Requirements

To demonstrate your comprehensive understanding with a topic learned from our class you will be required to prepare a minimum of 21 slides via PowerPoint, and give a 20-minute team presentation. MLA format.

Purpose

To demonstrate your comprehensive understanding with a topic learned from our class. Below is a list of topics for your team to choose from. One topic per two teams only. That is, only two teams can have the same topic. Sign up for your topic on the discussion board in Canvas by posting your team number and topic number as follows: Team 1 Topic 4.

1. Look at AirBnB, identify, analyze, and develop a plan for resolving a key problem that their organization is facing.

2. Broaden your understanding of corporate culture. What is it, how do organizations cultivate it and explore the broader ramifications of corporate culture within Microsoft.

3. With a lens on office design, analyze and report on the success or failures of a company who has engaged in redesigning their office space with the expectation of increasing their productivity. How did the architectural layout and design of their offices impact overall productivity?

4. Evaluate the impact of diversity and equity on Coca-Cola's organizational performance. Discuss recent shifts and programs that have been implemented.

5. Using the Rational Decision-Making Approach found in Chapter 8, Figure 8.3, identify a problem facing Twitter and use this framework for guiding your analysis and proposed recommendation.

6. Employers today frequently complain about a lack of soft skills within their workforce (e.g. problem solving, communication and teamwork). Discuss how you would approach upskilling the workforce on soft-skills. What kind of training would you provide and why?

Structure

Your group can decide how they want to structure the presentation based on the question prompt. Your goal is to look at these topics from a holistic approach; not only looking at their purpose, but also their impact on an organization. I would like you to dissect your topic to see how all the pieces strategically work together.

NOTE: Before you make an outline, GATHER YOUR RESEARCH. Each of you should be researching the topic and sharing your findings with your group. Do this first. After you have a good collection of articles you can then build your outline and start composing your presentation.

PowerPoint and Presentation

· Slide 1: list all team members first and last names in alphabetical ord

· Slides must include citations on each slid Do not include a Works Cited slide. Cite your work at the bottom of each slide in 10-point font as follows: (Source: Gass, Robert H. and John Seiter. Persuasion, Social Influence and Compliance Gaining. 6th edition, Routledge,2018.)

· Slides must be free of grammatical, spelling, and syntax err

· Slides must be designed using the “design slide” feature in PowerPoint. There is a point deduction in the grading rubric for just using bullet points and no design aesthetic (see grading rubric)

· No more than 36 words per slide

· Narrative only. Video clips are not permitted