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This assignment is the first step for completing your personal case study. In Week 8 of this course, you will submit a 10 page case study that you will create yourself. This case study will be built around an organization with which you are familiar and will describe, analyze and resolve an organizational issue related to this organizational behavior class (see week 1 or the syllabus for more detailed information). Topics may include organizational structure, motivation, leadership, conflict, policies “ anything that could be made better through the application of your knowledge of organizational behavior. You will pick the issue, describe it and its impacts on the organization, research ways to improve or resolve the issue and then recommend a solution. You should have at least ten resources other than your textbook. 

This week’s assignment is the first step in the writing of that paper. Select an organization and a topic and submit a one page synopsis, stating what you are studying, what you intend to learn and what you are going to do with that knowledge. List your organization, the topic, and your rationale for the selection. Your paper should be written in APA format with a title page.