The Portfolio Project is designed to require you to expand your understanding of Things Fall Apart by combining knowledge and application of content with your own interpretation and judgment. For the Portfolio Project, you will write a research paper about Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, supplementing your own interpretation with information from three to five other sources. Your interpretation of this novel should reflect an international perspective. Information about planning your research paper and conducting your research can be found in the lecture material for Module 5. The portfolio project is due in Week 8.

Do research on Hawthorne studies (Organizational Behavior)

1.       1. What did employers learn from the Hawthorne studies?

2.       2. What about the film/activity/reading was most surprising to you or intrigued you the most?

3.       3. Why do you think you reacted this way?

4.       4. What did you learn that you did not know before?

5.       5 How would you apply what you have learned?

6.       6. How does the film/activity/reading remind you of a personal event or story?

7.       7. How does the film/activity/reading relate to concepts you learned in class or from the text?

8.       8.  What are two examples of how you would improve productivity based on what you learned from the video clips?

Must be at least 1 FULL page without repeating the questions

1.       What are Hofstede’s five dimensions of cultural differences that affect work attitudes? Using these dimensions, describe the United States.

2.       What are the primary sources of diversity in the U.S. workforce?

3.       What is the reality of the glass ceiling? What would it take to change this reality?

4.       What are the potential benefits and problems of diversity?

5.       What are some of the ethical challenges encountered in organizations?

6.       Describe the difference between distributive and procedural justice

Must be at least 1 FULL page without repeating the questions

Total of at least 2 Pages