Mod 3 Reaction Paper (covering LinkedIn articles and other materials)
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Due Friday by 11:59pm
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SUMMARY OF INSTRUCTIONS:
This Reaction Paper (2 pages TOTAL) requires reading four brief LINKEDIN articles by S. McHale, summarizing them (in the first 1.5 pages) in outline/bullet-point form, and then WATCHING the SCHEIN video and READING the MORGAN CHAPTER (all of which are included on our “Mod 3 Learning Materials page). Finally, in the final half-page of your reaction paper, compare two “views of culture” as per the detailed instructions below.
Here is
a SAMPLE (by your classmate SAM POOLE) to give you a clearer idea of expectations.
FULL INSTRUCTIONS:
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Read Morgan, chapter 5 (using the Brytewave menu link).
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View
Edgar Schein & organizational culture Links to an external site.
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Read the following four brief case studies by Siobhan McHale:
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The BIG reason why 70% of change efforts failLinks to an external site. (10/15/18).
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Does fear drive performanceLinks to an external site.? (11/27/18)
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The fall of Enron: A values brochure won’t fix the cultureLinks to an external site. (09/11/18)
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What you’ve been told about culture is wrongLinks to an external site. (part 1, 06/18/18)
2. Write up an outline of
1.5 pages: Although you are being asked to write up a brief OUTLINE (or bullet point format) — and NOT an essay — please be sure to use and define terms from the readings, and cite appropriately, to demonstrate your mastery of the learning materials:
· Summarize the key ideas of McHale’s view of culture (e.g., emergent patterns of relating).
Final half-page:
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In a brief three-paragraph “reaction,” compare and contrast TWO of the THREE viewpoints (McHale, Schein, & Morgan’s).
· Summarize EITHER Schein’s view of culture OR Morgan’s view of culture.
· (You have already summarized McHale’s view of culture, in the “outline” portion of your reaction paper).
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As you write about TWO of the THREE views of culture, consider:
· What do they have in common?
· How are they different?
· Which one do you feel is most effective as a management approach? (And why?
