Topic: Using the Culture Theories Lens

Topic: Using the Culture Theories Lens

Question/Prompt: Discuss how the following questions—which are based on the culture theories lens—help you better understand your organization. Include in your discussion thread the strengths and weaknesses of this lens for gaining that understanding.

Please note, this assignment should not be a reiteration of the answers you use in your case study, rather, for the Group Discussion Board assignments you are being asked to discuss how answering the questions help you to better understand your organization.  That is, explain how the questions have helped you understand your organization better.  For example, when discussing your views on the structural theories lens in Forum 1, you might say “viewing the chain of command helped me to realize….” or “after considering the span of control, it is clear that….”  You do not have to share your views on each of the guiding questions.   

  1. Describe the culture of your organization and whether culture differences exist within the various units of your organization.
  2. How does your organization develop consensus on mission, tasks, and goals?
  3. What is your role within the organization and how is this different from your actual job description?

Submit your thread by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Thursday of Module/Week 4 and your replies by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Sunday of the same module/week.

UC 745

Group Discussion Board Instructions

In Modules/Weeks 2–7, you are required to participate in Group Discussion Board Forums that are designed to facilitate a community learning experience through threads and replies mimicking face-to-face discussion. You will be assigned to a group by your instructor.

In the group discussion board forums 1-4 you will have guiding questions to assist you in completing the assignment. You are NOT to answer the questions, you are to use the questions to help you better understand your organization relative to that particular lens. Your discussion board post should be a discussion of how you better understand your organization based on the guiding questions. You must also discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the lens being discussed.

THREAD:

For each forum, post a thread in response to the topic prompt provided. Your thread must contain a minimum of 250 words and a maximum of 300 words and demonstrate course-related knowledge. This promotes writing that is thorough yet concise enough to permit your peers to read all of the threads. Each thread must adhere to current APA writing guidelines and any references included in the thread must be formatted in current APA style. Since this is a personal discussion, you are allowed to use first-person perspective; however, you must maintain professional decorum in all your threads and replies.

Please note, this assignment should not be a reiteration of the answers you use in your case study, rather, for the Group Discussion Board assignments you are being asked to discuss how answering the questions help you to better understand your organization. That is, explain how the questions have helped you understand your organization better. For example, when discussing your views on the structural theories lens in Forum 1, you might say “viewing the chain of command helped me to realize….” or “after considering the span of control, it is clear that….” You do not have to share your views on each of the guiding questions.

REPLIES:

After reading all of your group members’ threads, you must post replies to at least 3 of them. Each reply must be 125–150 words in length. All replies must adhere to current APA writing guidelines.

Be sure to click reply within the thread in which you intend to respond. Also, please note that “I like what you said,” “That’s a good comment,” and “I disagree with your comment” do not count as a complete reply in and of themselves. However, stating why you liked or disliked the comment, adding additional thoughts or ideas to the original comment, and/or providing alternative ideas or thoughts when you disagree, count as a reply. Courtesy in any disagreement is expected. Thus, personal attacks are not acceptable and will count against your grade.

Since one of the goals of the Discussion Board is to encourage student community learning, the instructor will not reply to every thread and reply. Rather, the instructor will reply to a few threads in a way that adds to the conversation, asks a pertinent question, or summarizes some of the key points made by students.

Submit your threads by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Thursday of the assigned module/week and your replies by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Sunday of the same assigned module/week.

11-2015

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