...and sustain organizational innovation for competitive advantage. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality. Course Materials Rowe, A. (2004). Creative intelligence. Discovering the innovative potential in ourselves and others. Upper Saddle River, NJ:...
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...Follow these procedures: If requested by your instructor, please include an assignment cover sheet. This will become the first page of your assignment. In addition, your assignment header should include your last name, first initial, course code, dash, and assignment number. This should be left justified, with the page number right justified. For example: SawyersMHRM5000-8 6 | Save a copy of your assignments: You may need to re-submit an assignment at your instructor’s request. Make sure you save your files in accessible location. Academic integrity: All work submitted in each course must be your own original work. This includes all assignments, exams, term papers, and other projects required by your instructor. Knowingly submitting another person’s work as your own, without properly citing the source of the work, is considered plagiarism. This will result in an unsatisfactory grade for the work submitted or for the entire course. It may also result in academic dismissal from the University. | | HRM5000-8 | S. Manlove | | | Human Resources Management | 6 | ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Faculty Use Only ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ...
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...ATTITUDES AND SOCIAL COGNITION The Dark Side of Creativity: Original Thinkers Can Be More Dishonest Francesca Gino Harvard University Dan Ariely Duke University Creativity is a common aspiration for individuals, organizations, and societies. Here, however, we test whether creativity increases dishonesty. We propose that a creative personality and a creative mindset promote individuals’ ability to justify their behavior, which, in turn, leads to unethical behavior. In 5 studies, we show that participants with creative personalities tended to cheat more than less creative individuals and that dispositional creativity is a better predictor of unethical behavior than intelligence (Experiment 1). In addition, we find that participants who were primed to think creatively were more likely to behave dishonestly than those in a control condition (Experiment 2) and that greater ability to justify their dishonest behavior explained the link between creativity and increased dishonesty (Experiments 3 and 4). Finally, we demonstrate that dispositional creativity moderates the influence of temporarily priming creativity on dishonest behavior (Experiment 5). The results provide evidence for an association between creativity and dishonesty, thus highlighting a dark side of creativity. Keywords: creativity, ethics, morality, moral flexibility, unethical behavior Evil always turns up in this world through some genius or other. —Denis Diderot (1713–1784) The ability to generate...
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...a global mindset The Author Dr. Stephen L. Cohen is Founder and Principal for the Strategic Learning Collaborative and was formerly Senior Vice President of Global Solutions for Right Management's Lead and Develop Center of Excellence. He is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA and can be reached at steve@strategicleadershipcollaborative.com. Abstract Purpose – The purpose of the paper is to conduct a global literature review and develop a viewpoint on the most critical success factors required to develop a global leadership mindset. Design/methodology/approach – The paper takes the form of a global literature review and the author's viewpoint. Findings – Global leadership development must be driven by an organization's global business strategy. Having “global” experiences at work does not guarantee effective global leadership. The acquisition of a true global mindset enables leadership effectiveness in a global capacity. As cultural and business complexity increase so does the demand for a global mindset, almost exponentially given the intersect of this complex environment. Practical implications – Methods for global leadership development include examination, education, experience and exposure. Originality/value – The paper provides a fresh perspective. Journal: Industrial and Commercial Training Volume: 42; Number: 1; Year: 2010; pp 310Copyright © Emerald Group Publishing Limited ISSN: 0019-7858. Effective global leadership requires a global mindset by Dr. Stephen...
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...com/locate/ijproman Rethinking IT project management: Evidence of a new mindset and its implications Chris Sauer a,*, Blaize Horner Reich b b a Fellow in Information Management, Saıd Business School, University of Oxford, Egrove Park, Oxford OX1 5NY, UK ¨ Professor, Segal Graduate School of Business, Simon Fraser University, 500 Granville Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6C 1W6 Received 12 August 2008; accepted 19 August 2008 Abstract This paper contributes to the rethinking project management agenda in relation to the information technology (IT) sector. Our analysis of the evolution of thinking and practice among leading IT project managers across four countries elicits nine principles and four personal qualities that constitute the core of a mindset that facilitates rethinking the practice of IT project management. We compare this with the Rethinking Project Management research agenda [Winter M, Smith C, Morris P, Cicmil S. Directions for future research in Project management: the main findings of a UK government-funded research network. Int J Project Manage 2006;24(8):638-649.]. Our contribution is to (1) validate the directions defined in that agenda; (2) identify elements not incorporated in it and (3) provide examples that crystallise the agenda for the domain of IT project management. Ó 2008 Elsevier Ltd and IPMA. All rights reserved. Keywords: Project management; Information technology; Research; Frameworks; Mindset 1. Introduction1 A recent study, called Rethinking Project...
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...Author: Zachary Kabera, 20 May 2014 Emotional Intelligence and Leadership Performance in Corporate Kenya Background to the study Effective leadership is about striving to be significant and seeking to create the greatest impact and influence as a contribution to an organization’s success (Jensen, 2012); hence, the need to identify and define what effective leadership is. Mechanical knowledge, outstanding performance, and reputable practices no longer suffice as the only benchmark of effective leadership. The paradigm has shifted to a position where effective leaders are noticed by how they inspire and motivate others, are able to promote a conducive work environment, understand and manage emotions, build ties, communications, and influence so that the followers are affected positively (Nath, 2013). It is outstanding in an organization and will always be remembered and admired because of its own exceptional style and approach in supporting innovation and initiative and enhancing an organizational culture that promotes integration and collaboration at the workplace; it creates an environment where employees feel secure, and embraces two-way communication and promotes active listening (Llopis, 2013). This kind of leadership is about observing the dynamics around the organization and surmounting them by constantly looking for ways to challenge the status quo and identifying the way out of those challenges (Jensen, 2012; Llopis, 2013). Human influences and effects of emotions...
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...Mental Model Mindsets University of Phoenix OI/361: Innovation, Design, and Creativity for a Competitive Advantage Mental Model Mindsets Change is an everyday occurrence in life. Individuals are not always in agreement with change because of their mental models or mindsets. These terms describe the brain processes to make sense of what is happening in an individual's environment. This poses a challenge for organizations because some creative ideas may be the steppingstones for progress, success, or provide the competitive edge. AAA Transportation in Waukegan, Wisconsin; an interstate trucking company specializing in transporting wholesale produce in climate controlled trailers is facing reluctance in the proposed change in services offered by the new owner. As a human resources (HR) representative the task is to get two of their reluctant employees to join their team. This paper will cover mental model mindsets and the impacts, the four steps to change and their uses, the five forces of influence and affects, and finally, commonly used mental model mindsets that guide decision-making and influence. The new owners want to add delivery of nonperishable products that includes canned foods, to their delivery routes because they believe that many of the routes do not require a full load on the trucks, and there is room to add nonperishable goods at a lower rate...
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... The driving force of any business is that of competition; the healthcare industry is no different. The presence of competition provides a need to grow and continually offer quality services or products; however, the competition in the healthcare industry can be a very daunting at times. The cost of medical care is rising and patients are expecting a certain level of high-quality care due to the vast amount of information available to them. Patients are now armed with knowledge; they are true consumers who look for the best quality care for the very best price. This paper will discuss the different forms of competition that takes place in health care, evaluate the benefits and pitfalls of competition while suggesting alternatives given competition were not the prime driver of operations in the healthcare industry, explain the essence of successful competition and the use of competitive intelligence and describe the influence competition has on the services offered by health care organizations and the choices patients have. Competition drives businesses to work at their full potential and forces them to constantly evaluate their business strategy and make changes when necessary. Competition also has the ability to force health care organizations to compete for business by lowering their costs of services provided; this competition takes place among hospitals, physicians and health plans. “Physicians may compete for patients who are able to pay for services and do...
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...Defining Marketing Paper Marketing is very essential for a company to succeed; this is how people learn about a product or service. When thinking of marketing the best way to define it is to think of it as a bridge that stretches from the producer to the consumer. Throughout this paper the author will define marketing from two different sources, explain the importance of marketing in organizational success, based on these definitions, and provide at least three examples from the business world to support her explanation. Marketing Definitions Marketing is the management process through which goods and services move from one concept to the consumer (Business Dictionary.com, 2012). As a practice it consists of four different elements, such as the 4P’s. The first P is identification, selection, and development of a product. Secondly is the determination of the price. The third P is the selection of a distribution channel to reach the customers place. Last is development and implementation of a promotional strategy (Business Dictionary.com, 2012). According to the American Marketing Association (2011), “Marketing research is the function that links the consumer, customer, and public to the marketer through information--information used to identify and define marketing opportunities and problems; generate, refine, and evaluate marketing actions; monitor marketing performance; and improve understanding of marketing as a process. Marketing research specifies the information required...
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...the person for example, achieving the goal of graduating high school, striving to be highly educated or getting that job that is desperately needed. Eminence is something that many students want, but also something that many students are not prepared to really work for. Those learning to benefit from their mistakes use them to adapt to different situations. Research says that living in poverty during early childhood is related to lower levels of academic performance, beginning in kindergarten and extending through high school, and lower rates of high school completion. Everyone was once a student, everyone struggled even teachers had rough times in school. As a teacher having...
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...Since the beginning of time technology has improved abundantly. It is not, simply artificial intelligence. Wheels, for example, were invented to help Egyptians move enormous, heavy, rectangular blocks up the pyramids. That would be considered a huge step in the direction of technical knowledge. Those advances developed by the Egyptians paved the way towards the invention of the car. These days people have computers, and, even robots. Years of technological advancements have scared humanity into believing human intelligence and artificial intelligence will, one day, switch places. Two sides of this argument are present, those that feel technology should keep growing, and those that believe it needs to slow down. As the world keeps expanding new inventions are bound to happen. One of those inventions is robots, or artificial intelligence. It really scares people. In the article,...
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...Research paper on REAL TEAMS Sagar. Ashok. Kulkarni MBA – 151202084 07/12/2015 REAL TEAMS Abstract The purpose of this paper is to review the research on how real teams are formed within an organizational environment and what challenges are faced during its formation and various other issues. Methodology/approach Douglas Smith there are basically five types of teams, each with a different level of performance and effectiveness and a real team is among those five types of teams. These five types of teams namely: 1. A working group/team 2. The Pseudo-Team A wide range of published works by 3. Potential Team renowned scholars which have analysed 4. Real Team the concept of real teams in excessive 5. High Performance Team detail and how effectively the team works in the current business scenario even though the concept of teams has been around us since ancient times of monarch to the current democratic form of working. These are the various types or we can also say how a team develops over a certain period of time. Performance Impact High performance team Keywords Real teams, Team task, stability of Real Team membership, impact of real teams, real teams and enabling conditions of team effectiveness. Introduction: As we know that a team consists of two or Working Group Potential Team -------------------------Pseudo Team more people with a common purpose or goal to achieve. A real team is just...
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...The Evolution of Intelligence in the United States John Doe Utica University The Evolution of Intelligence in the United States The beginning of intelligence in the United States dates back to the Revolutionary War and America’s first president, George Washington. President Washington requested that Congress set aside a ‘secret service fund’ for clandestine and secret activities (Revolutionary Ideas, 2007). After leading the Continental Army during the war, he knew how important it was to have secret agencies analyze and protect the new country. The use of secret agents, counterintelligence, and the clandestine paramilitary, have been used extensively to set up elaborate deceptions, gather sensitive information, and coordinate operations to cause sabotage towards other adversaries or countries that wished to cause us harm throughout the history of our country (Revolutionary Ideas, 2007). Although President Washington set a growing foundation of creating and fostering the need and use of foreign intelligence, it was President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) that helped combined the efforts of the state and war departments to coordinate efforts on a combined government-wide level (History of the CIA, 2007). The events of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 prompted FDR to make a change to all government intelligence. FDR asked World War I veteran William J. Donovan to draft a new plan for an intelligence service that would combine all those departments’ efforts and make...
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...Management of Organizational Behavior The Servant Leader 2/16/2016 I. Introduction This essay will describe the true meaning of servant leadership. How the servant leader is inspired and performed his/her job within the health care organization? The paper will also inform readers of how each individual can unleash the servant within described by Larry Spears in his book “Reflections on Leadership.” Everyone has a deep need for serving, sometimes adults find it very difficult to unleash this desire to serve. Having worked in a large Hospital for over five years, it is easy to see why many people get frustrated and depart the health care industry. There are many complicated situations that happen working in healthcare. Throughout the majority of these situations between registered nurses, patient care technicians, and some doctors; there are solutions for dealing with most of those problems. Compassion, empathy, trustworthiness, faithfulness, respect, honesty, integrity, and rapport are all words that will be used frequently within the body of the paper. In my personal quest to better understand how to work well with people in a highly stressful environment as in healthcare, I begin to do my own research on process improvement and better systems that works in the hospitals. I turned my mind to various leadership books on healthcare and process improvements in the hospital setting. Some of the books I read was tremendously inspiring, interesting, as well...
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...OPSEC in Warfare and Terrorism “The enemy aggressively "reads" our open source and continues to exploit such information for use against our forces. Some soldiers continue to post sensitive information to internet websites and blogs, e.g., photos depicting weapon system vulnerabilities and tactics, techniques, and procedures. Such OPSEC violations needlessly place lives at risk and degrade the effectiveness of our operations.” Peter Schoomaker (1). Operations Security (OPSEC), while a relatively recent term, is an operations enabler that has been practiced in varying degrees throughout history. This document will explore the history of OPSEC as it’s known today, discuss the process and its role in disrupting the capabilities of adversarial forces using multiple collection and planning models and examine the rapidly advancing technical capabilities of threat vectors. OPSEC as a concept was developed during the Vietnam War under the command of Admiral Ulyssess Sharp. The mission of the newly-established “Purple Dragon” team was to determine how the enemy was able to gather information on military operations (2). The team was able to understand the need to alter tactics and procedures to reduce an adversary's ability to make educated predictions based on the knowledge of routines (3). Post-war OPSEC was formally established as a national program when President Ronald Regan signed the National Security Decision Directive Number...
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