The objective of the real world papers is to give you some practice in looking at the world through a management and organizational behavior lens. For this assignment, you should choose a real-world example of management dynamics and analyze it in terms of the concepts and theories from the textbook(please use theories from chapter 1, 2, 13 and 10). The paper should be a maximum of 3 pages long (12 point font, double-spaced, 1-inch margins).
CONTENT:
1) First, you will identify a real world event or problem that deals with one or a couple of the course concepts or theories covered in the class materials. The example you choose can be drawn from your personal experiences, media coverage of a current event, or a book, television program, or movie (or anywhere else you can think of). Typically, this section is shorter than sections 2 and 3.
2) Second, you should introduce relevant course concept(s), and use the concept(s) to analyze the situation. This is your opportunity to show me that you both a) really understand the research and theory behind the specific concept(s) you choose to bring in and b) can apply them in a persuasive an analytic fashion.
3) You should finally use theory to provide specific recommendations for improvement. For example: what does research say could be improved on? How does research/theory say you could “fix” any problems you described and analyzed? Conversely, how could management sustain “good” practices you described and analyzed?
Remember that your main objective with this paper is to convince me that you both understand the chosen management concept(s)/theory(ies) and can apply it (them) to a real, dynamic situation.
SOME TIPS:
Don’t go overboard with the number of course concepts/theories. It is totally possible to write an excellent paper using only one course concept or theory. Using too many may dilute your message.
Balance simplicity and complexity in choosing your course concepts or theories. Do not choose course concepts that are overly simplistic such as simply providing an example of a team you have worked on in the past to apply the term “team” to a real-life scenario. But you also do not want to become overly complex given the space and restrictions of the assignment.
Show me that you know you are applying a concept: This can be as simple as bolding/underlining/italicizing specific management terms, theory names or concepts.
Be brief: You do not have a lot of time or space to elaborate or to describe your real world event.
