Part I - Strategic Points for a Dissertation

1. Topic Provides a broad research topic area/title: A Case Study of how different personalities work together to achieve an organizational goal.

2. Literature Review Lists primary points for four sections in the Literature Review:

a. Background of the problem/gap:

i. The link between teamwork and organizational success is established in existing literature since team members can develop effective, mutual relationships towards achieving common organizational goals (Tarricone & Luca, 2002).

ii. Existing studies also demonstrate that personality traits and goal commitment among organizational members affect their job satisfaction and achievement of organizational goals (Lau, 2012).

iii. Since organizational members have different personalities, the impact of personality traits on self-efficacy and locus of control remains relatively unknown. There is need to examine how different personalities work together to accomplish an organizational goal (Lau, 2012).

b. Theoretical foundations (models and theories to be foundation for study):

i. Bruce Tuckman Theory (Belsan, 2014).

ii. Belbins Theory of team roles (Belsan, 2014).

iii. Models of collaboration (Naughton, 2006).

c. Review of literature topics with key theme for each one:

i. Historical Events: Work groups and teams with a common goal have been the centerpiece of human social organizations since ancient times (Kozlowski & IIgen, 2006).

ii. National Trends: Organizations in at the national and state levels have numerous work groups and teams in their workforces to help achieve their desired goals.

iii. Global Trends: Organizations across the globe have been forced to restructure around work teams to enhance their flexibility and responsiveness because of the emerging global forces (Kozlowski & IIgen, 2006).

d. Synthesis/Summary:

i. Work groups and teams have become a critical success factor for modern organizations.

ii. Work groups and teams comprise of individuals with different personalities.

iii. Gap in terms of additional research required to examine how different personalities work together to achieve an organizational goal.

3. Problem Statement Describes the phenomenon to study (qualitative):

It remains unclear how different personalities work together to achieve an organizational goal despite the significant of work groups and teams to organizational success.

4. Sample and location Identifies sample, needed sample size, and location:

a. Location: The State of New Jersey of the United States of America.

b. Target Population: Business organizations with more than 30 employees.

c. Sample: A single business organization with more than 50 employees and has established work groups/teams in its workforce.

5. Research questions Provides research questions to collect data to answer the problem statement: R1: How do different personalities in an organizations work groups or teams work together to achieve an organizational goal?

6. Hypothesis/variables or Phenomena: Provides hypotheses with variables for each research question (quantitative) or describes the phenomenon to be better understood (qualitative):

Phenomenon: Understanding how different personalities work together to achieve an organizational goal in a business organization with more than 50 employees in the State of New Jersey.

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