Subject: Contemporary Organizational Behaviour

Research Project

Project Description:
The following outcomes are among those indicated for this course:
to evaluate the study of organizational behaviour, and assess the various theoretical and analytical frameworks that are employed;
to analyze emerging issues in theory and application of organizational behaviour, with particular emphasis on human rights, managing diversity and global cross-cultural issues;
to evaluate alternative frameworks for planning organizing and implementing organizational change and development.
These outcomes all suggest it is important to look at the research being conducted on issues in contemporary organizational behaviour, in order to be aware of emerging issues facing Canadian organizations.

Topic Choice:
(From the list of topics listed on the course outline, and elaborated on in the Table of Contents of your textbook, choose a topical area that is of particular interest to you. Then, pick an aspect FROM WITHIN the chosen topic – try to be as specific as you can. [for ex: Motivation – Nature and Role of Various Forms of Compensation; – not just MOTIVATION ]. DO NOT limit yourself to only those exact and specific aspects of a topic specified in the Table of Contents; also you should not merely review what is already discussed in the textbook.)
We have chosen the topic “Diversity in the workplace: It`s importance, impact and effective management“ from our OB textbook. Please choose journal articles and write paper accordingly.

For your topic, you will need to do a literature search. A literature search will produce a list of recent source material [Academically Valid Peer-Reviewed] on the topic. Please confine your search to material published after 2005. [NB: textbooks are not proper resources for this assignment.]

Project Requirements:
The written submission / report of your project will include the following [all should be presented professionally]:

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