Employees who are highly engaged are committed to their work and see themselves as helping “build a cathedral.” Disengaged employees have essentially checked out—they are merely “laying bricks” for a paycheck, not building a cathedral. According to the Gallup report of 2013, only about 30% of the American workforce was “engaged”, and international data showed essentially the same results. In 2019, Gallup found that engagement had risen somewhat (about 2%) since 2013. (Both reports are posted in Module 7.) With this in mind, address these questions:
For purposes of this assignment, treat “engaged” as if it means “inwardly committed to the good of the business”. To solve the problem that you characterized in EEs 1 and 2, which employees (or levels within the organization) will you need to “engage” in order to fix that problem?
Would they be organized into teams? Would the teams be cross-functional?
Using Lewin’s 3-Stage Model, how would you engage the team (or teams) to get their commitment to the development and implementation of a solution to the problem? (See Lessons 7 and 8.)
Refer to Drucker, Management, pp. 258-268, which you read as part of TD #2. How would you use Drucker’s Management by Objectives, combined with Lewin’s 3-Stage Model, to secure the commitment of all employees (including non-management employees) to the solution your team has proposed? (See Lesson 9 lecture.)
This paper should not exceed 7-9 pages, excluding the title page and references.
Papers need to be formatted in proper APA style. (Among other things, that means it should be divided into sections, and the section headings should be in bold font, left flush.)
This paper requires a minimum of at least five credible (less than 5 years old unless you are citing theoretical work) sources for your references.
Acceptable/credible sources include: Academic journals and books, industry journals, the class textbook, the lectures, and sources cited in the lectures. You may use credible business website sources in addition to these but avoid Wikipedia and “shortcuts” such as Mindtools. Wikipedia and Mindtools are not considered valid academic sources (even though they are sometimes good.) This is an academic paper that needs to include scholarly research.
Using your textbook is highly recommended to demonstrate that you have read the required material.
Please be sure to address the following requirements when completing your papers:
The cover page and reference page/s are not included in the above-stated page requirement. These should be in addition to page requirements.
Papers need to be formatted in proper APA 7th Edition style.
Each paper requires a minimum of at least three outside peer-reviewed sources for your references (unless stated otherwise in the guidance above).
Acceptable/credible sources include: Academic journals and books, industry journals, and the class textbook. To include additional types of sources, please review the “Guidelines for finding and utilizing required references for your paper,” shared below.
Using your textbook is highly recommended to demonstrate that you have read the required material and/or are connecting new thoughts to the course text/learnings.
Guidelines for finding and utilizing required references for your paper:
For a formal research paper, you are required to locate, understand, and integrate a certain number of peer reviewed journal articles and/or published books, as these are considered reliable and valid sources of information by academics and industry. The best source of these articles is to search through your CiAM Library (LIRN). However, if you find a website you would really like to share in your paper, you can do so if it is NOT counted as one of your reliable/valid articles/books (i.e., goes above and beyond the required amount of reliable/valid sources), and if it is NOT the basis/foundation of your paper. Otherwise, there is no way to demonstrate that: 1. You have done true research and have given the appropriate level of thought to your paper; and 2. There is no way to validate that the information you have received off of the internet has been fact checked.
Here are some guidelines on how to think about this process:
Using Wikipedia: This internet source is very popular, and although there may be some great articles found there, there is no formal process (at this point) for what is posted to be fact checked. Meaning, what you find there is not always true. However, if you read an interesting article, you can go to their references, check on who they researched, then go to that ORIGINAL work (locate it in our library), and then read through that article and reference that article (not Wikipedia). If you want to cite Wikipedia, you may do so if it follows the guidelines shared above (i.e., is NOT the basis of your paper, and is just a supplemental share going above and beyond the minimum required reliable/valid works). You may also simply visit Wikipedia just to get more general information on a subject before you start your formal research process).
2. General informational websites and business websites: These follow the same rules as shared above.
