Description: This assignment asks you to consider a current or past coworker who has low levels of

either job performance, organizational commitment, or both. You are asked to draw on concepts from

the course to explain exactly why this coworker is so ineffective, and how you and his/her supervisors

might react, given that knowledge.

Details: Your paper can focus on either a current coworker or a past coworker. The coworker should be

a real person, as opposed to an amalgam of multiple individuals. Moreover, some portions of this

assignment work better if the coworker is of a similar hierarchical level as you - as opposed to a boss or

a supervisor. When you post your answer on the discussion board, it must include the following

sections

BACKGROUND: Describe the coworker. Give enough detail that it's clear why you feel the way

you do about this person, with enough richness that the section "brings the person to life" for

the reader. Feel free to omit or disguise any details that might be sensitive in nature. [No more

than 2 paragraphs]

EXPLANATIONS: Drawing on key terms from Chapters 4 - 7 (and Chapter 9, if you want read it

ahead of time), provide an explanation of why, in your estimation, this employee has low levels

of job performance and organizational commitment. When I say "key terms", I'm referring to

words that are bolded in the chapters and that appear in the Key Terms sections at the end of

each chapter. You will need to strike a balance between breadth of coverage (i.e., the number of

key terms mentioned) and depth of coverage (i.e., how detailed your use of a given term is in

explaining the employees attitudes and behaviors). Consider describing between 4 - 6 key

terms. [No more than 4 paragraphs]

RECOMMENDATIONS:

Flowing out of the key terms discussed in the previous section, describe what the top

managers or leaders in the company could do, very specifically, to improve the

performance and/or commitment of your coworker.

Then, describe what you, personally, could do to make this coworker more effective.

Finally, answer the following questions: Is this employee a "problem that can not be

fixed" to some extent? If so, describe what the top managers or leaders in the company

could do to avoid similar problems in the future. [No more than 3 paragraphs]

Your first post should be available by Wednesday. Once several classmates post their responses, select

two posts that are of interest to you. Then, comment on your classmate's answers about any strong

points or flaws in his or her answers