Microsoft Word - Covid 2022 BA 302 Team Research and Opinion Paper.doc RESEARCH AND OPINION PAPER PURPOSE The purpose of this paper is to research a topic in Organizational Behavior (OB) and then...

Please look at the instructions pdf for further details. SNAPSHOT: 10 pages, double-spaced, APA format | Topic: 'Analyze Google's reward system based on motivation theories.' | Company: Google | AT LEAST FIVE SOURCES MUST BE ACADEMIC PEER-REVIEWS ARTICLES ----- Thank you!



Microsoft Word - Covid 2022 BA 302 Team Research and Opinion Paper.doc RESEARCH AND OPINION PAPER PURPOSE The purpose of this paper is to research a topic in Organizational Behavior (OB) and then identify how it relates Google during this pandemic. The paper will consist of the following parts. A. Present academic research defining and explaining the chosen topic. This section will show you understand the topic as it is explained academically. Academic, peer-reviewed articles will be used for this section. Examples and/or uses of the topic are encouraged. B. Include a brief explanation of the company and how the pandemic has changed or closed the company. Include here the reason(s) your chose the OB topic to present for this company. C. Recommend how the company should change as the pandemic winds down (or as it continues) based on your chosen OB topic. This could mean how they incorporate your topic now during the pandemic, how they reopen and use your topic once the pandemic ceases, or how they must change their product or service to meet the problems that occurred from the pandemic (or during the pandemic). This is a wide-open area and forward thinking is encouraged. Life in this business may be altered after this pandemic, how can they learn from and improve on what they know about your chosen topic. D. Identify strengths and weaknesses of your recommendation(s) for the company based on your OB topic analysis. Here are the stages you should follow for this project. 1. Topic: Analyze a company’s reward system based on motivation theories. 2. Company: Google 3. Conduct a literature review. Read at least 5 peer reviewed journal articles (from 2010 – current) directly related to your chosen topic. You can use online databases such as EBSCO host, or any other sources as long as its peer reviewed. Articles found on the worldwide web (such as articles contained in the websites of consulting companies, or papers you find through search engines such as yahoo or google) are not acceptable for this part of the project. Please verify your sources are peer-reviewed using Ulrich’s if possible. This identifies the JOURNAL as peer-reviewed which means all articles published in the journal are also peer-reviewed. 4. Research the company through interviews and other sources (knowing someone that worked there or self-experience) if possible, to obtain a better understanding. 5. Brainstorm your recommendations based on your research. What can or should the company do, based on your topic, to be successful either during the pandemic or after the pandemic? Provide these recommendations and include the strengths and weaknesses you found through your research. In other words, what would have to happen to implement your recommendation(s). What could go wrong? What could go right? 6. The paper should be 10 pages double spaced, excluding the references and appendix (you may put your interview questions and responses in the appendix). Use size 12 times new roman, with 1-inch margins on all sides. PAPER FORMAT Your paper should include the following parts in order with headings to help the reader see all the sections. The paper should be double spaced, using Times Roman 12 font and be 10 to 15 pages long before the references and appendix. Title page: Include the title of the paper, your name, and the date. Center and spread out this information on the page – look at the overall layout of the page. Remember, this is the reader’s first impression of the paper – make it strong. Use navigational design here. Introduction: Provide an overview of your paper. This section should summarize your goal of the paper, the main points you will present, or an outline you will follow in the paper (1/2 to 1 pages). Company Information: Provide an overview of the company and describe how you collected the information. Here, you should introduce any people you interviewed (their job titles and any demographic characteristics such as age, gender, position, tenure). In addition, how else did you find out the information about the company and its use of the topic you are presenting. This is an important step for the reader – the credibility of your information gathering is vital (2-4 pages). Topic findings and overview: Describe what you learned as a result of the academic research. This will be an overview of the topic your chose and how it relates to your company – both current and in the past. In this part you will use peer-reviewed journal articles for your topic overview and explanations (3 to 4 pages). Recommendations: Provide your recommendations based on your topic findings and company information. Based on your topical literature review, what are they doing right and should keep doing? What were the problems you have observed or read about and what areas do they have for improvement? Your recommendations should incorporate the following (4 to 5 pages). ✓ Be logical ✓ Use an understanding of the scientific/academic OB literature ✓ Cite the necessary literature ✓ Be feasible given the company ✓ Be based on problems you have actually observed or anticipate Summary/Conclusion: Finish your paper. Because the recommendations provide your ideas/options for the company, this part of the paper will bring all the thoughts and ideas in the paper together. How you end the paper is up to you, just make sure to “finish” the actual concepts; you can summarize or draw conclusions on your statements (1/2 to 1 pages). Appendix: This can be anything that will strengthen your paper for the reader. When you include an appendix at the end of your paper, it must be referred to in your actual paper. (For example: The rate of corporate growth can be found in Appendix A.) Work Cited: Provide a list of all the sources you used in APA format Sources: The sources you use should also be recent. The 5+ peer-reviewed articles you turn in for credit and use in your paper must be published in 2010 or later. You may use older articles in addition to the 5 newer articles. You can use non-peer reviewed journal articles as well, but you still need to have 5+ peer reviewed articles (from 2010 and later) that you use somehow in your finished paper. I recommend gathering non-peer-reviewed articles as well as peer-reviewed articles from Ebsco Host.