FALL 2020

Course Title: Organization Theory and Design

Course Code: MGMT6473

Term Project

Fundamental Idea
The basic concept of the project is to enable students to have an extensive knowledge in a
particular domain of ‘organization theory and design’ literature. The students are required to
review and critically evaluate the literature on a selected topic. Students are allowed to complete
the project either individually or in a group of 2-3 students.
Objectives
The objective of this project is to give students an extensive understanding of literature in the
area of organization theory, management and design. Additionally the project aims to sharp
student’s academic writing skills, critical analysis, evaluation expertise and presentation skills.
Project

Each team/group of students is required to choose a topic from ‘Organization Theory,

Management and Design’ literature and write an extensive review of literature. Students are
required to read and critically evaluate the literature ( particularly the latest literature) and
present various prominent directions in the literature, the areas that are least addressed in the
literature and the possible future direction for conducting empirical studies in that domain.
The Team

Project will be submitted in two assignments and a final project report. Each assignment will be
graded and returned with required improvements which should be adjusted in the final report.
The students are always welcome to discuss the progress of the work with the course instructor,
as guidance would benefit them for a smooth flight.
The Project Presentation

All the members of the group will take part in the presentation and mutually consume a time
frame of 15- 20 minutes. Presentations, that will consume more time, will be penalized by
negative marking. At the end of the presentation the group will have to take questions from the
course instructor and the class. All presentations will be assessed on following criteria
 Content. (Idea & Execution)
 Clarity of Oral Presentation.
  Presence of team unity & cohesiveness.
 Depth and analysis.
Grading points will include 50% for presentation and 50% for the report. All the students
will get individual marks according to the level of understanding and grip over the project.

Format of the report

1- Abstract
2- Introduction
Provide brief idea of the topic and its background and major directions (themes) that were
found while reading the literature. ( Note: Introduction is mostly one paragraph
preparing the reader for what is going to be appear in the document).
3- Methods
It is the detail of literature search, methods and key words that were used for initial
search, criteria to include or exclude articles and total number of articles that are included
in the review.
4- Literature review
4.1- Major Direction in literature (theme 1)
4.2- Major Direction in literature (theme 2)
4.3- Major Direction in literature (theme 3)
Present your review under major themes that are generated in appendix. Your themes may
range from 4-7. Every theme should be meaningful addressing some major direction that was
found in literature such as the Definition of the concept, the impacts/outcomes of the concept, the
factors that contribute the concept etc. Include conceptual maps to increase the readability.
5- Conclusions
Conclusions must include major findings in literature where previous researchers have
majorly worked and the gaps where previous researchers put little attention. ( Note:
Conclusion can also present propositions/ hypothesis/ arguments based on the literature.
This is optional and not necessary to develop).
6- Future Directions
Based on the gaps identified, provide some directions in which future empirical research
should focus.
7- References
8- Appendix