INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN THE WORKPLACE

MGT302 Module 1 – SLP-

For the Session Long Project, apply the concepts from the background materials to your own personal workplace experiences. Instead of writing a paper for the SLP assignments in this course, you will create journal entries. Journaling involves writing down thoughts and sometimes emotions clearly and specifically. For an individual to benefit from journaling, experts sometimes recommend writing for up to 20 minutes per day. Our SLP assignments will not ask quite that much, but who knows? By the end of the course you may have picked up a journaling habit. 

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You can read about Journaling in your textbook (page 20) here:

Organizational behavior. (2017). Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing Edition. Retrieved from http://open.lib.umn.edu/organizationalbehavior/. CC BY-NC-SA License.

Hint: You can download the textbook as a PDF file so you are not dependent on access to the link.

If you are interested, then you can also read about the relationship between journaling and stress management here:

Scott, E. (2018, April). The benefits of journaling for stress management. Very Well Mind. Retrieved from https://www.verywellmind.com/the-benefits-of-journaling-for-stress-management-3144611

For this first SLP, review the background material, especially about person–job fit, personality, and attitudes. Then as you go about your work day, try to observe how these issues manifest or show themselves in your place of work. For example, you might notice that there is an excellent person–job fit for one of your coworkers and from what you have learned in the background material you now understand why. Or you might notice how a particular coworker’s personality showed itself in the way he or she reacted to something. Be creative in trying to notice what is happening around you at your workplace.

Over the course of the module (2 weeks) make a journal entry of a least a paragraph or two (the length should be up to a half-page) on 5 separate days.

Note: A good paragraph contains a topic sentence, supporting sentence(s), and a concluding sentence. If you want to read about what writing a paragraph involves, refer to the following reading:

Writing explained. (n.d.). What is a paragraph? Definition, examples of paragraphs. Retrieved from https://writingexplained.org/grammar-dictionary/paragraph

Your 5 half-page separate journal entries should accumulate to 2 or 3 pages by the end of the module.

Before you submit your journal entries, review what you have written and add in-text citations from the background material as appropriate. Also include a reference page at the end of your paper that gives the references that correspond to the in-text citations you used. For completeness, don’t forget to add a title page. (Tip: You should always include at least one high-quality peer-reviewed reference about a concept in the assignment. For example, one concept in this assignment is person–job fit while another is employee attitudes.) Peer-reviewed journal articles are found in the Trident Online Library. They are rarely found by Googling a topic.

Note: A URL (website address) is NOT a reference. A reference always contains four parts: author, publication date, article title, and the source of the article. Sometimes there is no author, but the APA manual tells you what you can put in that spot instead. The source for a high-quality peer-reviewed journal article is the journal!

Upload your assignment to the SLP 1 Dropbox. Be sure to review your TurnItIn Originality report. If the score is over 20%, you may not be writing in your own words and you will need to contact your professor and arrange to revise and resubmit your assignment.

SLP Assignment Expectations

The SLP papers in this course will be evaluated using the criteria as stated in the SLP rubric. The following is a review of the rubric criteria:

  • Assignment-Driven Criteria: Does the paper cover all key elements of the assignment in a substantive way?
  • Critical Thinking: Does the paper demonstrate a college-level of analysis in conceptualizing the problem? Are viewpoints and assumptions critically evaluated and synthesized in the formulation of a logical set of conclusions? Does the paper demonstrate that the student has read, understood, and can apply the background materials for the module?
  • Scholarly Writing/Oral Communication: Does the student demonstrate college-level skill in scholarly written/oral communication to an appropriately specialized audience?
  • Assignment Organization and Quality of References: Does the student demonstrate understanding of a consistent (e.g., APA) style of referencing by inclusion of proper citations (for paraphrased text and direct quotations) as appropriate? Are appropriate sources from the background material included? Have all sources cited in the paper been included on the References page?
  • Timeliness: Has the assignment been submitted to the Dropbox on or before the module’s due date?