Organizational Interview Report
Organizational Interview Report
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TOC o "1-3" h z u Purpose PAGEREF _Toc133673809 h 2Three Deliverables PAGEREF _Toc133673810 h 2Due Dates PAGEREF _Toc133673811 h 2DELIVERABLE 1: QUESTIONS & INTERVIEWEE PAGEREF _Toc133673812 h 2STEP 1: Download the Template File Interview Template.docx PAGEREF _Toc133673813 h 2STEP 2: Identify a Person to Interview PAGEREF _Toc133673814 h 2STEP 3: Review Your List of Questions PAGEREF _Toc133673815 h 2STEP 4: Submit the File to the Assignment Folder PAGEREF _Toc133673816 h 3DELIVERABLE 2: INTERVIEW PAGEREF _Toc133673817 h 3STEP 1: Schedule a Time with Your Interviewee to Record a Zoom Meeting PAGEREF _Toc133673818 h 3STEP 2: Record the Interview to the Cloud PAGEREF _Toc133673819 h 3STEP 3: Paste the Zoom Link into a Word Document and Upload the File to the Assignment Folder PAGEREF _Toc133673820 h 3DELIVERABLE 3: THE REPORT PAGEREF _Toc133673821 h 5Format PAGEREF _Toc133673822 h 5Sections PAGEREF _Toc133673823 h 5Section 1: Executive Summary (approx. 200 words) PAGEREF _Toc133673824 h 5Section 2: Interview Results (approx. 500 words) PAGEREF _Toc133673825 h 5Summary of the Organization PAGEREF _Toc133673826 h 6Strengths Identified in the Interview PAGEREF _Toc133673827 h 6ProblemsIdentified in the Interview PAGEREF _Toc133673828 h 6Section 3: OB Concepts Linked to the Organization (approximately 800 words) PAGEREF _Toc133673829 h 6Section 4: Recommendations (approximately 500 words) PAGEREF _Toc133673830 h 7Section 5: References PAGEREF _Toc133673831 h 7Section 6: Appendices PAGEREF _Toc133673832 h 7RUBRICS PAGEREF _Toc133673833 h 8
PurposeThe purpose of this assignment is to learn from the experiences of someone who is working in an organization and connect their successes and challenges of working in an organization to the Organizational Behaviour (OB) concepts of this class.
Each student will identify a person to interview, conduct a recorded Zoom interview, and create a 2000-word report.
Three DeliverablesEach student will upload three separate files for this assignment throughout the duration of the course:
Identify who you want to interview.
Proof of the interview.
A report of your interview.
Each deliverable is explained in detail below.
Due DatesPlease check eConestoga.ca for the due dates for each deliverable.
Please submit your Assignment before the due date to avoid any late penalties.
DELIVERABLE 1: QUESTIONS & INTERVIEWEESTEP 1: Download the Template File Interview Template.docxSTEP 2: Identify a Person to InterviewFind a family member, friend, colleague etc. who is willing to participate in a recorded interview and who meets the following criteria:
They are working in an organization which has 9 or more employees.
They cannot own the company.
They report to someone who has power over them.
Their role requires them to interact with other people in a team.
The ideal interviewee needs to feel comfortable with you to be able to share the achievements and challenges theyve experienced regarding their team dynamics and conflict resolution strategies, leadership styles and how they manage politics, the culture of the organization, etc.
STEP 3: Review Your List of QuestionsThe template file contains a list of questions for you to ask your interviewee. Each interviewees personality and job description is different, so you may wish to add more questions to this list to provide clarity on your interviewees situation. Do not modify or delete the assigned questions. If you add more questions, you may wish to rearrange the questions in a logical order you think you would ask them.
STEP 4: Submit the File to the Assignment FolderPlease check eConestoga.ca for the due dates for each deliverable.
DELIVERABLE 2: INTERVIEW
STEP 1: Schedule a Time with Your Interviewee to Record a Zoom MeetingThe interview will be about 30-45 minutes to complete. Please schedule a mutually convenient time so you dont feel rushed to complete the interview.
STEP 2: Record the Interview to the CloudSign into Zoom with your eConestoga.ca credentials.
Start the Zoom meeting.
Click the Record button and click Record to the Cloud.
Once the meeting ends, Zoom will send you an email with a link to the recording.
See FIGURE 1 on a screenshot of how to record to the cloud.
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STEP 3: Paste the Zoom Link into a Word Document and Upload the File to the Assignment FolderPlease check eConestoga.ca for the due dates for each deliverable.
PRO TIP: The day before your interview, click the Zoom link you sent your interviewee to confirm your computer is logged into Zoom, and that your microphone and webcam are working. Press the record to cloud button, wait 20 seconds, then end the meeting. Once you receive the link to the recording, click it to confirm it works. You are now ready for your interview.
PRO TIP: During the interview, probe your interviewee to identify more than 2 strengths and 2 weaknesses. When you begin writing your report, its better to have more information to base your answers on than to have minimal details or incomplete thoughts.
DELIVERABLE 3: THE REPORTFormat2000 words (plus or minus 10%).
12-point font.
Double-spaced.
APA format.
Bold the OB concepts. Each concept only needs to be bolded once per section.
SectionsBelow is a list of the sections and subsections you need to include in your report:
Title Page
Executive Summary
Interview Results
Summary of the Organization
Strengths Identified in the Interview
ProblemsIdentified in the Interview
OB Concepts Linked To The Organization
Recommendations
References
Appendices
You may wish to add in additional subsections based on if you identify themes in your interviewees responses.
Section 1: Executive Summary (approx. 200 words)The Executive Summary is a high level, 1-page overview of the findings of the report. It should highlight each of the different sections within your full report. The reader should understand at a high level all the concepts and recommendations within the full report. This section is about three to four paragraphs in length.
PRO TIP: If your boss only read this section, they should know at a high level who was interviewed and a brief description of organization, what the main strengths, challenges, and recommendations in the report but would not know any of the details.
PRO TIP: Complete this section last.
Section 2: Interview Results (approx. 500 words)This section is an analysis of the interview. The following sub sections should be included:
Summary of the Organization
Strengths Identified in the Interview
ProblemsIdentified in the Interview
Summary of the OrganizationThis section should include a short overview of the business, the role of the interviewee in the business, and any other pertinent details to set the stage for the analysis. Any content said by the interviewee should be paraphrased into your own words.
Strengths Identified in the Interview
Identify and describe a minimum of two (2) strengths you identified in your interview. Connect the strengths to in-depth OB concepts covered in the textbook.
ProblemsIdentified in the Interview
Identify and describe a minimum of two (2) challenges you identified in your interview. Connect the challenges to in-depth OB concepts covered in the textbook.
PRO TIP: Open the file titled OB Concepts Cheat Sheet. Connect the strengths and weakness identified by your interviewee to all in-depth concepts in this list.EXAMPLE: During the interview, your interviewee said they were confused about how to complete a task for their job, so they asked for clarification from their boss. The in-depth concept is Voice which is found on page 94 because they voiced their concern.
Section 3: OB Concepts Linked to the Organization (approximately 800 words)This section is where you go into detail and describe how and why the OB concepts identified in Section 2 connect to your interviewees experiences. A minimum of four (4) OB conceptsshould be explored in this section that you have linked to your interview findings.
PRO TIP: Take the in-depth concepts and the hierarchy you identified in section 2 and explain how and why they connect. EXAMPLE CONT.: Voice is a response to how people express dissatisfaction which falls under Job Satisfaction (p. 90) which is an Attitude (p. 89) that your interviewee expressed.State both in-depth concept Voice and explain how and why its a relevant concept based on the hierarchy in which it falls into such as job satisfaction, and attitude.NOTE: Voice with the explanation of job satisfaction, and attitude is only one (1) in-depth concept. You will need to find more in-depth concepts to be eligible for full grades.
Section 4: Recommendations (approximately 500 words)This section is where you will provide a minimum of three recommendations on how the interviewees leadership can change their actions to improve organizational behaviour. Each recommendation needs to be from a different chapter of the textbook.
Each recommendation should be an actionable goal that is specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and time-bound (SMART Goal).
NOTE: Concepts in Chapter 7 Communication must be paired with an action to be considered a recommendation. All actions are found in the file titled OB Concepts Cheat Sheet and are designated with a star symbol .
PRO TIP: Start by stating the desired outcome (what is your objective), state the SMART Goal, then provide you analysis on why this action is the best recommendation compared to other actions.EXAMPLE: To decrease employee turnover, leadership will [state the action in detail], [state how they will achieve it], [state how long the process will take], [state how they will measure success]. Provide your reason of why this is the best recommendation.
Section 5: ReferencesProvide a list of your references. The references for this assignment are the e-text and class learning materials (for class learning cite the week and the source).
If the source can not be found in the textbook, it is not acceptable in this report and will not be considered.
PRO TIP: Each concept from the textbook should have an in-text citation which contains a page number. Please see this URL on different ways to create in-text citations with page numbers: https://lib.conestogac.on.ca/citationsPlease see this URL on how to create source references for books, websites, videos, etc. (only one is required per source): https://lib.conestogac.on.ca/reference-list/booksSection 6: Appendices
This section will include the same interview link you provided in an earlier submission.
Please check eConestoga.ca for the due dates for each deliverable.
RUBRICSPlease navigate to the rubrics feature in eConestoga.ca which identifies how grades are allocated:
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