Students will submit a written analysis of a selected Management topic. 3 - 5 pages in length. The title page, abstract and work cited pages do not contribute to the length. The paper may be submitted in MLA or APA format. The paper should be grammatically correct and free from typographical and spelling errors. There will be at a minimum of three (3) different references, (wikipedia and is not an acceptable reference). Footnotes and bibliography, must be presented in MLA or APA format.
Topics
Organizations as Open Systems
Measuring Job Satisfaction
Techniques for Changing Employee Attitudes
The Role of Non-work Activities in Work Behavior
Implications of Selective Perception for the Communication Model
Pay Secrecy and Employee Motivation
Choosing Between Individual and Group Decision Making: A Manager's Guide
Defense Mechanisms and Employee Behavior
The Contribution of the Hawthorne Studies to the Study of Management
Strengths and Weaknesses of Committee Decision Making
Methods for Overcoming resistance to Change
the Impact of Automation and Repetitive Tasks on Workers
Defining and Understanding Conflict, Cooperation, and Competition
Differences Between Male and Female Leadership Styles
"Discipline": A Dirty Word in the 2000s?
Drug and Alcohol Abuse in Organizations
Managing Interdepartmental Conflicts
Is There a Decline in the Motivation to Manage?
The Changing Work Force: Implications for Management
Employee Assistance Programs
The Changing Work Force: Impact on Human resource Management
The Application of Quantitative Management Theories
The Role of Labor Unions in the 2000s
Business Ethics: "Do Unto Others as You Would Have Them do Unto You" verses "Do it Before Someone Else Does"
Organizational Behavior Modification
Designing Effective Work Teams
Managing Resistance to Organizational Change
Ethical and Legal Obligations of Members of Boards of Directors
Ways of Determining Effective Spans of Control
Total Quality Management: Is it working?
A Study of Employee Relations in a U.S. Based Japanese-Owned Factory
A Review of the Japanese Concept of Lifetime Employment and the Employment of Women in Japanese Organizations