Over the term, we have learned about the various skills that managers need to be successful including communication skills, how to approach diversity and culture, conflict, negotiation, and leadership skills.

For this week’s assignment, you will design your own management plan bringing forward management concepts learned during this course.  We have covered each of these topics within the discussions and assignments this term.  Look back at your work and consider the management concepts and best practices you have researched and identified.

In your five to seven-page  using APA format, (always start with an introduction to the topics and end with a summary/conclusion) include the following in your management plan:

• Identify and assess challenges focused on organizational behavior that managers are facing in today’s work environment
• Examine concepts used by managers to motivate employees
• Analyze how managers can influence organizational culture by identifying 3-5 management strategies/best practices

In your five to seven-page paper (not including the title page or reference listing) you are required to have a minimum of five relevant sources from the UMGC Online Library for support (other than the textbook). Relevant sources can include scholarly sources such as articles from the Journal of Management, and Harvard Business Review; trade sources such as TD.org SHRM.org, and government sources such as BLS.gov.  If you have a question on relevant sources, please ask your instructor. Keep in mind that whenever you use an idea from an outside source you must include a properly formatted APA Version 7 citation. You also need to have a properly formatted reference listing on the last page of the paper (reference listings go on their own page.)