Pairing up with one classmate or completing separately, you will have the chance to film a mini-TED talk about a new idea in organizational behavior. The video should include (1) a story or example, (2) a finding from organizational behavior or psychology research that this course does not cover, and (3) a call to action highlighting the practicalimplication of your idea. Please also submit a works cited list for the research that informed your talk.
You can search for relevant studies in Google Scholar, PsycInfo, EBSCO, or ask me. The best sources:
Top organizational behavior journals: Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Administrative Science Quarterly, Journal of Applied Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Organization Science, Personnel Psychology
Leading psychology journals: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Psychological Science,Psychological Bulletin, Psychological Review
The talk should focus on a surprising or counterintuitive insight about behavior at work—advocate for an idea that goes against the grain of conventional wisdom, question a fad, or tell us something we would not have expected. You are welcome to challenge principles that we have covered in class, provided that you can back up your argument with evidence. It is up to you whether both members of the pair appear in the video or one person is on camera. Thevideo must be 4-5 minutes in total. The talk will be evaluated on the rigor of the evidence, the interestingness of the idea, the relevance of the story, the practicality of the recommendation, and how engaging the overall delivery is (which is about the emotion you evoke, not the technical skills you bring to video production). Be bold: I applaudoriginality in content and delivery. You will post your recorded TED Talk to the discussion board. After you post your TED Talk, watch and reply to at least two other and/or the instructor with insightful comments and/or questions.