BUS401 Journal

Your Course Journal

This is a running journal you will add to throughout the course. It is not graded, you simply save your work and come back to it anytime.

Journal 1.1 — Leadership and Organizational Change

Prompt: Explain using Lewin's three-stage framework. Why are successful companies less likely to change? What should companies do to make organizational change part of their culture?

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Journal 2.5 — Leadership Traits and Behaviors

Prompt: What are the essential qualities of leaders who inspire hope? What are the essential qualities of a compelling vision?

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Journal 3.1 — Change Management

Prompt: What are the benefits of employee participation in change management? Imagine that you are introducing a new system to college students where they would have to use a special ID number you create for them for activities such as logging on to campus computers or using library resources. How would you plan and implement the change?

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Journal 4.2 — Mediation

Prompt: Identify a situation in which you would choose mediation as your preferred method of dispute resolution. Why is mediation the best method in this situation? What are the potential benefits and drawbacks of mediation in this situation?

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Journal 5.4 — Organizational Ethics

Prompt: What other opportunities exist to create new organizations that serve both social and financial goals?

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Journal 6.1 — Managing Diversity

Prompt: Respond to this argument: "When coming to a new country, the employee or individual must submerge themselves in the host country's culture and ways as quickly as possible and abandon their traditional ways"

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