes title of report, name of organization studied,
name of preparer, date and course name & number 2
2. Research Methods: how you gathered your information and how
you organized and analyzed it to come to your conclusions
(interviews, library, Internet, etc.
2
3. Body of the report 2
4. References – a list of the sources you used to gather the data to
write the report, including names of those interviewed and dates you
interviewed them (whether by phone, fax, email or in person). Be
sure to DOCUMENT/CITE with a full notation, in the body of the
report, which of these references was used, including author, title,
dates, page, etc.
4
5
J. Submitted assignment by Due Date March 14, 2022 5
Extra Credit for presenting in class 5
TOTAL POSSIBLE POINTS/POINTS AWARDED (PROJECT SCORE) 100 0
I. Quality of writing, use of correct spelling, grammar, punctuation and
business tone. Overall organization of all sections
MG-313 Organizational Behavior
Research Project Rubrics
Student:
II. “A Tale of Two Companies”
Evaluation Criteria Possible
Points
Awarded
Points Comments
A. Company Profiles: names; when founded; corporate headquarters 10
• Location of corporate headquarters and major offices or divisions
• What they do/make
• Number of employees
B. Leadership & Followership (Chapter 12) 20
a. Profile its top leadership (include names, summary of backgrounds,
reputation in the industry (if available) and leadership style. For the latter
use the leadership grid on p. 190 in the textbook
10
b. Describe what type of followers the typical employees are, based on
employee comments on the website, interviews with employees or your
own experience if you are an employee. Refer to pp. 200-201 for
description of followership types.
10
C. Select an organizational practice: globalization, diversity or ethics (Chapters
2 & 4)and describe how the two companies handle that practice. Include the
factors below:
40
• Globalization: describe the opportunities and challenges globalization
has presented for the companies
• Diversity:
o Describe the companies’ management and workforce in terms of whether or
how diverse they are.
o Describe the companies’ diversity statements or policies. Do its management
and workforce reflect the statement?
What are the companies’ diversity reputations? Are they leaders or have they
been involved in major discrimination law suits?
• Ethics
o Describe the companies’ ethics policies or codes
o Describe an ethical dilemma each company has faced and how it was
handled. Indicate whether they followed their own ethics policies in
handling it.
o What are the companies’ ethics reputations? Are they leaders?
D. Your conclusions about the companies and their future in the area you
discussed. 10
E. Overall Presentation of the Project 10
The body of the report must be a minimum of five pages (double-spaced). The
entire report must contain the following parts:
1. Cover page includes title of report, name of organization studied, name
of preparer, date and course name & number 2
2. Research Methods: how you gathered your information and how you
organized and analyzed it to come to you conclusions (interviews, library,
Internet, etc. 2
3. Body of the report 2
4. References – a list of the sources you used to gather the data to write the
report, including names of those interviewed and dates you interviewed
them (whether by phone, fax, email or in person). Be sure to
DOCUMENT/CITE with a full notation, in the body of the report, which of
these references was used, including author, title, dates, page, etc.
4
5
G. Submitted assignment by Due Date –March 14, 2022 5
Extra Credit for presenting in class 5
TOTAL POSSIBLE POINTS/POINTS AWARDED (PROJECT SCORE) 100 0
F. Quality of writing, use of correct spelling, grammar, punctuation and
business tone. Overall organization of all sections