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وزارة التعليم
الجامعة السعودية اإللكترونية
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ministry of Education
Saudi Electronic University
College of Administrative and Financial Sciences
Critical Thinking Assignment 1
Course Name: Academic Writing and Student’s Name:
Research Skills
Course Code: RES-500
Student’s ID Number:
Semester: 1st
CRN:
Academic Year: 2024/2025, 1st Term
For Instructor’s Use only
Instructor’s Name:
Students’ Grade:
/ 15
Level of Marks: High/Middle/Low
Regulations:
✓ This assignment is an individual assignment.
✓ Support your submission with course material concepts, principles, and theories
from the textbook along with few scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles.
✓ Use Saudi Electronic University academic writing standards and APA style
guidelines, citing references as appropriate.
✓ Submit your findings in a 3–4-page document, excluding the title page,
abstract and required reference page, which are never a part of the minimum
content requirements, in the Assignment Dropbox.
✓ It is strongly encouraged that you submit all assignments to the Turnitin
Originality Check (available under Information folder on your Blackboard) prior
to submitting them to your instructor for grading. If you are unsure how to submit
an assignment to the Originality Check tool, review the Turnitin Originality Check
– Student Guide for step-by-step instructions.
An Overview about Assignment submission Time & grades:
Type of Assignment
Posting Date
Due date
Marks
Critical thinking
Week 2
End of Week 3
15
Grace period*
3
days
* Grace Period: with accepted excuse (accepted by instructor) with deduction of 10% for late submission
Module 2
Restricted – مقيد
Assignment-I: Topic selection & research questions (80 points)
A topic of research should be chosen. It can be either a research paper or a startup concept.
Once the topic is finalized, the research questions (based on which objectives of the study
will be formed) must be developed (not more than three). Each selection must be discussed
in detail with logic and rationale. Reasons for the topic should be discussed first followed
by discussion on selection of each of the research questions.
Answers
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Restricted – مقيد
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Restricted – مقيد
المملكة العربية السعودية
وزارة التعليم
الجامعة السعودية اإللكترونية
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ministry of Education
Saudi Electronic University
College of Administrative and Financial Sciences
Critical Thinking Assignment 1
Course Name: Academic Writing and Student’s Name: Fill it
Research Skills
Course Code: RES500
Student’s ID Number: Fill it
Term:
CRN: fill it
Academic Year:
Term:
For Instructor’s Use only
Instructor’s Name:
Students’ Grade:
/ 80
Level of Marks: High/Middle/Low
Regulations:
✓ This assignment is an individual assignment.
✓ Support your submission with course material concepts, principles, and theories
from the textbook along with few scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles.
✓ Use Saudi Electronic University academic writing standards and APA style
guidelines, citing references as appropriate.
✓ Submit your findings in a 3–4-page document, excluding the title page,
abstract and required reference page, which are never a part of the minimum
content requirements, in the Assignment Dropbox.
✓ It is strongly encouraged that you submit all assignments to the Turnitin
Originality Check (available under Information folder on your Blackboard) prior
to submitting them to your instructor for grading. If you are unsure how to submit
an assignment to the Originality Check tool, review the Turnitin Originality Check
– Student Guide for step-by-step instructions.
An Overview about Assignment submission Time & grades:
Type of Assignment
Posting Date
Due date
Marks
Critical thinking
Week 2
End of Week 3
80
Grace period*
3
days
* Grace Period: with accepted excuse (accepted by instructor) with deduction of 10% for late submission
Module 2
Assignment-I: Topic selection & research questions (80 points)
A topic of research should be chosen. It can be either a research paper or a startup concept.
Once the topic is finalized, the research questions (based on which objectives of the study
will be formed) must be developed (not more than three). Each selection must be discussed
in detail with logic and rationale. Reasons for the topic should be discussed first followed
by discussion on selection of each of the research questions.
Answers
Topic:
The Impact of Employee Motivation on Employee Performance in the Banking
Sector in Saudi Arabia
Creating a motivational working environment for the employee in any organization
is vital as it highly affects the performance of each employee and that of an organization
in general. A motivated employee will go the extra mile to offer excellent services. It
usually aims to empower and liberalize employees through enhancing their entrepreneurial
abilities to interact and work with others (Abusharbeh, & Nazzal, 2018. p. 142). Therefore,
motivated employees are highly needed in today’s workplaces. Although Saudi Arabia is
a developing nation, it is crucial to the economy for organizations to be well-governed and
provide maximum effort at the workplace. The top management and the human resource
management team need to have a clear understanding of employee’s expectations and
psychology to meet them.
However, in today’s competitive world, organizations in different sectors including
the banking sector are faced with never-ending challenges on the issue of employee
engagement, commitment, retention, recruitment, etc. Organizations are experiencing
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difficulties in recruiting the right employees whereas only a little percentage of employees
are highly engaged in different organizations. Creating a motivational environment within
an organization indicates that the management gives the staff the right mixture in terms of
resources, rewards, direction, etc. (Nurun Nabi, & Dip TM, 2017. p. 2). This will ensure
that employees are always inspired to achieve the set goals within an organization. The
human resource team needs to understand that employees are not only motivated by money
which has become a challenge for a number of institutions making it difficult to retain,
recruit, train employees, etc. This research is undertaken with the aim of finding out the
level of employee engagement within an institution in decision-making that can motivate
employees.
Research Questions
The aim of the study will be realized by answering the following research questions.
1. How do the Intrinsic and Extrinsic motivational factors impact employee
performance in the banking sector of Saudi Arabia?
2. How do the workplace environment and sound communication with top
management impacts employee performance in the banking sector of Saudi Arabia?
3. Where do the employees desire to see themselves after 10 years of working
performance in the banking sector of Saudi Arabia?
The Rationale of the Research Questions
RQ1: How do the intrinsic and extrinsic motivational factors impact employee
performance in the banking sector of Saudi Arabia?
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The above research question has been set in order to analyze how intrinsic and
extrinsic motivational factors within the bank are likely to impact employee performance.
Employees motivation has for long been categorized into two main categories, which
include intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation. The intrinsic motivation factors
involve individuals undertaking a certain activity since it is enjoyable or interesting. The
rewards achieved with the intrinsic motivation factors are psychological rewards e.g. sense
of accomplishment, belonging, competence, etc. (Mishra, & Mishra, 2017. p. 31). In the
contrast, extrinsic motivation in an organization involves doing something because it leads
to separate outcomes e.g. an employee is likely to put in extra effort since they want to earn
a bonus at the end of the month. Therefore, the research question will help to evaluate how
each of the motivation factors will impact employees’ performance within the Saudi
Arabian banking sector.
RQ2: How do the workplace environment and sound communication with top
management impacts employee performance in the banking sector of Saudi Arabia?
Research indicates that if the working environment and good communication
between employees and the management are one of the factors that increase employee
performance. Employees will perform exemplarily since there is convenience.
Performance appraisal and job enrichment are some of the motivating factors that can be
adopted in an organization. Some of the employees are well aware that appraisal will better
their performance while others feel pressurized by the management. According to Nurun
Nabi, & Dip TM, (2017. p. 2), performance appraisal tend to boost the morale of the
employee and also motivate them to work better towards achieving the set goals. Therefore,
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the research question will help to know how the workplace environment impacts employee
performance.
RQ3: Where do the employees desire to see themselves after 10 years of working in
the bank?
According to Iyer, et al. (2017. p. 750), when the employee feels that they have a
great future in the organization that they are working at, they are likely to work with more
efficiency in order to improve the performance of the company. Therefore, the availability
of growth opportunities and future prospects is a great motivator and thus it should be
established. However, organizations are facing challenges on employees’ retention which
can be due to the lack of growth opportunities for the employees (Nurun Nabi, & Dip TM,
2017. p. 2). Answering this research question as to where the employees in the Saudi
Arabia banking sector see themselves in the next ten years will determine if these
companies have established any growth opportunity initiatives for the employees. In
addition, it will contribute to the studies that sought to determine if the challenge of
employee retention is a result of the lack of establishment of growth opportunities for the
employees.
References
Abusharbeh, M. T., & Nazzal, H. H. (2018). The impact of motivations on employee’s
performance: A case study from Palestinian commercial banks. International
Business Research, 11(4), 142-153. DOI:10.5539/ibr.v11n4p142
Mishra, S., & Mishra, S. (2017). Impact of intrinsic motivational factors on employee
retention among Gen Y: A qualitative perspective. Parikalpana: KIIT Journal of
Management,
13(1),
31-42.
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Nurun Nabi, I. M., & Dip TM, H. A. (2017). Impact of motivation on employee
performances: a case study of Karmasangsthan bank Limited, Bangladesh. Arabian
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Iyer, A., Zhang, A., Jetten, J., Hao, Z., & Cui, L. (2017). The promise of a better group
future: Cognitive alternatives increase students’ self‐efficacy and academic
performance. British Journal of Social Psychology, 56(4), 750-765.
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Critical Thinking 1 Rubric
Description
80 points
Rubric Detail
Levels of Achievement
Criteria
Exceeds Expectation
Meets Expectation
Below Expectation
Limited Evidence
Requirements
20 Points
15 Points
10 Points
5 Points
Exceeds Expectation Includes all of the
required components, as
specified in the
assignment.
Meets Expectation – Includes
most of the required
components, as specified in
the assignment.
Below Expectation Demonstrates significantly
flawed knowledge of concepts,
skills, and theories.
Limited Evidence Includes few of the
required components,
as specified in the
assignment.
30 Points
25 Points
15 Points
10 Points
Exceeds Expectation Demonstrates substantial
and extensive knowledge
of the materials, with no
errors or major
omissions.
Meets Expectation Demonstrates adequate
knowledge of the materials;
may include some minor
errors or omissions.
Below Expectation Demonstrates fair knowledge of
the materials and/or includes
some major errors or omissions.
Limited Evidence – Fails
to demonstrate
knowledge of the
materials and/or
includes many major
errors or omissions.
Content
Levels of Achievement
Criteria
Exceeds Expectation
Meets Expectation
Below Expectation
Limited Evidence
College-level
organization,
grammar, and
style
30 Points
25 Points
15 Points
10 Points
Exceeds Expectation Project is clearly
organized, well written,
and in proper format as
outlined in the
assignment. Strong
sentence and paragraph
structure; contains no
errors in grammar,
spelling, APA style, or APA
citations and references.
Meets Expectation – Project
is fairly well organized and
written, and is in proper
format as outlined in the
assignment. Reasonably
good sentence and
paragraph structure; may
include a few minor errors in
grammar, spelling, APA style,
or APA citations and
references.
Below Expectation – Project is
poorly organized and written,
and may not follow proper
format as outlined in the
assignment. Inconsistent to
inadequate sentence and
paragraph development, and/or
includes numerous or major
errors in grammar, spelling, APA
style, or APA citations and
references.
Limited Evidence Project is not organized
or well written, and is
not in proper format as
outlined in the
assignment. Poor
quality work;
unacceptable in terms
of grammar, spelling,
APA style, and APA
citations and
references.
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