SHEILA- UP TO 12/3/23 ***** PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT ALL WORK IS AUTHENTIC***** ****** THIS ASSIGNMENT HAS 4 PARTS / PLEASE LABEL EACH PART SEPARATELY WITH REFERENCES WHEN COMPLETED****** PART 1- D

SHEILA- UP TO 12/3/23

***** PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT ALL WORK IS AUTHENTIC*****

****** THIS ASSIGNMENT HAS 4 PARTS / PLEASE LABEL EACH PART SEPARATELY WITH REFERENCES WHEN COMPLETED******

PART 1- DISCUSSION Module 3 - (SHEILA)- Strategies to a Comprehensive OD Intervention

What are some of the strategies that are integral to a comprehensive OD intervention? If you have been part of such an intervention either as a leader or participant/employee, describe your experience and support it with personal examples. If you have never experienced such an intervention but were asked to participate and lead such an activity, what are the main strategies you would employ and why?

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: Your initial post should be at least 200 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources.

PART 2- ASSIGNMENT Module 3- (SHEILA)- Researching the Annotated Bibliography

In ORG 499A, you identified a topic, problem, concern, or “something” at your work or community that needed a solution, improvement, clarification, remediation, or more research (IMPROVING COMMUNITY RELATIONS). You also stated the reason why you chose to undertake this research problem, suggested what might have led to the problem, and briefly explained why the perceived problem needed an answer or resolution.

In ORG 499B, you are expected to provide evidence that supports the existence of the problem identified earlier. This evidence will be provided in Assignment #3 and Assignment #4.

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:

For Assignment #3, you will use the St. Thomas University E-library to find 8 research articles on your research problem/topic.  Next, you will use a Template for Researching an Annotated Bibliography to create and submit a list of the 8 research studies selected.  REMEMBER, those research sources MUST be directly related to your research problem and cannot be sourced from GOOGLE! They must come from peer-reviewed research using STU E-library databases. In the end, you will submit 8 individual completed Templates.

BOOK: (If you have access online)

French, Wendell L. and Cecil H. Bell, Jr. Organization Development: Behavioral Science Interventions for Organization Improvement (6th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1999. ISBN 0-13-242231-X

PART 3- DISCUSSION Module 4 - (SHEILA)- Client-Consultant Relationship 

What are some of the issues regarding the client-consultant relationship that must be addressed and managed in a successful ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT effort? If you have been on either side of such relationship, describe your experience.

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: Your initial post should be at least 200 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources.

PART 4- MODULE 4 ASSIGNMENT (SHEILA)- Developing an Annotated Bibliography/Research Paper

In ORG 499A, you identified a topic, problem, concern, or “something” at your work or community that needed a solution, improvement, clarification, remediation, or more research (IMPROVING COMMUNITY RELATIONS). You also stated the reason why you chose to undertake this research problem, suggested what might have led to the problem, and briefly explained why the perceived problem needed an answer or resolution.

In Assignment #3 (ORG 499B), you used the Template for Researching an Annotated Bibliography and the St. Thomas University E-library to create a list of the 8 research studies on your research topic.  

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: You will select 5 of the most relevant research sources cited in Assignment #3 to write 5 complete Annotated Bibliographical statements on your research problem.  An Annotated Bibliography represents the foundation of any research paper and can be used in any course that includes writing a research paper.  In Assignment #4, it is not possible to include all the items in each research study cited in the Template in Assignment #3.  Only include those that are most important and relevant to your argument.

For purposes of this Assignment #4, the Annotated Bibliography should be written as follows:

1.     Include 5 citations—each citation should be written in appropriate APA Manual Style with complete sentences.

2.     Each citation should contain two paragraphs, no more than 300 words, and contain any information you choose to include from Assignment #2, to support your argument.

1.     Paragraph One should contain about 6 to 8 complete sentences.

2.     Paragraph Two should also contain 2 to 3 sentences that describe how the citation supports your research topic and strengthens your argument.  This support may be in the form of research data, research results, or specific claims that relate to your topic.

5.     The Bibliography should be organized in order of importance for your action research topic.

Your Bibliography citation should reflect some of the following topics below, not all!  Include only those that are most relevant and best strengthen your argument:

1.     Description of the research cited.

2.     Statement of the main argument (i.e., explain what the research is about).

3.     Summary of the main points presented in each study (may include at least one key quotation that highlights the summary).

4.     Summary of the results of each study.

5.     Statement of the Problem and the Purpose of the Research.

6.     Name of the author and or publisher.

7.     Evaluation of the usefulness of the study for your research problem.

8.     Note the highlight or “take-away’ of this research.