Individual Project

You will focus on either a current coworker or a past coworker to construct their portion of this assignment. Moreover, some portions of the paper work better if the coworker is of a similar hierarchical level to you—as opposed to a boss or a supervisor. The paper should include the following three sections:

Background – Describe the coworker. Give enough detail that it’s clear why you feel the way you do about this person, with enough richness that the section “brings the person to life” for the reader. Resist the urge to provide irrelevant detail and feel free to omit or disguise any details that might be sensitive in nature. [about 100 words]

Explanations – Drawing on key terms and theories from Chapters 4-7 and 9, provide an explanation of why, in your estimation, this employee has low levels of job performance and/or organizational commitment. When I say “key terms”, I’m referring to the words that are bolded in the chapters and that appear in the Key Terms section at the end of each chapter. Given the strict word count, you’ll need to strike a balance between breadth of coverage (i.e., the number of key terms mentioned) and depth of coverage (i.e., how detailed your use of a given key term is in explaining the employee’s attitudes and behaviors) [about 500 words].

1. Recommendations – Flowing out of the key terms and theories discussed in the previous section, describe what the top managers or leaders in the company could do, very specifically, to improve the performance and/or commitment of your coworker. In the interest of diversity in papers, your papers should avoid choosing the following two key terms: coworkers and advancement opportunities. Outside of this limitation, feel free to focus on the concepts that interest you.

Then describe what you, personally, could do to make this coworker more effective. Finally, answer the following questions: Is this coworker a “problem that cannot be fixed” to some extent? If so, describe what the top managers or leaders in the company could do to avoid similar problems in the future. [about 200 words