Organizational Behaviors Milestone 2

Milestone #2: Individual Behaviors

Instructions

By completing this Milestone, you will demonstrate your understanding of what drives individual behaviors and how you, as a leader, can influence an employee’s actions and attitude. Please be sure you have reviewed all of the content in this module before attempting the Milestone.

Your Milestone Assignment:

In Milestone #1, you reflected on the best and the worst colleagues you currently or have previously worked with. Knowing what you do now about drivers of individual behavior, respond to the following:

(Remember, you should draw upon real-world experiences and observations, but DO NOT identify the organization or the individuals by name or title in your assignment.)

Select one individual mechanism (motivation, stress, values, ethics, personality) and describe how that might explain the behavior of your best colleague.

Select one individual mechanism (motivation, stress, values, ethics, personality) and describe how that might explain the behavior of your worst colleague.

If you were in a leadership position and the people you referenced above were in your charge, how would you apply OB practices to support the best employee? The worst employee?

This assignment should be 400 – 600 words and submitted through Brightspace as a Word document.