our final research project will provide you with the opportunity to examine a problem or issue of concern in a real organization. You will develop a course of action by applying concepts and applications from this course. You may choose a public, private, or not-for-profit organization in which you have been employed (past or present) or you may choose an organization of interest to you. In selecting the organization, it is important to consider the range and depth of research analysis available to you. Information may be accessed through direct communications with people from the organization, data from the media (such as newspapers, webcasts,etc.), organizational literature, the organizations website, professional journals/articles, and other secondary sources.
You must identify a recent problem or issue from within the past three years. This primary focus of this project is your analysis of the problem or issue; it is not merely an historical account of a problem and the company’s solution. Your analysis of the problem or issue may or may not align with the organizations previous or proposed course of action. In general, your final research project should provide the organization with the most effective course of action to address their problem or issue, based on the application of key principles, concepts, and theories of organizational behavior.
For this activity, you will submit a topic for your research project to your instructor for approval.
Consider two or three possible topics (organizational experiences) for your final project paper. Your proposed topic should connect the Experiential Learning Model with the course materials. Rather than simply choosing topics from the text, choose personal experiences from the workplace that can be linked to course content/topic areas.
Your submission for this activity should consist of 2-3 paragraphs identifying your proposed topic, at least two related course content/topic areas that relate to the topic, the reason(s) why you chose this topic, and your strategy or approach for researching this topic. Your assignment should follow APA guidelines by including a title page, and be in Times New Roman, 12-point font, double spaced, with one inch margins.
