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    This document outlines the guidelines and requirements for a group project and presentation on organizational behavior for a course at Azman Hashim International Business School. Students will work in groups to write a review paper on a new topic in organizational behavior, presenting their findings to the class. The paper must be 8-10 pages following a specific structure of introduction, body, and conclusion sections. It must also meet formatting guidelines and be submitted on time to avoid penalties. Plagiarism is strictly prohibited and papers will be checked using Turnitin.

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    Azman Hashim International

    Business School

    GROUP PROJECT AND PRESENTATION


    SEMESTER I
    SESSION 2022/2023

    COURSE CODE : UBSS6013


    COURSE : ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR & DEVELOPMENT

    REPORT : GROUP ASSIGNMENT AND PRESENTATION

    TOPIC : NEW TRENDS IN ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR

    LECTURER : ASSO. PROF. DR. HARCHARANJIT SINGH

    SECTION: : 01

    : Soft Copy Submission 06/01/23


    DEADLINE : Hard Copy Submission 07/01/23

    MARKS : 20 MARKS

    Plagiarism

    (Excerpt from Item 27, UTM Graduate Studies Rules and Regulations)

    1) Plagiarism in academic includes producing thesis, dissertation, project report,


    article, coursework and research findings without acknowledging or referring to the
    original sources and claiming as one’s own work. It involves the submission of the
    whole or part of the work towards a degree.

    2) A Student who committed plagiarism will be penalized based upon decision


    made by the Faculty Academic Committee.

    3) Details of prohibition against plagiarism can be referred to UTM Student


    Regulations Book.
    Assignment Nature:

    Each group requires to do the following group assignment.

    For this assignment each group is expected to write a review paper (Theoretical or
    Practical) on a new and interesting organizational behavior (OB) topic and present their
    paper to the class. Completion of this assignment will build your skills in the following
    areas: critical reading, evaluation, analysis, synthesis, report organization, use and
    integration of sources, team work effectiveness, and communication skills. Developing
    these skills will demonstrate great progress toward achieving our course goals.

    The structure of the paper:

    Introduction: First, you will have a brief introduction to the topic you have
    reviewed: it is necessary to give the background information or state the
    issue/problem here. Simply introduce the purpose and scope of the paper,
    including the key issues the review will address.

    Body: Using relevant headings, the body should be composed of sections. These sections will
    take up each issue one at a time and discuss how the authors of the articles respond to that
    issue. Don’t forget to introduce and close each section with a sentence focused on the
    literature (topic sentence and concluding sentence). Length of body: about 4 to 5 pages or
    more (Length of each section will vary, but each typically contains several paragraphs).

    Conclusion: Summarize what the literature says about your topic (Approximate
    length: about ¼ page).

    References: State all the references to the project. All references must follow UTM
    referencing style.

    Upon submission of your review paper, I may ask for a copy of all articles you’ve cited. On
    the articles, highlight materials you paraphrased, quoted, or referred to in your paper.

    Presentation:
    Present your paper to the class (20 Minutes for presentation).

    Report Requirements:
    1. The paper must be 8 to 10 pages’ type written, 12 Times New Roman point-font, and
    1.5 spaced, with margins of at least one inch on all sides. Number pages consecutively
    throughout the paper. Put in suitable headings, table of content, figures and table
    numbered from 1 onwards. Report must be of current academic standards.
    2. Attach a properly prepared coversheet for your assignments. The coversheet must
    indicate a title for your paper, your name, matric number, semester, session, course
    code and title of the course, the lecturer’s name and the submission date.

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    3. You have to submit the Turnitin report with your paper. Any paper with elements of
    plagiarism will not be given any mark. Quotes from authors are allowed, but with
    acknowledgements to the authors. Similarity index should be less than 20%.
    4. You are required to submit the group project on time. Any reason for late
    submission will not be entertained.

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    Assignment Guidelines for the Review Paper

    What is a review paper?


    A review paper may be published as an independent report or as part of a larger report.
    The purpose of both is to provide information on current publications about a particular
    topic. A review paper is a report which describes the “literature” (that is, the important
    source material) on a particular topic. A review paper also helps you synthesize literature
    on your topic because in the process of writing a review paper, the writer learns to (1)
    identify various important issues/questions raised in the literature, and (2) sort and
    categorize experts’ views according to the issues/questions identified in the literature. A
    review paper is often written for another researcher who is interested in gaining a general
    understanding of the important literature on a particular topic. The primary purpose of the
    report is to provide an overview of what the experts are saying about a specific topic. Your
    report will update your target audience on the recent research in the field.

    How do we synthesize sources?


    Review papers synthesize large amounts of information and present it in a coherent, organized
    fashion. Synthesis comes from the Greek word suntithenai -- to put together, and occurs when
    two or more things are combined to create something new -- whether it is a new idea, a new
    fabric, a new sound, or a new piece of writing. Thus, for this assignment you will be combining
    material from several texts to create a new text – your review paper.
    Using a grid of common points among the articles is critical to helping you
    synthesize the material. This will ensure that your literature review is organized by
    subtopic, not by source. This means the various authors' names will appear and
    reappear throughout the literature review. Therefore, each paragraph of the
    literature review will mention several different authors.
    In drafting the review of the literature, some students make the mistake of structuring it like an
    annotated bibliography without the citations. They list the sources one after another but don’t
    make connections between them or show how the authors’ views compare or contrast.
    Those connections should weave the elements of the lit review together, but the
    connections can’t be made if the sources are simply listed. Creating and using the
    grid will almost guarantee that you won’t make this mistake! (A sample can be find
    at this link http://dsc.dixie.edu/jantzen/jantzen/grid.htm)

    How do teams gather information?


    Each team member should locate several authoritative, reliable, recently published
    articles from credible scholarly journals which address the team’s research topic.
    Again, do NOT research separate aspects of the topic individually. Consult your
    team members as you conduct your research to make sure your team searches
    several appropriate databases and selects at least 12 relevant articles.

    Some (but not all) of the scholarly journals are as follows:


     Academy of Management Journal
     Academy of Management Review
     Administrative Science Quarterly
     Human Relations

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     Journal of Applied Psychology
     Journal of Management
     Journal of Organizational Behavior
     Leadership Quarterly

    For more practical interpretations of OB research findings, you may want to read the:
     Academy of Management Executive
     Harvard Business Review
     Organizational Dynamics
     Sloan Management Review

    You have to decide what pieces of information from which articles to include in
    your literature review. To fulfill the purpose of the research project, you will
    probably be most interested in the causes and effects of the problem and the
    strategies the authors suggest, or which other organizations have used, to address
    the problem. Understand that each team member is responsible for reading ALL
    the team’s articles and integrating information into the section of the literature
    review from all relevant articles (not just the ones he or she found.)

    How do we decide which articles to use?


    Carefully evaluate the information presented in each of your articles by asking the
    same questions that a skeptical reader would ask:
    Is it accurate?
    Is it complete?
    Is it up-to-date?
    Is it unbiased?
    Once your team has gathered and read all the articles you plan to use, you need to
    read and re-read your articles. Identify and categorize the common themes, the
    key questions/issues addressed in your articles.

    How do we divide the work?


    Each team member should accept responsibility for drafting one or two sections of the
    review paper, depending on how many sections you need to create. The section may
    be one paragraph in length or it may be as long as a page or two, depending on the
    amount of material gathered related to the particular subtopic or issue.
    As you start drafting, keep in mind that you cannot merely list the sources and summarize their
    contents. You must illustrate how the sources agree; how the sources disagree; and how the
    sources overlap by providing ample connections to lead readers to see the relationships you
    see. You have to ensure that you are organizing your report by key points, not by source.

    As I write, how do I maintain the focus on the literature?


    You must remain objective and unbiased as you review the literature. Remember, your
    purpose is only to report on what has been written recently about your topic. You should not
    discuss the issues involved or take a position. The readers of the literature review do not wish
    to learn what you think; they want to learn what the authors think. Therefore, you must be
    careful not to go beyond describing the authors’ views. Don’t say which views are “right” or
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    “better”; instead, show how they are related. In addition, do not discuss whether specific
    strategies mentioned in the literature would work for your particular organization or company
    – that comes later!
    A good review paper sticks to its purpose by “addressing the literature.” Addressing the
    literature means that as you write you make it clear that subject of the paper is the literature.
    You should identify the topic of each section or paragraph with topic statements like The
    authors of recent literature on ____________ are most interested in . or While the literature
    suggests that employee turnover is not easily solved, several strategies are mentioned which .
    You must be careful to introduce and identify sources consistently.
    Establish your focus on the topic, beginning with the introduction, and maintain it through
    to the conclusion. Use transitional words and phrases, which show the connection
    between the sources; e.g., While Dunn (1997) found that employee turnover is reduced by
    increasing benefits, Reese (1998) contends salary is the key motivator to staying with a
    particular employer. And Recent studies (Black, 1996; Higgenbotham, 1995; Stockman,
    1997) indicate an increasing level of concern with employee turnover among businesses
    paying minimum-wage. For example, in a survey conducted. Using effective transitions will
    help you sustain the focus on the literature. End each section with a closing sentence
    that wraps up the section and/or serves as a transition to the next section.

    ***A sample of a review paper is attached to this assignment.

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