Week 1: How to design jobs to enhance satisfaction and motivation: Job Characteristics ModelEach module’s Discussion Forum in this class has two topics – one for the first week and another for the second. In the Module 1 Discussion Forum be sure to post your responses using the background material, including the reading and video on the Job Characteristics Model. Here is a shorter synopsis of that material: Louis, D.J. (2016) Notes on the Job Characteristics Model.In week one, consider a job you have held that you did NOT find motivating. What job characteristics were missing? Look at another student’s post and suggest some ways that a manager could redesign that job to enhance one or more job characteristics and increase the motivating properties of that job. When someone has posted to your original job characteristics, go back and comment on whether or not the suggested changes would have made you feel more motivated. Why or why not? (Besides the source listed above, bring in and cite at least one other source of information for your initial post.)Remember, after you submit your answer to the Discussion this week, you also need to respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts. (In total for this module’s two-part Discussion Forum you should have contributed to at least two Discussion Question posts and four response posts to your classmates.) You MUST participate in BOTH Week 1 and Week 2 Discussions to get credit for this module’s Discussion Forum. Posting early each week will allow for more opportunities for leading the discussions, making substantial contributions, and engaging in meaningful and mutual discussions with others.Week 2: How to design jobs to enhance satisfaction and motivation: Job Characteristics ModelRead the following: Herzberg’s Motivation-Hygiene Theory.http://www.netmba.com/mgmt/ob/motivation/herzberg/ Herzberg’s Theory suggests that pay and benefits are not motivators, because they do not satisfy the worker (who doesn’t want more pay or vacation time?). However, they can cause dissatisfaction if not sufficient. Critically compare and contrast his theory to the Job Characteristics Model. For example: What factors leading to satisfaction (motivators) can be aligned with Job Characteristics or Critical Psychological States? Do you think any of Herzberg’s dis-satisfiers (hygiene factors) align with Job Characteristics or Critical Psychological States? Does this mean one or both of these theories is wrong?(Besides the source listed above, bring in and cite at least one other source of information for your initial post.) Remember, after you submit your answer to the Discussion this week, you also need to respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts. (In total for this module’s two-part Discussion Forum you should have contributed to at least two Discussion Question posts and four response posts to your classmates.) You MUST participate in BOTH Week 1 and Week 2 Discussions to get credit for this module’s Discussion Forum. Posting early each week will allow for more opportunities for leading the discussions, making substantial contributions, and engaging in meaningful and mutual discussions with others.

Lizards in an Evolutionary TreeBefore you do anything else...download and print the answer sheet to the lab here:DOWNLOAD LIZARD LAB ANSWER SHEETNext, find your way to the HHMI Virtual Lab on Anolis lizard Evolutionhttp://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/lizard-evolution-virtual-lab .Follow these instructions!1) Enter the “Virtual Lab”2) Watch the short introduction video to familiarize yourself with a few Anolislizards.3) Click the “Ecomorph” Module on the top left and follow the instructions. Note, the “add label” button is on the top right, so don’t cover it with lizards otherwise you can’t add additional labels!4) Measure your lizards carefully following the provided instructions. Graph your data and answer the questions at the end of the module.5) Begin Module 2: Phylogeny by watching the short video6) DO NOT OPEN THE MABL WEBSITE TO PERFORM YOUR SEARCH, JUST HIT CONTINUE!7) Answer the questions to test your understanding of trees8) Add colors corresponding to the ecomorphs from part 1 to the branches by dragging and dropping the colored squares onto the appropriate branches. The correct ecomorph is in the parentheses after the species name on the tree (e.g., Anolis cristatellus (TG) = Trunk Ground).9) Repeat step 8, but use the Islands the lizards are from, rather than Ecomorph.10) Answer the questions on the Lizard-lab worksheet (due in lab, week 3)11) Go here to explore more about Anolis biology: http://www.anoleannals.org/

Part One:MOV - Measurable Organisational Value (This is the goal of the project and is utilised to define the value that your team project will bring to your client)• Identify the desired area of impact - Rank the following areas in terms of importance: Strategy / Customer / Financial / Operational / Social• With reference to your project, identify one or two of the following types of value:Better - is improving quality important to your client?Faster - does your client want to increase efficiency?Cheaper - is cutting costs important?Do more - does your client want to continue its growth?• Develop an appropriate metric - this sets the target and expectation of all the stakeholders. It is important to determine a quantitative target that needs to be expressed as a metric in terms of an increase or decrease of money.• Determine the timeframe for achieving the MOV - ask yourselves, when do we want to achieve this target metric?• SUMMARISE THE MOV IN A CLEAR CONCISE STATEMENT OR TABLE(Note: the MOV should inform everyone what the project will achieve, not how it will be achieved. It should also focus on the organisation, not on the technology that will be used to build or support the information system; The MOV illustrates the student’s detailed consideration of the target and a thorough analysis of the expectations of all stakeholders.The format is logical, clear and well-structured.).Part Two:Define Scope and produce a Scope Management Plan (SMP). Define the scope of the project and detail how the scope will be managed.Provide a list of ResourcesIdentify and detail the resources for the project using MS Project where appropriate, including:People (and their roles), plus any extra personnel that is required for the project.Technology - any hardware, network and software needs to support the team and your client.Facilities - where will most of the teamwork be situated?Other - for example, travel, training etc.Part Three: Using MS Project, develop a schedule using a high level Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). It should include:Milestones for each phase and deliverableThis will tell everyone associated with the project that the phase or deliverable was completed satisfactorily.Activities / TasksDefine a set of activities / tasks that must be completed to produce each deliverable.Resource AssignmentsAssign people and resources to each individual activities.Estimates for Each Activity / TaskDevelop a time estimate for each task or activity to be completed.Part Four: Project Risk Analysis and PlanDocument any assumptions you have made about the projectUsing the Risk Identification Framework as a basis, identify five risks to the project – one for each of the five phases of the methodology.Analyse these risks, assign a risk to an appropriate member, and describe a strategy for the management of each specific risk.Note: All steps in project risk analysis and alternate strategies are comprehensively discussed and presented in the context of the project, with evidence of thorough consideration of the framework to validate the alternatives.Part Five: Quality Management Plan. It should include:A short statement that reflects your team’s philosophy or objective for ensuring that you deliver a quality system to your client.Develop and describe the following that your project team could implement to ensure quality;A set of verification activitiesA set of validation activitiesNote: All required project steps are correctly identified and appropriately contextualised for the selected project. Part Six:Closure and EvaluationDevelop a closure checklist that the project team will use to ensure that the project has been closed properly. (The closure checklist is detailed, and has been used accurately to close the project. The evaluation has been professionally documented.)Develop a project evaluation – outline and discuss how your project’s MOV will be evaluated. * Referencing of sources (APA 6th ed citation) to reinforce findings.