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Graduate School (for distribution to the Library), the advisor, and the department. The

student retains one copy.

NOTE: It is the student's responsibility to eliminate all spelling, punctuation, and

grammatical errors. Inability to write correctly is a serious limitation. The student is

advised to use an editor as well as to re-read the document before each submission to

the Applied Research course instructor, thesis advisor, or committee members.

CHOOSING A TOPIC

Note that the topics and theories that are listed here are not exhaustive. Thus, they

should be considered strictly as advisory.

Topic/Theoretical Suggestions

Topic Focus Theory/Explanation Theorist

Assimilation Fred Jablin
Organizational
Socialization Uncertainty reduction Robin Lester

Groupthink Irving Janis

Group Effectiveness Faulty decisionmaking Hirokawa Randy
Group syntality Raymond Cattell

Theory X Douglas McGregor

Theory Y Douglas McGregor

Theory Z William Ouchi
Leadership/
Management Contingency Leadership Fred Fiedler

Bureaucracy Max Weber

Scientific Management Frederick Taylor

Four Leadership Systems Rensis Likert

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