Amanda Torres-Sanchez, Gabriel Fatooh, Melody Garcia, Jacob Lilley, and Kyle Aure

NEO Project

This team is creating an organization that investigates near earth objects (NEOs) and formulates an organizational plan to neutralize the threat that NEOs pose to earth. NEOs are comets and asteroids which have orbits that come in proximity to earth. Our five team members are developing separate departments within the organization. In our hierarchical organizational structure, Amanda serves as the Chief Executive Officer, Jacob as the Chief Technology Officer in charge of logistics and strategy, Kyle as the Chief Financial Officer in charge of finances and technology, Gabe as the Chief People Officer in charge of communications and ethics, and Melody as the Chief Sustainability Officer in charge of crisis management. Our research leads us to use the kinetic impactor technique to neutralize NEO threats. To determine this as the appropriate technique, we consider factors such as deflection effectiveness, probability of success, risk of failure, logistical factors, time to execute, and total strategy costs. This team not only formulates a strategy to combat NEO’s, but more importantly develops an organization that sustains the strategy.

BUS 415 – Group and Organizational Behavior

Pete Diffenderfer

11:00am – 12:00pm L203 (Poster Contest)

Jamison Hanson & Jessica Woods

Herzberg’s Two-Factor Theory at the University Level

Herzberg’s Two-Factor theory demonstrates workplace success and satisfaction through analyzing motivational and hygiene factors. Our presentation will take this theory and transform it into a university context, showing the factors that differentiate a working university from a successful university. We will use Bushnell as an example and show where our university stands according to specific factors that determine without bias, student satisfaction or dissatisfaction.

BUS 415 – Group and Organizational Behavior

11:00am – 12:00pm L203 (Poster Contest)

Miriam Gutierrez

Remote Work

This presentation will dive deep into the issues, opportunities, and future of remote work. It will start by researching how the utilization of technology created the idea of working out of the office. Currently, there has been a major shift to remote work due to Covid-19. Industries like hospitality, retail, manufacturing, telecommunication, and medicine were impacted differently by the pandemic. Some industries have embraced remote work while others are pushing the workforce back into the office. The presentation will discuss the negative and positive effects of remote work on workers and the company. It will conclude by exploring the future implications and trends of remote work.

BUS 415 – Group and Organizational Behavior

Pete Diffenderfer

11:00am – 12:00pm L203 (Poster Contest)