Leadership Interview and Summary Paper
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Leadership Interview and Summary Paper
Paper should cover the concepts:
1. Motivation, 2. Group Dynamics, 3. Organizational Structure
Assignment:
1. You will conduct an interview with an organizational leader to identify the key
organizational issues and challenges he/she faces regularly.
Selecting the person to be interviewed:
Ideally the person you will select for to interview will have worked for several years and
is older than 35. The more experienced at work and life the person is the more relevant
examples and information you will be able to elicit. The person should not be in your
immediate family (father, mother, etc.) nor be in a significant relationship with you.
The interview should be more of a conversation than just Q&A. Be sure to tell the person
the purpose of the interview and if the person is uncomfortable for his/her name to be
used, assure him/her that you will use an alias. In addition, do not share what was said in
the interview with others. This paper is for my eyes only.
2. You will develop a specific list of interview questions that you will ask during the
interview. As you design the interview questions, keep them open ended by starting
with words such as Who? What? When? Where? Why? How much? For example, what
positive ways have the leaders you have worked for over your career motivated you?
Please give specific examples of what the people did and what made those actions
“motivating” for you.
3. You will summarize the interview responses in an individual paper which includes:
1) an overview of the relevant theories and concepts from the chapters on motivation,
teams, and organizational structure/design.
2) the list of questions with a summary of the interview responses; and
3) recommendations on what could be changed or improved based on the interview
conducted.
Organize the paper with headings and sections. The paper needs to be APA style. It is
important that the overview of the relevant theories and your recommendations are all
well supported with in-text citations.
The objective of conducting this interview and writing this paper is to learn (in detail)
about the individual’s experience with each of the following important areas of
Organizational Behavior:
• How people are motivated at work (and what demotivates them)
• Successful and unsuccessful groups and teams and how the teams’ effectiveness
(or lack thereof) impact organizational performance and productivity
• Organizational structure (how people are arranged into teams/departments on the
organization chart), specifically the impact of Hierarchy and
Centralization/Decentralization (and span of control, division of labor, etc.) on
individual’s ability to solve problems and make decisions.
Due Date: July 23rd
Leadership Interview Grading Rubric:
______ Motivation (30 points possible)
1. _______ Summary of at least two theories on Motivation (10 pts)
2. _______ Clear, crisp summary of interview responses; linked to the theories
on Motivation (#1 above) (15 pts)
3. _______ Clearly articulated recommendations of actions to improve motivation (5
pts)
______ Groups and Teams (30 points possible)
1. _______ Summary of at least three theories/concepts (10 pts)
2. _______ Clear, crisp summary of interview responses; linked to the theories
summarized in #1 above (15 pts)
3. _______ Clearly articulated recommendations of actions to improve teams (5 pts)
______ Organizational Structure (30 points possible)
1. _______ Summary of at least two theories (10 pts)
2. _______ Clear, crisp summary of interview responses; linked to the theories
summarized in #1 above (15 pts)
3. _______ Clearly articulated recommendations of actions to improve org. structure
(5 pts)
_______ Overall Writing and Integration of Interview Responses with OB Concepts
(10 pts)
Well written, clear and specific information, meaningful information
gathered from the interview. 4 – 6 pages, single spaced, 12-point font, 1
inch margins.
_______ Total (100 possible)
Grading Scale
A 94+ Has unusually sharp insights into material
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