FME-Organizational Behavior Stream Paper Assignment pdf

FME-Organizational Behavior Stream Paper Assignment pdf

FME-Organizational Behavior Stream Paper Assignment:
Interpersonal Relationships and Action Analysis Paper
Purpose:
In the organizational behavior stream within FME we have learned a variety of frameworks to
help us understand human behavior in organizations. We hope that you have learned to use
this understanding to engage as an entrepreneurial leader as you work to influence individuals,
teams, and organizations and to solve organizational challenges in an ethical manner. We take
action and learn from it.
The purpose of this assignment is to provide you with an opportunity to: 1) analyze a situation
in FME where you faced an interpersonal challenge; and 2) extract lessons learned regarding
how you might effectively handle such challenges in the future.
Assignment Overview:
Write a short paper (4-5 pages) on a recent situation in which you faced a challenge working
with another person or group, analyze how you responded to that challenge, and extract
lessons about how you might handle similar challenges in the future. Examples of challenges
you might want to write about include: trying to influence another team member to do (or not
do) something, managing a conflict with another individual or group, dealing with cultural or
stylistic differences, giving or responding to a critical performance appraisal, handling a
leadership issue, getting support for a new idea or an approach to solving a problem, etc. The
challenge may involve one or more members of your business team, or it may involve external
parties such as customers, vendors, administrative staff, faculty, etc. The key is that the paper
must focus on YOU and a SPECIFIC interpersonal challenge YOU faced within your FME
business. In choosing a situation to analyze, we encourage you to write about a situation where
you really cared about the outcome. If you cannot pick a situation from FME, reach out to your
OB professor for more guidance.