- Search recent news stories about a U.S. organization (within the past year) and investigate that story in
relation to one of the topic we have covered from the "O" side of I/O psychology, notably, the Organizational
Side. This includes topics such as:
Diversity
Leadership
Organizational Culture (Attitudes/ affect), engagement
Teamwork
Connect the information from the article(s) to the theories and/ or applied concerns that we learned about for
organizations and employees. Compose an analysis of the event or story about the organization.
Questions to Consider for your Analysis
What was the primary problem faced by the organization?
How did the organization handle it?
What would you recommend to this organization or leader to change about their organization, if anything? and
why?
How will the behavior of the leaders of the organization impact the employees? clients/ customers? product?
What did the leader or organization do well that you might recommend to other companies? why?
Substantiate your recommendations from your readings and the I/O literature.
Sample Solution