Employee Motivation Strategy
[WLOs: 2, 3] [CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4]
This assignment has two parts: the “Week Five Branching Interactive” and a slide presentation. For both parts, you will assume the role of a manager who has been put in charge of a new team. You have worked for one month with the team. In that time, you have noticed that team members do not seem fully motivated and that the team overall does not seem to be working cohesively.

 | Prepare
Prior to beginning work on this assignment,
        •       Review Section 5.2 of Motivation in the Workplace (https://uagc.instructure.com/courses/128627/files/21169863/?wrap=1) Download Motivation in the Workplace
 (https://uagc.instructure.com/courses/128627/files/21169863//download?download_frd=1).
        •       Review Job Characteristics as a Determinant of Intrinsic Motivation: An Empirical Study of Generation Z Links to an external site.
 (https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/job-characteristics-as-determinant-intrinsic/docview/2541777221/se-2?accountid=32521).
        •       Review Job Characteristics Affect Shared Leadership: The Moderating Effect of Psychological Safety and Perceived Self-Efficacy Links to an external site.
 (https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/job-characteristics-affect-shared-leadership/docview/2074220844/se-2?accountid=32521).
        •       Review Motivating Job Characteristics and Happiness at Work: A Multilevel Perspective Links to an external site.
 (https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=shib&db=pdh&AN=2018-30352-001&site=eds-live&scope=site&custid=s8856897).
        •       Review Decent Work and Turnover Intention Among New Generation Employees: The Mediating Role of Job Satisfaction and the Moderating Role of Job Autonomy Links to an external site.
 (https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ashford.edu?url=https%3A%2F%2Fjournals.sagepub.com%2Fdoi%2Ffull%2F10.1177%2F21582440221094591).
        •       Review Job Characteristics and Millennial Employees’ Creative Performance: A Dual-Process Model Links to an external site.
 (https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/job-characteristics-millennial-employees-creative/docview/2572743955/se-2?accountid=32521).
        •       Review How to Keep Your Team Motivated Links to an external site.
 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9LSopkLbpw).
        •       Review the Week Five Branching Interactive Links to an external site.
 (https://content.bridgepointeducation.com/curriculum/file/54928cdd-18ef-4a72-8f14-829d2c706d89/1/MGT425_BRANCHING_SCENARIO_SCORM.zip/story.html).
Prior to creating your Employee Motivation Strategy presentation,
        •       Part 1: Complete the Week Five Branching Interactive to “meet” with each individual on your team. You will discuss each person’s experience, motivations, challenges, and goals.
        ◦       During the interactive, you will make choices about how you respond to each person. Each choice has a different outcome. It is your job to identify the choices that help you understand each person’s motivations. Through these conversations, you will also learn about some challenges the team has faced in working together.
        ◦       Take notes on what you learned to help you analyze the situations and build your presentation.
        •       Part 2: Create a presentation that discusses your analysis of the motivations of each person on your team and the team overall. You will include a multi-point strategy that you have formulated to address motivation and engagement issues on the team. Your strategy should be informed by motivation theories and practices that you learned about during the course.

 | Write
In your slide presentation,
        •       Select and describe all “core dimensions” that apply to each individual case (five cases in total).
        ◦       Use the “core job characteristics” from the Job Characteristics Model, Section 5.2 in the text. The five characteristics are skill variety, task identity, task significance, autonomy, and feedback.
        •       Develop a plan to motivate each team member.
        •       Describe a complementary leadership approach or style relating to your strategy for each individual case.
        •       In addition to designing slides, you must also include slide notes (also called Speaker Notes). For each slide, your Speaker Notes should contain a minimum of 100 words describing and expanding on the content.
        ◦       For help with your slide notes, review this guide: Add Speaker Notes to Your Slides Links to an external site.
 (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/add-speaker-notes-to-your-slides-26985155-35f5-45ba-812b-e1bd3c48928e).
The Employee Motivation Strategy final presentation
        •       must be 12 to 16 double-spaced slides in length (not including title and references slides) and formatted according to APA Style Links to an external site.
 (https://writingcenter.uagc.edu/apa-style)as outlined in the Writing Center’s How to Make a PowerPoint Presentation Links to an external site.
 (https://writingcenter.uagc.edu/how-make-powerpoint-presentation)resource.
        •       must include a separate title slide with the following in title case:
        ◦       title of presentation in bold font
        Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page.
        ◦       student’s name
        ◦       name of institution (The University of Arizona Global Campus)
        ◦       course name and number
        ◦       instructor’s name
        ◦       due date
        •       must utilize academic voice. Review the Academic Voice Links to an external site.
 (https://writingcenter.uagc.edu/academic-voice)resource for additional guidance.
        •       must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph.
        ◦       Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
        ◦       For assistance on writing Introductions & Conclusions Links to an external site.
 (https://writingcenter.uagc.edu/introductions-conclusions)and Writing a Thesis Statement Links to an external site.
 (https://writingcenter.uagc.edu/writing-a-thesis), refer to the Writing Center resources.
        •       must use at least five credible sources in addition to the course text.
        ◦       The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources Links to an external site.
 (https://content.bridgepointeducation.com/curriculum/file/e5359309-7d3c-4a21-a410-44d59303ccef/1/Scholarly%20Peer-Reviewed%20and%20Other%20Credible%20Sources.pdf)table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source.
        ◦       To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, review Quick and Easy Library Research Links to an external site.
 (https://ashford.mediaspace.kaltura.com/media/Ashford+University+Library+Quick+%27n%27+Dirty/0_bcsbcjee)
tutorial, which introduces the University of Arizona Global Campus Library and the research process, and provides some library search tips.

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must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s
APA: Citing Within Your Paper Links to an external site.
 (https://writingcenter.uagc.edu/apa-citing-within-your-paper)
guide.

        •       
must include a separate references slide that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center.

        ◦       
Review the
APA: Formatting Your References List Links to an external site.
 (https://writingcenter.uagc.edu/format-your-reference-list)
resource in the Writing Center for specifications.

Submission Instructions:
Submit your PowerPoint to Waypoint as a PDF document with the speaker notes visible. To do this, follow the instructions given in this infographic.

Submission Instructions

Submit your PowerPoint to Waypoint as a PDF document with the Speaker Notes visible. To do this, follow these instructions:

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Select
File

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Select the
Print
 option

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Change the Printer option to your PDF reader (e.g., Adobe PDF)

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Change the
Full Page Slides
 option to the
Notes Pages
 option. The preview of your presentation on the right should change to show your Speaker Notes

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Click on
Print

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Make sure you save it as a *.PDF file and submit it to Waypoint

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 Competencies Learned

This activity helps you develop the following leadership skills:

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Strategic thinking

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Employee motivation

Carefully review the
Grading Rubric
Links to an external site.
 (http://au.waypointoutcomes.com/assessment/36730/preview)
for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.