Unit 4- Org Behavior and Comparative Management Essay

This five-page essay measures your mastery of ULOs 4.1 and 4.2.

Please note that your assignments may refer back to the readings and lessons from previous units.

For this assignment, you will be writing an essay composed of two parts.

For part 1, you will research one of the specific organizational behavior models identified in the course eTextbook and write an essay in which you explain that specific model.

Begin with an introduction that presents your thesis statement and conveys the overall purpose and function of organizational behavior models. Then, address the following questions about your chosen model:

How does your chosen organizational behavior model relate to the inputs, processes, and outputs?
Explain the three levels of analysis of the organizational behavior model you chose. Use examples to illustrate.
How does this model relate to the individual, group, or organizational level of analysis?
How does what you learned about the chosen model and theoretical framework aid you in gaining a better understanding of a situation you have experienced in your work environment?

Part 1 of this assignment must be a minimum of three pages in length. You are required to use a minimum of two peer-reviewed or academically reliable sources from the CSU Online Library to support Part 1 of your essay.

For part 2 of this, you will need to search the CSU Online Library or other academic databases for two peer-reviewed articles, research, or case studies that focus specifically on your chosen organizational behavior issue. You will continue your essay by examining how the two articles contribute to the research on your chosen organizational behavior and the behavior science disciplines.

In part 2 of your essay, you must:

Briefly identify and summarize each article’s premise and findings.
Discuss how this organizational behavior issue relates to and contributes to one or more of the four behavior science disciplines. Do the articles support or challenge previous research? Defend your assessment.
Explain what you would do about this particular issue as presented in the articles as a leader. While you may mention the legal aspects of a case presented in the articles, you are not to focus solely on the legal aspects. Your perspective should be from a behavioral science viewpoint as it relates to organizational behavior. Opinions should be informed and substantiated by the research surrounding the topic.
Do you agree with the author’s findings? What additional research may be needed?

Your combined parts 1 and 2 of the essay must be a minimum of 5, but no more than 6 pages in length. The title and reference pages do not count toward the page requirement.

You are required to use a minimum of one peer-reviewed or academically reliable source (in addition to the two articles you select from the CSU Online Library to review) to support part 2 of your essay.

Adhere to APA Style when constructing this assignment, including in-text citations and references for all sources that are used. Please note that no abstract is needed.