Appendices A&B Review

Week one assignment entails selecting a senior project topic that stem from a workplace issue that you are familiar with. Categorizing the most common workplace issues will depend on the type of business and overall office environment, but in general problem areas fall into four broad categories: communication, harassment and bullying, gossip, and overall morale.

The following is an outline to assist with selecting a topic process:

Begin by generating a series of possible topics that involves workplace issues. You should think realistically about the practical implications of your choice, in practically in terms of the time requirement to complete the research.

Do you know enough about the topic to conduct a research project?

Will you have access to the topic population or data sources.

Do your topic fall within the broad field of organization management?

Let us take a closer look at what is involved in conducting a problem analysis. Remember, you are not looking for solutions yet; but are interested in zeroing in on the problem area so that a clearer and more accurate picture may emerge.

Week one assignment entails selecting a senior project topic that stem from a workplace issue that you are familiar with. Categorizing the most common workplace issues will depend on the type of business and overall office environment, but in general problem areas fall into four broad categories: communication, harassment and bullying, gossip, and overall morale.

The following is an outline to assist with selecting a topic process:

Begin by generating a series of possible topics that involves workplace issues. You should think realistically about the practical implications of your choice, in practically in terms of the time requirement to complete the research.

Do you know enough about the topic to conduct a research project?

Will you have access to the topic population or data sources.

Do your topic fall within the broad field of organization management?

Let us take a closer look at what is involved in conducting a problem analysis. Remember, you are not looking for solutions yet; but are interested in zeroing in on the problem area so that a clearer and more accurate picture may emerge.

Appendix A: Problem Analysis Worksheet is designed to assist you with the selecting of a research project that meet the above criteria's. The proble analysis worksheet will assist you with recording of your thought process. You may wish to make copies of the form and complete one for each general topic being considered as a project. For example: The initial questions could be $--$

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