Overview
You will complete an individual assignment about the impact of Artificial Intelligence on companies, focusing on employee performance and motivation.
- Find a recent article or report
- Search for a current source (from the last 3–4 years) that discusses how AI is being implemented in companies and how it affects employees’ work, performance, or motivation.
- You may use academic articles, consulting reports, or high‑quality business press (for example: Harvard Business Review, McKinsey, Deloitte, etc.)
- Identify and report the source
- At the beginning of your assignment, clearly indicate: title of the article, author(s), year, publication, and a working link (URL) or full bibliographic reference.
- Summarize the article (objective part)
- In about 200–250 words, summarize what the article says.
- Use your own words. Do not copy and paste from the article.
- Write your critical reflection (subjective part)
- In 400–500 words, reflect critically on the article and connect it to what we discuss in class about motivation, performance, and organizational behaviour.
- At minimum, answer these questions:
- What potential benefits of AI for employees do you see?
- What risks or challenges do you identify?
- If you were a manager, what concrete actions would you take to implement AI in a way that protects and enhances employee motivation and performance?
- Structure and format
- Length: around 700–800 words in total (summary + reflection).
- Structure:
- Summary of the article.
- Critical reflection and your own opinion.
- Brief closing sentence with your main takeaway about AI and employees.
- Evaluation criteria
- Relevance and quality of the chosen article.
- Accuracy and clarity of your summary.
- Depth of your critical reflection (connection to theory, examples, balanced view of pros and cons).
- Coherence, structure, and quality of written English.