INSTRUCTIONS FOR MGT 205’s TERM PAPER (12 PTS) R15/4
Chapter 15 is entitled Effective Groups and Teams. The Term Paper will focus on the ‘real world’ application and value of two of Chapter 15’s Learning Objectives. The Learning Objectives appear at the beginning of the chapter.
Chapter 15’s basic premise, a premise this instructor endorses, is that all types of organizations and workplaces use groups and teams to: enhance their performance, increase responsiveness to customers, spur innovation and motivate employees to accomplish high performance goals. To this end, the Term Paper is designed to familiarize students with these modern management practices and strategies.
For this assignment, students are to choose any two of Chapter 15’s five Learning Objectives which appear at the beginning of the chapter. Students must write about their application and their value to ‘real world’ organizations. Students must personally interview a relative, a friend, and/or an acquaintance whose organization utilizes groups and teams to achieve their organization’s goals. You may not choose your own place of employment. The two to three pages (double spaced typing) Term Paper must be formatted into three separate and distinct sections.
Separate Section One of the Term Paper
1: Clearly identify and fully describe the two chosen Chapter 15 Learning Objectives you are writing about in the Term Paper. Section One is worth 25% of the final grade!
Separate Section Two of the Term Paper
2: Fully explain how in the student’s family members’, their friends’, and/or acquaintances’ real lives, the two chosen Learning Objectives are being utilized at their place of employment to achieve organizational goals and high performance. Section Two is worth 25% of the final grade!
Separate Section Three of the Term Paper
3. This is a very important section of the assignment! Fully describe how the student would specifically apply their newly found real-world applications of their two Learning Objectives to the SARF’s management team, and/or the mechanics and/or the administrative staff. Section Three is worth 50% of the grade!
You may choose two different people/organizations to complete this assignment.