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4/23/2012

Assessment Task 2
Due date: Week 10
9 May 2012
Wednesday before 5 pm

MGW2230
ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR

Assignment 2 Newsletter
Dr. K. L. Loh

TEAM NEWSLETTER
(Value: 20 %)

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Form a group of three by week five
Put together an informative company newsletter on particular OB topics that are relevant to current workplaces.
3. The newsletter is aimed at informing staff of its relevance to the workplace
4. Word limit: 3,000 – 3,500 words (excludes the reference list). Do not exceed this limit.

Your boss has assembled your team and has called upon your expertise as organisational behaviourists to put together an informative company newsletter on particular OB topics relevant to a contemporary workplace.
The newsletter is aimed at informing staff, who may have any knowledge of organisational behaviour, of topics that are relevant to current workplaces.

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Your newsletter can include information of any three of the following topics:
Emotions and how they affect decisionmaking
The impact of stress on productivity and individual wellbeing
How attitude affects our behaviour and our output in the workplace
How attitude affects our ability to build positive working relationships with colleagues
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Your newsletter can include information of any three of the following topics(cont’d.):
The role of money in motivation
The role of job-design in motivation
How to develop effective self-directed work teams How to resolve team conflict and improve team performance
The role of leadership for organisational success 6

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Assessment Task 2
Team Newsletter
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Assessment Task 2
Team Newsletter
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Your newsletter can include

References: Lee, T.W. (2001). How to keep your best employees: developing an effective retention