MGT 425 Week 2 Assignment

MGT 425  Week 2 Assignment | Ashford university

Motivation in Action: Case Study Analysis

[WLO: 3] [CLO: 1]

·         The feedback fallacy (Links to an external site.)

·         Emotional responses to performance appraisal feedback: Implications for organizations. (Links to an external site.)

·         Motivation in action: Case study examples (Links to an external site.)

·         Performance review: Code red—Performance review classics (Links to an external site.)

·         Conducting Performance Reviews? Get Out the Tissues (Links to an external site.)

This assignment requires you to watch Motivation in action: Case study examples (Links to an external site.). This video presents four workplace cases. In each case, you will see an employee suffering from a motivation problem in the workplace. It will be your task to identify the root cause(s) of demotivation for each case. Consider individual motivations, job design, goals, involvement, pay structure, and rewards systems. While you may readily identify causes, keep in mind that this is a scholarly analysis. It will be important for you to be able to explain your analysis in terms of the motivation theories and related materials that you have covered in class. After watching the cases, you will write your analysis in a paper.

·         Must be six to eight double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA Style (Links to an external site.) as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft Word (Links to an external site.).

·         Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice (Links to an external site.) resource for additional guidance.

·         Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.

o    For assistance on writing Introductions & Conclusions (Links to an external site.) as well as Writing a Thesis Statement (Links to an external site.), refer to the Writing Center resources.

·         Must use at least one scholarly source in addition to the assigned weekly reading.

o    The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for this assignment.

o    To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, view The University of Arizona Global Campus Library Quick ‘n’ Dirty (Links to an external site.) tutorial, which introduces the University of Arizona Global Campus Library and the research process, and provides some library search tips.

·         Must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.).

·          (Links to an external site.)Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center. See the APA: Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) resource in the Writing Center for specifications.