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Increasing Engagement in a Business Fraternity

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This thesis will be investigating organizational theory behind engagement within the business fraternity Delta Sigma Pi (DSP) at Arizona State University. The focus will be around the lack of attendance and enthusiasm toward the required events for members within the fraternity despite a previous demonstration of engagement during their recruitment…

This thesis will be investigating organizational theory behind engagement within the business fraternity Delta Sigma Pi (DSP) at Arizona State University. The focus will be around the lack of attendance and enthusiasm toward the required events for members within the fraternity despite a previous demonstration of engagement during their recruitment and pledging process. The paper will analyze this through the four frames presented in Reframing Organizations by Lee Bolman and Terrence Deal. The four frames are human resource, structural, political, and symbolic. The paper will propose solutions to increase engagement. The solutions include reducing the requirements of membership, reforming the election process, requiring a baseline of members to pre-commit to attending events, increasing support for one another within the organization, and modifying the recruitment process. These solutions are based on the longevity of the problem within the organization and Bolman and Deal’s frames. Analyzing this problem and the potential solutions will help future members of the organization combat this issue and protect DSPs relationships with professional organizations. This has been a very interesting and insightful project. I learned a great deal and am proud to leave something to this organization behind that can help the fraternity and other chapters of Delta Sigma Pi going forward.
ContributorsMyers, Kylee (Author) / deLusé, Stephanie (Thesis director) / Day, Scott (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / College of Integrative Sciences and Arts (Contributor) / Department of Finance (Contributor)
Created2022-05