Management and organizational behavior Week 6

Management and organizational behavior Week 6

Paper #1 Requirements: In the context of employee engagement, it is observed that the highly engaged have a passion for their work and feel a deep connection to their company; disengaged employees have essentially checked out—putting time, but not energy or attention into their work. With this in mind, address these main elements: 1. What is employee engagement and why is it vital for leadership to work hard to encourage, build, and maintain it? 2. Is it possible to reengage those who have essentially “checked out?” If so, what steps might leadership take? 3. How might a high level of employee engagement encourage and maintain a positive workplace culture? Please note: Your paper should be 4-6 pages in length, excluding the cover page and reference pages.

Paper Tips: In your paper, be sure to create an outline utilizing these three elements. Do not number your elements in your paper, instead, be sure to start with your introduction section, then use each element above as a level header (see APA guide for how to do this). For example, #1 could have the header title of: Employee Engagement. #2 could be: Reengaging Employees; and #3 could be: Employee Engagement and Workplace Culture (these are just examples, you can rename if desired, but make sure they are close enough to be recognized). Then, be sure to add in a conclusion header and text as well. A good conclusion includes a brief summary of what was discussed as well as why it’s important to consider these elements in the future.

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument