This assignment asks you to consider a current or past coworker who has low levels of job performance, organizational commitment, or both. You are asked to draw on concepts from the course to explain exactly why this coworker is so ineffective, and how you and his/her supervisors might react, given that knowledge.
Your paper can focus on either a current coworker or a past coworker. The coworker should be a real person, as opposed to an amalgam of multiple individuals. 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:BackgroundIntroduce the coworker and describe the coworkers levels of important attitudes (ex: low on organizational commitment and perhaps low job satisfaction) and behavior (task performance, citizenship behavior, counterproductive work behavior). Use specific terminology from the course, not laymens terms with unclear meaning like poor work ethic. Give enough detail that its 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. Feel free to omit or disguise any details that might be sensitive in nature.Explanations-Drawing on and using key terms from Chapters 4-7 and 9, provide an explanation of why, in your estimation, this employees performance and/or organizational commitment. If you say its because they are low on job satisfaction or low in motivation, delve into why using key terms from what youve learned so far in the course. When I say key terms, Im 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, youll need to strikea 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 employees attitudes and behaviors)Recommendations-Flowing out of the key terms 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. Then describe what you, personally, could do to make this coworker more effective.
