This assignment assesses your progress in mastering the following course competencies:
Evaluate organizational behavior management and its relationship to the science of behavior analysis.
Synthesize research in the field of organizational behavior management.
Communicate in a professional manner consistent with the field of behavior analysis.
Both I/O psychology and OBM address workplace performance. In this assignment, you will demonstrate your comprehension of OBM by comparing and contrasting it with I/O psychology.
Instructions
Review the literature related to I/O psychology and OBM.
Identify and describe basic themes common to both disciplines.
Analyze the theoretical underpinnings of each approach by:
Describing the theory behind each approach.
Comparing and contrasting the theories with one another.
Considering the relationship to basic behavior analytic concepts.
Locate four recent evidence-based studies in the literature that share common themes, two demonstrating OBM approaches and two demonstrating I/O psychology approaches.
Consider the research questions, design, methods, and results of the studies, and analyze how they are consistent with the approach taken.
Assess if the approach taken by each study was the best approach. Explain your response.
State if I/O psychology and OBM are best seen as distinct fields or if one is more clearly a subset of the other, based on your analysis. Synthesize your analysis to justify your conclusions.
Your assignment should meet the following requirements:
Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
APA format: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA style and formatting guidelines.
References: At least six scholarly resources, four of which should be peer-reviewed journal articles. One reference may be a scholarly text.
Length of paper: 6–8 typed, double-spaced pages, in addition to a title page and a references page.
Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.