Category: News Media

Please read these instructions carefully. Failure to follow the guidelines may result in missing required elements and a lower grade.

In this individual assignment, you will apply your knowledge of Unit 2 topics (see list below) to analyse a workplace scenario and identify strategies to address it.

There are several parts to this assignment :

Part 1: Workplace Scenario Analysis

Part 2: LinkedIn Learning Course Selection, Justification and Completion

Part 3: Learning Insights and Application

Part 4: Reflection on LinkedIn Course Selection

Part 5: Reflection on Process of Selection of Pre-class Readings

Part 1: Workplace Scenario Analysis (Guide: 400-450 words)

Analyse the workplace challenge you were assigned.

You must

• Identify the most important elements of the scenario:
• Explain what is happening in the scenario using concepts from Unit 2
• Identify what makes the situation challenging in a workplace context.

Explain the workplace consequences

Connect the challenge to real workplace outcomes, such as:

• Motivation
• Emotional
• Stress or anxiety
• Teamwork

You must clearly explain how and why these consequences occur.

Your explanation must go beyond definition and show how the concepts help explain what is happening in the scenario.

You MUST reference specific IBS361 course materials (pre-class readings and concepts).

Note: When referencing IBS361 pre class readings, you MUST include the session (LP) number next to each reference (e.g., LP3: Emotional Intelligence). Submissions that do not clearly indicate the LP number will lose marks under Professional Work Product.

Part 2: Course Selection and Rationale (Guide 200-250 words)

You will select and complete ONE LinkedIn Learning course from the options provided to help you better understand your assigned workplace challenge.

You must justify your choice of course by:

Your response should clearly demonstrate that you have selected the course strategically and that you understand how it connects to the themes covered in Unit 2.

Part 3: Learning Insights and Application (Guide 400- 450 words)

Using knowledge gained from your selected LinkedIn Learning course and relevant Unit 2 concepts:

1. Identify two key insights from the LinkedIn Learning course that are relevant to your workplace challenge.
2. Apply these insights to your scenario by:

Your response must demonstrate clear integration of LinkedIn Learning insights and Unit 2 concepts. You are expected to move beyond description and show how applying these ideas would meaningfully alter the dynamics or outcomes of the workplace scenario.

Focus on practical, actionable recommendations supported by specific course concepts.

Use only Unit 2 materials and your selected LinkedIn Learning course. Do not use external sources.

Part 4: Reflection on Course Selection (Guide 150-200 words)

You must reflect on your LinkedIn Learning course choice by evaluating:

• Whether the course helped deepen your understanding of the workplace challenge
• What aspects of the course were most useful
• Whether you would recommend this course to someone facing a similar workplace situation
• Whether, in hindsight, you would choose the same course or a different one, and why

Part 5: Process Reflection on Use of Pre Class Readings (Guide 200-250 words)

You must document the process you used to identify and apply IBS361 pre class readings in your assignment by explaining:

• How you identified the key issue in your assigned scenario
• Your process for selecting relevant LP readings (e.g., which LPs you reviewed and why.
• How you decided which specific concepts or readings were most relevant

Note: You should describe your search and evaluation process in sufficient detail so that another student could replicate your approach

Appendix Requirements

Your appendix must include:

1. Your LinkedIn Learning certificate of completion (with your name visible). To receive a certificate you must watch all the course videos and complete all course activities.
2. FOUR separate screenshots from the LinkedIn Learning course that you found insightful or surprising.

Each screenshot must:

Be clearly visible

Include a timestamp

Represent meaningful content from the course

Important Requirements

You MUST:

• Explicitly reference IBS361 course materials
• Provide clear analysis and explanations, not just definitions or descriptions
• Show how concepts explain behaviour, emotions, motivation, or group dynamics
• Provide the LinkedIn certificate and screenshots

Common Errors That Will Lower Your Grade

Avoid the following:

• Not referencing IBS361 course materials with relevant LP number
• Providing only descriptions without analysis
• Being too general or superficial
• Failing to explain impact on emotions, motivation, behaviour, or group dynamics
• Choosing a LinkedIn course that is not clearly relevant
• Failing to justify your course choice
• Missing appendix items
• Not reflecting on your course choice
• Using AI generated work that you cannot explain or defend
• Contract cheating or academic dishonesty
• Not following assignment instructions

Submission Guidelines

-** Written Analysis :** 1500 words +/- 10% ( excluding references and Appendix).

• Submit your written analysis on Forum in PDF format
• APA formatting for in-text citations and reference list.
• Tag LOs
• Extensions can be used for this assessment

Worth: 25% of overall grade

As business majors, your communication skills are crucial we want you to write well and expect that your work is clear, concise, and not only proofread but iterated with multiple drafts. To that end, review the for additional support with writing a solid paper. In upper-level classes, please focus on the LOs because they are the core components of the course. Building your paper around the LOs is much better than writing a paper and then shoving in LO footnotes. You have to tag LOs with a footnote to make it clear to you and the Professor where you are trying to highlight specific concepts.

LOs – tag the LOs being assessed and identify how you have applied the LO where you have tagged it.

#MotivationDrivers (x1)

#BehavAnalysis (x1)

#Mgtknowledge (x1)

#Professionalworkproduct (x1)

Unit 2 Topics:

Emotions at work

Workplace Behavior & Performance

What Motivates Employees to Work

Group Dynamics

Link to LinkedIn Learning Courses For Assignment 2 (please wait your instructors directions)

Important tips for setting up your LinkedIn Learning Account:

• DO NOT use your personal LinkedIn ID to sign into a course
• **YOU MUST **create a LinkedIn Learning account using your ZU ID
• ONLY choose a course from the group of courses accessed using the link in the assignment guidelines above
• Dr Sayed () is available to offer support after you have tried to do the above and still can not access the course or use the link provided in the assignment guidelines to access the set of courses for this assignment
• To receive a certificate of completion you need to watch (not skip through) all the videos in the course and complete all the activities
• Note you may be asked to discuss the course if there are any peculiarities in times on the course log, appearance of the certificate or certificate details

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