Assignment at least 3 pages
Read the following articles:
From Manager’s Bookshelf
- Reading 2: Big Winners and Big Losers, Alfred A. Marcus, summarized by Allen Harmon 71
- Reading 3: How the Mighty Fall, Jim Collins, summarized by Tanya Pietz 78
- Using the assigned readings in the text,
- Using the Helpful Resources web sites, and
- Reading 2: Responsible Restructuring, Wayne F. Cascio, summarized by Stephen Rubenfeld 90
- Reading 1: Coming to a New Awareness of Organizational Culture, Edgar H. Schein 97
- Reading 1: Positive Leadership, Kim Cameron, summarized by Jodi Nelson 141
- Reading 2: Bad Leadership, Barbara Kellerman, summarized by Warren Candy 144
- Reading 3: Power, Jeffrey Pfeffer, summarized by Kristie J. Loescher 148
- Reading 1: Building the Bridge as You Walk on It, Robert E. Quinn, summarized by Peter Stark 165
- Reading 2: Super Crunchers, Ian Ayres, summarized by Brian Russell 199
- Reading 3: Gut Feelings: The Intelligence of the Unconscious, Gerd Gigerenzer, summarized by Rebecca M. C. Boll 205
From Helpful Resources
- Geert Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions (https://geert-hofstede.com/cultural-dimensions.html)
- POMS web site
- APICS web site
Murphy, Jerome T. (March, 2006). An interview with Henry Mintzberg. Phi Delta Kappan,
87(7), 527-528.
and
find articles written 2010 and after that discuss
- Operations management
cultural and demographic diversity
Complete the following research assignment:
- Using the assigned readings in the text,
- Using the Helpful Resources web sites
Prepare a 3 to 5 page critical essay that addresses the following Topic:
How can managers adapt to a culturally diverse workforce in the US and globally? How can managers adapt to a demographically diverse workforce (including but not limited to age diversity)? Discuss how or if leadership moderates the effects of culture and demographics on operations productivity.