Ethics and Organizational Culture Research Paper

Running head: OUTLINE 5


  1. Introduction

    1. Background information

      1. Ethics (Corporate and Organizational Issues)

      2. Organizational culture

    2. Aim of the Research

      1. Objectives and

      2. Goals

    3. Problem statement

      1. Emerging issues

      2. Emerging challenges

    4. Research Questions

      1. Scope

      2. Structure of the research

    5. Scope of the research

      1. Research design

      2. Data collection

      3. What to cover

  2. Literature review

    1. Relationship between organizational culture and leadership, employee satisfaction and organizational performance.

    2. Organizational culture and its impacts and influences on job satisfaction, employee performance and cultural integration in an organization.

    3. Impacts of Ethical values and issues in organizational culture and performance on leadership, employee motivation and corporate cultural change.

    4. Effectiveness of organizational performance based on the effects and impacts of culture and ethical considerations and challenges

    5. The impacts of organizational culture on innovation

  3. Findings

    1. Relationship between organizational culture and leadership, employee satisfaction and organizational performance.

    2. Organizational culture and its impacts and influences on job satisfaction, employee performance and cultural integration in an organization.

    3. Impacts of ethical values and issues in organizational culture and performance on leadership, employee motivation and corporate cultural change.

    4. Effectiveness of organizational performance based on the effects and impacts of culture and ethical considerations and challenges

  4. Recommendations

    1. Discussion of the findings and research questions

    2. Analysis of the findings on aim of the research

    3. Making observations on the aim of the research

    4. Future research

  5. Conclusion

    1. Summary of the research aims and research questions

    2. Summary of the findings

    3. Linking research aims and findings.

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