For this assignment, you will reflect on an organizational problem that you experienced. I use the term organizational quite broadly; you can write about an experience at a summer job, on a sports team, a school work group, or any other situation in which you worked with other people for the purposes of completing a collective task.

Once you have selected a work or organizational challenge from your past, you should (a) describe and diagnose the situation using concepts from the course, (b) outline the factors that contributed to the situation, and (c) discuss how the concepts could have helped you and/or others deal with the situation more effectively. The paper should be at 2.5-3 pages, single-spaced in 12-point Times New Roman font with 1 margins around.

Note that you paper should NOT but in question & answer format but the following questions can help you organize your reflection:

(a) Why is this a challenge? Has it changed over time?

(b) What are the possible elements that are in tension in this challenge (human resource management issues, budgetary issues, contextual issues, conflict between situations and the organizational mission, communication issues, leadership issues, etc)? Who are the parties involved? When/where did this situation occur?

(c) How can OB concepts be applied and extended to solve the problem?