You need to choose two organizations. First, choose an organization that shows positive examples of an OB-related phenomenon that you’re interested in. For example, if you are interested in the effective management of work-life balance, you need to identify an organization which has managed the issue effectively and positively. Or you may choose an organization without a phenomenon in mind and then identify its positive practices as you investigate the organization. (Please tell me very briefly why you picked them and explain your reasonings)

Next, your second organization has to be one that you think is failing to be a positive example of the phenomenon of interest. Here, your second organization may be a great, successful organization in general (or financially), but may just fail in dealing with that particular phenomenon of your interest. You need to choose the second two organization which has similar backgrounds to the first ones (e.g., both in the similar industry, with similar size, and/or with similar employee population), so that the comparison between the two organizations can be more straightforward. The two organizations can be public, private, or not-for-profit organizations (or part of one) to study. (Tell me briefly why you picked them)

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Positive organizational behaviour involves a company demonstrating proper work ethics, proper planning and the right behavior that contributes to its success (Luthans, & Youssef, 2017). One example of a company that exhibited positive organizational behavior was Google. Under their leadership of Sergey Brin, it was about to fall but came up with a positive OB plan that helped in reviving themselves. The co-founder planned to form a mother company which they named alphabet. Under alphabet there came the distinct companies like Google and page. This helped, and each company…

 

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