Implications for Using the Johari Window & Feedback in Communal Life Paper
Please complete all parts
Part 1- 400 words
You have now had an introduction to organizational behavior, scientific management, the human relations school and other classical ways of looking at people in organizations.
Focus your discussion on the following:
What do you see in your organizational life that reflects current-day adaptations of these classical ways of looking at people in organizations? Be specific and provide one or two examples that reflect your critical thinking.
Part 2- 400 words
focusing in on things such as giving orders.
Focus your discussion on the following:
What did you pay attention to?
How does it connect to your own experience in each of the following:
As a receiver of orders
As a giver of orders
Part 3- no length
SUGGESTED TOPICS PICK ONE
MGMT802 Suggested Research Topics 1. Argyris’s Maturation Theory and the Design of Motivating Organizations 2. Choosing Between Individual and Group Decision Making: A Manager’s Guide 3. The Current State of Participative Management in Practice 4. The Contributions of the Hawthorne Studies to the Study of Organizational Behavior 5. Cognitive Dissonance’s Place in Organizational Behavior 6. Methods for Overcoming Resistance to Change 7. Application of Communication Theory to the Your Work Environment 8. Money as a Motivator: A Review of the Literature 9. The Power Need 10. The Affiliation Need 11. The Achievement Need 12. Collegiality in Decision Making 13. Scientific Management as a Social Movement 14. Contrasting Work Attitudes of American and ______ Workers 15. Problems of Implementing MBO in the Public Sector 16. Historical Development of Leadership Theory and Research 17. Differences between Male and Female Leadership Styles 18. A Review of the Non-verbal Communication Literature 19. Case Study of a Changing Organization: The U.S. Army 20. Case Study of a Changing Organization: The U.S. Air Force 21. Case Study of a Changing Organization: The U.S. Marines
Suggested research paper topics are available here. Alternative topics are encouraged and require instructor approval.
Select a topic for your final paper, and write a 4-page proposal that addresses the following:
Working title for the paper
The topic
Why this topic was chosen
Your interest in the topic
What problem related to organizational behavior you want to explore, using this topic
2 research questions
Questions that will guide your exploration of the topic
Part 4- 400 words
Discuss your perspective of yourself as a “cosmopolitan” or a “local” in your organization. Please provide an example that shows why you chose a particular perspective.
In what ways do you contribute to the success of the groups of which you are a member?
How might your behavior be mistaken by others as not being helpful to the group’s efforts?
Part 5- 400 words
Discuss the implications for using the Johari Window and feedback in your communal life both in organizations and elsewhere. Please provide one or more specific examples that show your critical thinking about this topic.
Part 6 no length
Prepare and submit an annotated bibliography that includes the following:
At least 15 academic sources related to the topic that you have discussed in your Phase 1 Proposal for your final paper. The sources must come from:
Peer-reviewed journal articles
Practitioner articles
Part 7 -400 words
The different perspectives of the leaders and managers in the organizations presented in your readings are not too far apart. Compare and contrast the 2 perspectives of leadership that were presented in your assigned readings. For this discussion, select 1 idea from the assigned reading that stood out for you.
Focus your discussion on the following:
What was the idea?
How does it connect to your organizational awareness?
What are the implications for how you manage, or for how you have seen others deal with this issue?
Part 8- 400 words
This Discussion Board focuses on organizations and the work that managers do to facilitate effective organizational life in an environment where people are quite mature in many ways.
Drawing comparisons between the topics in the assigned reading and your chosen chapter, focus your discussion on the following:
What is the challenge that managers face in dealing with the incongruence between the needs of mature individuals and an organization that often treats its employees as being immature and needing a lot of structure and rules?
To what extent should the formal organization impose itself upon the needs of its mature employees?
Be sure to include the following:
Comparisons between your chosen chapter and the assigned reading for this unit
Part 9- 400 words
Power is seen by many as a dirty word, and yet, leaders are not able to accomplish anything of great substance without the effective use of power. Many people equate leadership with power.
Referring to your reading, focus your discuss
