Reading Assignment
As you read through the resources and watch the videos, consider the following:
How can you change someone’s mood when they are having a bad day?
Is there one set way every employee in every organization worldwide should behave?
Do people behave ethically for the first few years of a career and change as they get comfortable?
What makes a leader effective in an organization?
Read
Read the following from your textbook, Organizational Behavior
Chapter 3
Chapter 3.1: Advice for Hiring Successful Employees: The Case of Guy Kawasaki
Chapter 3.2: The Interactionist Perspective: The Role of Fit
Chapter 3.3: Individual Differences: Values and Personality
Chapter 3.4: Perception
Chapter 3.5: The Role of Ethics and National Culture
Chapter 3.6: Using Science to Match Candidates to Jobs: The Case of Kronos
Chapter 3.7: Conclusion
Chapter 3.8: Exercise
Chapter 12
Chapter 12.1: Taking on the Pepsi Challenge: The Case of Indra Nooyi
Chapter 12.2: Who Is a Leader? Trait Approaches to Leadership
Chapter 12.3: What Do Leaders Do? Behavioral Approaches to Leadership
Chapter 12.4: What Is the Role of the Context? Contingency Approaches to Leadership
Chapter 12.5: What’s New? Contemporary Approaches to Leadership
Chapter 12.6: The Role of Ethics and National Culture
Chapter 12.7: Leadership Development: The Case of Starbucks
Chapter 12.8: Conclusion
Chapter 12.9: Exercises
Watch
An engineer’s journey to managing – and leading – innovation Kel Jackson (
Kel Jackson – Pathways to Business (hbs.edu)
References
Harvard Business School. (n.d.). An engineer’s journey to managing – and leading – innovation Kel Jackson [Video]. HBS. Retrieved November 16, 2022, from https://pathways.hbs.edu/lesson/kel-jackson/
Organizational behavior. (2017). University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing. https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/organizational-behavior. Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA.
___________________________________________________________________
Written Assignment
The new manager for the male-dominated organization, Global Shipbuilders United, has assigned you as team lead for the Human Resources Department. The CEO has asked you to design an informative presentation that will be shown to all employees about bias and perception in the organization. This presentation aims to ensure that there are no intentional or unintentional biases occurring within the organization and to eliminate any negative perceptions visually, individually, and socially.
Prepare an informative slideshow presentation (PowerPoint, Presi, etc.) that makes a logical and well-reasoned description of how biases and perceptions can negatively impact an organization. Your presentation must include a title page, introduction, and reference page. Use and cite at least two sources which may be material in our textbook or additional sources from the internet, the LIRN, or other sources to which you have access. Be sure your presentation is in a format your instructor will be able to open. If you have questions, consult your instructor. Upload the presentation to the submission are on the main page.
Cite references to material that you use in preparing the presentation using the American Psychological Association (APA) style.
For assistance with APA format, refer to the LRC: Academic Writing.
To access LIRN refer to the LRC: Online Library
For assistance in creating a PowerPoint presentation refer to Basic tasks for creating a PowerPoint presentation.
Assessment
You will be peer-assessed on the following criteria:
Start the assignment with a title page and include an overview explaining what the employees will be learning (Introduction).
Explain why an understanding of biases and perceptions is important to the workplace.
Discuss how understanding bias and perceptions will create a more satisfied workforce. Provide details and examples.
Cite a minimum of two sources (APA format) and includes a reference page.
The presentation is at least six slides, not including the reference and title page.
The presentation is free of grammatical and spelling errors.
Reference
Basic tasks for creating a PowerPoint presentation. (2022). Microsoft. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/basic-tasks-for-creating-a-powerpoint-presentation-efbbc1cd-c5f1-4264-b48e-c8a7b0334e36
