RECENT ASSIGNMENT

Activity 1 – Week 2
In your blog, you should address the following two sections:
(1) Section 1: list the key ideas you have extracted from the prescribed e-learning activity.
(2) Section 2: apply those ideas to your own experience, to an organisation you know and to the topic(s) of this subject.
Visit the following URLs, and use 'Questions to consider' to guide your thinking. Remember you can select the number of activities to use in your blog (i.e., you can either focus on one activity or incorporate the ideas from several activities in one blog).
Activity 1: Thomas Friedman on Globalisation; 3 Eras of Globalisation; World is flat
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp4znWHvsjU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM2BguxRSyY
Questions to consider:
1. What would be some of the key drawbacks or risks of living in the flat world of Globalisation 3.0 as Friedman describes it?
2. Do you agree with Friedman’s iron rule of the flat world? Explain.
3. Is the level of globalisation uniform across the world? Explain.
Activity 1 – Week 6
In your blog, you should address the following two sections:
(1) Section 1: list the key ideas you have extracted from the prescribed e-learning activity.
(2) Section 2: apply those ideas to your own experience, to an organisation you know and to the topic(s) of this subject.
Visit the following URLs, and use 'Questions to consider' to guide your thinking. Remember you can select the number of activities to use in your blog (i.e., you can either focus on one activity or incorporate the ideas from several activities in one blog).
Activity 1: Linear Programming Word Problem
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ACJ9ewUC6U
Questions to consider:
What insights into rational decision making approach can you draw from this video?
What would be the limitations of linear programming?
In what kinds of situation could the linear programming be useful to decision making?
Activity 1 – Week 8
In your blog, you should address the following two sections:
(1) Section 1: list the key ideas you have extracted from the prescribed e-learning activity.
(2) Section 2: apply those ideas to your own experience, to an organisation you know and to the topic(s) of this subject.
Visit the following URLs, and use 'Questions to consider' to guide your thinking. Remember you can select the number of activities to use in your blog (i.e., you can either focus on one activity or incorporate the ideas from several activities in one blog).
Activity 1: Product Life Cycle
URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Edug_Z2mACc
Questions to consider:
Identify at least one product that fits into each stage of the Product Life Cycle.
Activity 1 - Week 9
In your blog, you should address the following two sections:
(1) Section 1: list the key ideas you have extracted from the prescribed e-learning activity.
(2) Section 2: apply those ideas to your own experience, to an organisation you know and to the topic(s) of this subject.
Visit the following URLs, and use 'Questions to consider' to guide your thinking. Remember you can select the number of activities to use in your blog (i.e., you can either focus on one activity or incorporate the ideas from several activities in one blog).
Activity 1: Hawthorne Studies
URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7RHjwmVGhs&list=PLOyGniZzYVh-qFD_vAJq96YlLdnp_pznP
Questions to consider:
Explain in your own words the main findings of Hawthorne Studies.
Based on Hawthorne studies, explain how norms and status exert influence on an individual’s behaviour.
Activity 2 – Week 12: Privacy Rights vs. Employee Tracking
URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-mqdz-20Xs
Question to consider:
1. What is your view of this issue with protecting privacy rights of individual employees?
NOTE:
1. 500 words in each blog
2. Please write reference/s in each blog (Harvard referencing required)
3. Which are the 2 best blogs