Conduct your first interview by gaining insights into organizational culture and employee motivation at the target organization.
Based on your interview with the manager, provide a preliminary diagnosis of the organizational culture, as you know it right now. How does the manager think their organization as a whole views these factors: time, personal relationships, the nature of work, the nature of the workplace, creativity, authority, decision-making, and rewards.
What evidence supports this belief? Which theories, models, or concepts best explain the culture you observed during your interview? How does that culture inform the organizational diagnosis you conducted so far?
Next, provide a preliminary diagnosis of employee motivation based on your interview with the manager. Specifically, assess the extent to which his or her direct reports as well as other employees in the organization are motivated. Review theories of motivation (e.g., expectancy theory, equity theory, goal setting) and propose one theory that may explain the extent to which employees at the selected organization are motivated.