ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR AND LEADERSHIP (MGT544)

GUIDELINE FOR INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT 1

INFOGRAPHIC ON POSITIVE ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR (20%)

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Student is required to choose ONE company that promotes positive organizational

behavior such as KFC, Maybank, CELCOM etc. (it is advisable for the student to
understand first what is positive organizational behavior)
2. Student should identify and briefly describe two (2) challenges/issues/problems faced by
the company.
3. Student should develop an infographic to describe the positive organizational behavior
(at least 2) practiced by the company to settle/faced with the challenges/issues/problems.
4. The infographic should be presented/developed using A3 paper size (may use google
infographic template to save your time)
5. The information can be obtained through any sources (interview through telephone or any
social media, newspaper, internet, YouTube, books, observation etc.)

Follow these guidelines to help you to prepare an infographic of Positive organizational

behavior
CONTENTS OF THE ASSIGNMENT
1.0 INTRODUCTION/ BACKGROUND OF THE COMPANY (company’s name)
 such as business information (company’s name, location, product, history,
ownership/management team, achievement, no. of employees etc.).
2.0 THE CHALLENGES FACED BY THE COMPANY (company’s name) (TO UPKEEP THE
BUSINESS
 List and briefly describe 2 challenges/issues/problems faced by the company

3.0 THE POSITIVE ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR PRACTICED BY THE COMPANY

(company’s name)
 Provide positive organizational behavior used by the company to solve the
challenges/issues/problems mentioned above (at 2.0)
4.0 CONCLUSION
 Summarized the main/important points of your writing for e.g. important of Positive
OB and how the company apply it.
 Your view/opinion towards Positive OB maybe in terms of its impact to the
organization/company that had been chosen.
REFERENCES
Marks will be given based on content and design creativity
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 FORMAT OF THE ASSIGNMENT

Title Page (cover page) should include:

Name of the course (MGT 544):

Title of the assignment - INFOGRAPHIC ON POSITIVE ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR OF
………… (name of the company)
Name:
No. UiTM:
Program/group: (eg. BA 243 4C):

Date of submission: 25 April- 1 May 2022

Failure to follow the format will jeopardize the student’s grade for this subject.

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ASSESSMENT of INFOGRAPHIC ON POSITIVE ORGANIZATIONAL

BEHAVIOUR
OCT 20 – FEB 21

CRITERIA MARKS
ALLOCATED TO GAIN MAXIMUM MARK

Content 40% The contents should be highly relevant and interesting

Data 20% Great use of visual materials to support information in

Visualization infographic. Visual materials add to the content
of the infographic

Appearance 20% The infographic is very appealing in terms of design,

layout, and neatness

Language 10% Sentences were well written and expressed

Reference 10% List at least three or more citations to the source in a

correct APA style

Positive Organizational Behavior (POB)

POB is defined by Luthans (2002) as “The study and application of positively-oriented human
resource strengths and psychological capacities that can be measured, developed, and
effectively managed for performance improvement in today’s workplace”.
Luthans and Youssef (2007), define Self-efficacy, Hope, Optimism, and Resiliency as four key
psychological resource capacities that best meet the inclusion criteria for POB, which enhances
managing effectiveness and organizational performance.
Self-efficacy, defined by Bandura as the belief that one has the capabilities to “execute the
courses of actions required to manage prospective situations,” represents the best fit with all the
criteria of POB among all the four capacities. Self-efficacy belief appears to determine how
much effort people will spend on a task and how long they will persist with it.
 

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Hope is defined by Snyder, Irving, and Anderson as “a positive
motivational state that is based on an interactively derived sense of
successful (1) agency (goal-directed energy) and (2) pathways
(planning to meet goals).” With the hope to achieve certain goals,
employees have the sense of agency or internalized control that
creates the determination and motivation (willpower) to accomplish
their goals. They would also be able to create and use alternative
pathways and contingency plans to achieve their goals and overcome obstacles (waypower).

Optimism is defined by positive psychologists as a cognitive

characteristic in terms of an expectancy of positive outcome and/or a
positive causal attribution. However, Christopher Peterson, the Science Director of the VIA
Institute on Character, has once noted that managers should keep in mind that “Optimism is not
simply cold cognition, and if we forget the emotional flavor that pervades optimism, we can
make little sense of the fact that optimism is both motivated and motivating.”

Resiliency is defined by Luthans (2002) as “the capacity to rebound

or bounce back from adversity, conflict, failure, or even positive
events, progress, and increased responsibility.” Unlike traditional conceptualizations of
resiliency as an extraordinary capacity that can only be observed and admired in highly unique
individuals, the positive psychology perspective in management on resilience is that it is a
learnable capacity that can be developed in the most ordinary of people and measured as state
like. Luthans and Youssef proposed that resiliency in workplace embraces a proactive dimension
that promotes discrepancy creation even in the absence of external threats.

Positive Organizational Behaviour and Better Work Performance – Positive Psychology News