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Appreciative Inquiry or a traditional organizational development

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For this assignment, think about working at Walmart and how well this team has functioned. Think about both the positives and the negatives, and how the material from the background readings applies to what you’ve experienced. Then write a 2- to 3-page paper answering the following three questions below. Make sure to cite at least one of the required readings for each of your answers, and to cite at least two of the required readings in your paper:

  1. What are some of the key positive aspects of this team? Discuss some specific positives and include some stories of times when the team functioned especially well. Do you think these stories could work in an Appreciative Inquiry approach to come up with a plan to improve the performance of the team?
  2. How is the effectiveness or performance of this team usually measured? Could a traditional organizational development approach help identify problems in this team as well as find ways in which team performance could be improved?
  3. Overall, do you think an Appreciative Inquiry or a traditional organizational development would be better for this team? If your team was to hire a consultant, what type of approach would you want the consultant to take?

Assignment Expectations

  • Answer the assignment questions directly.
  • Stay focused on the precise assignment questions; don’t go off on tangents or devote a lot of space to summarizing general background materials.
  • Make sure to use reliable and credible sources as your references. Articles published in established newspapers or business journals/magazines are preferred. If you use articles from the Internet, make sure they are from credible sources.
  • Reference your sources of information with both a bibliography and in-text citations. See the Student Guide to Writing a High-Quality Academic Paper, including pages 13 and 14 on in-text citations. Another resource is the “Writing Style Guide,” which is found under My Resources in the TLC portal.

Ref:

Stavros, J. (2017). Appreciative inquiry brings out the best. [Books24x7 version]. Available in the Trident Online Library.

Now take a look at this video detailing the 5D model.

Stavros, J. (2017). The 5d cycle of appreciative inquiry. [Books24x7 version]. Available in the Trident Online Library.

Now take a close look at these two short but important articles which provide direct comparisons between Appreciative Inquiry and traditional Organizational Development techniques as well as some of the main advantages and disadvantages of Appreciative Inquiry:

Venter, J. (2010). Appreciative inquiry. Accountancy SA, , 42-44. [ProQuest]

Zemke, R. (1999). Don’t fix that company! Training, 36(6), 26-33. [ProQuest]

Finally, read up in more detail with these more comprehensive chapters on Appreciative Inquiry. For the first of these readings, pay special attention to Table 1 and the comparison between Appreciative Inquiry and traditional Action Research (Deficit-Based) problem solving methods. For the second reading, pay special attention to the discussion of what is involved in each of the “4 D” steps:

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Week 4 – Discussion Forum

Week 4 – Discussion Forum

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Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Refer to the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric under the Settings icon above for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.

Science and Explanations [WLOs: 1, 2, 3] [CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4]

Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read Chapter 6 in your textbook.

Your instructor will choose the discussion question and post it as the first post in the discussion forum. Answer all the questions in the prompt.

Guided Response: In addition to your original post, post a minimum of three responses for a total of at least four posts. At least two responses must be to your classmates; the third response could be to a classmate or your instructor. Be sure to post on three separate days throughout the week to promote further engagement and discussion. Each response should be a minimum of 75 words.

One of the most important ways to grow intellectually (and otherwise) is to actually listen to others and seek to understand them as they intend to be understood. Yet it is all too common for people to understand others in ways that do not reflect the best and most fair interpretation of their intended meaning.

Prepare: Review “Principle of Accuracy and the Principle of Charity” from Chapter 9, along with the required resources from this week.

Reflect: Find specific examples in the media or in life in which someone misunderstands someone else. This happens a lot with political and religious arguments, but it also happens in daily life, especially when we find ourselves in conflict with others. Have you interpreted others uncharitably?

Write: Present a case, either in the media or in your own life, in which someone interpreted another uncharitably. What specifically did the first person say? In what way did the other person understand it? What did the person really mean? Do you think that the misunderstanding was intentional? What were the consequences of the misunderstanding? How might the situation have been better if the person had practiced the principle of charity? Finally, are there areas in which you could do more to understand others favorably? How might you be a wiser person if you did so?

Guided Response: Post a minimum of three responses, two of which must be to your classmates. The third response could be to a classmate or your instructor. Be sure to post on three separate days throughout the week to promote further engagement and discussion. Each response should be a minimum 75 of words.

Share an example in your own life in which you have experienced a similarly uncharitable interpretation of someone (and what the consequences were). You might offer another possible charitable interpretation of what the first person said. You might offer suggestions for things that people can do to further better mutual understanding. Let your response further the goal of the appreciation of the shared goal of furthering charitable interpretation.

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If women had been allowed into the Sangha from the start, the impact of the Dharma would have Inbox

If women had been allowed into the Sangha from the start, the impact of the Dharma would have

Please discuss the following prompt: The Buddha was known to have said that if women had been allowed into the Sangha from the start, the impact of the Dharma would have only lasted half as long.

Please discuss the following prompt: The Buddha was known to have said that if women had been allowed into the Sangha from the start, the impact of the Dharma would have only lasted half as long. What do you think he meant by this? Do you think the Buddha was against women, or were there other factors that the Buddha was addressing?

two sources, one have to be from uploaded below and other could be found on https://www.jstor.org/

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ArticleReview on OrganizationalCulture

ArticleReview on OrganizationalCulture

Article Review:

For the Organizational Culture article review in BUS 270 I, students are expected to fully read and digest the article provided by the instructor. Students will find the article relates to the course content and concepts in the selected modules.

Chapter 3 in the course iBook also provides students a good base of information to work from when considering the information presented in the article. For the article review students should consider how organizational culture impacts organizational strategy and effectiveness. Students should also weigh the role of management in creating and shepherding culture. The seven dimensions of organizational culture presented in course materials should be synthesized with the content of the chosen article to read

To successfully complete the Article Review, students will submit a critical analysis of the theory presented in the Article. A critical analysis includes the fundamentals of the theory and the foundation upon which the author added to the subject. Students may choose to include additional articles or references to support materials presented in the review. A successful Article Review also includes a critique of the information as it relates to concepts presented in our course. Students are encouraged to apply the content in the article to concepts presented in the course.

A successful Article Review will be professionally written and formatted in APA style guidelines. Students are expected to include citations and references when and where appropriate. The submission should be at least two pages of written content and no more than three pages.

Article Reviews are to be submitted in Canvas by the assigned deadline.

Writing Standards for Article Reviews: Students submitted written work will be graded with the following criteria:

50% Content & Synthesis of Information

30% Quality of Writing

20% Creativity & Original Thought Contributions

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Choose a problem in Americansociety that is related to incomedisparity. In a 4-5paragraphessay, provideevidence the problemexists.

Choose a problem in Americansociety that is related to incomedisparity. In a 4-5paragraphessay, provideevidence the problemexists.

MLA FORMAT

For this essay, provide 2 quotes per body paragraph from outside sources. You may use multiple quotes from the same article if you want. Properly cite each quote or fact from an outside source following MLA format rules. You must include at least one quote from each of the following:

“The Distribution of Household Income,” 2016 CBO; https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55413

An article from google

Your thesis should tell (in 1-2 sentences):

  1. What the limited topic is
  2. What your side is (the problem you pick)
  3. How you know your side is correct (how you know it is a problem).

REQUIRED ELEMENTS:

  • An introductory paragraph with an introductory strategy (5 sentences) and a thesis (1-2 sentences) that is 6-12 sentences long total
  • Thesis must contain a limited topic, an argument, and an explanation and be 1-2 sentences long
  • 2-3 body paragraphs, each with 8-12 sentences, properly structured.
    • Use 2 quotes per body paragraph to provide evidence
    • Introduce and cite your quotes and evidence
    • For every one sentence of summary or quote, include at least 2 sentences of analysis
  • A concluding paragraph of 6-12 sentences with a developed concluding strategy and thesis (restated).
  • The essay must be 4-5 paragraphs, typed, and double spaced in MLA format
  • The essay must maintain formal academic tone
  • Please include a works cited page (for Essay #1 only, errors on your works cited page are excused, as long as you have one).

A quote must be introduced and give a parenthetical citation. Be sure to properly punctuate!

The parenthetical citation gives the author’s last name and page number. If there is no author, use the title. If there is no page number, skip the page number.

Cite any information you get from an outside source. Each sentence that contains information must have its own parenthetical.

  • Example: According to evidence, “quoting helps your argument” (Smith 45).
  • No author? Use the title. Example: According to evidence, “quoting helps your argument” (“On Quoting” 45).
  • No page number? Skip the page number. Example: According to evidence, “quoting helps your argument” (Smith).

Avoid language like:

  • I believe
  • I think
  • In my opinion

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