RECENT ASSIGNMENT

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.
Activity 1: Ford and Taylorism (400 words)
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PdmNbqtDdI
Questions to consider:
1. Would workers in Australia, America or Europe accept the Taylorism in this form today?
2. Consider the design of scripts for use in Call Centres, can you see Taylorism in that? Explain.
3. This ‘clip’ is showing history from 100 years ago. Some would say that ‘the world has moved on’ and these ideas are out of date. However, could there be parts of the world today for which these ideas might be just what they need? Explain.
Activity 2: Solomon Asch and Group Conformity (400 words)
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Questions to consider:
1. Does your own personal decision-making always reflect an objective process?
2. Does the desire to be accepted as a part of a group leave one susceptible to conforming to the group’s norms?
3. Identify and discuss situational factors that can enable a group to exert pressure strong enough to change a member’s attitude and behaviour.
Activity 3: Linear Programming Word Problem (400 words)
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ACJ9ewUC6U
Questions to consider:
1. What insights into rational decision making approach can you draw from this video?
2. What would be the limitations of linear programming?
3. In what kinds of situation could the linear programming be useful to decision making?
Activity 4: Management by Objectives (Prof. Fredmund Malik) (400 words)
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX7m8J-rGDc
Questions to consider:
Do you agree with Prof Malik’s views on objectives and planning? Why or why not?
Activity 5: Product Life Cycle (400 words)
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 6: Repatriation Integration Program (400 words)
URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vISO9Hldhv0
Questions to consider:
1. Identify the challenges that repatriated employees and their employers face upon their return to home country.
2. What should the repatriation integration program entail to address the logistical and psychological concerns of the repatriated employees?
Activity 7: Privacy Rights vs. Employee Tracking (400 words)
URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-mqdz-20Xs
Question to consider:
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Activity 8: Lead and be the change (400 words)
URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv-QiSvuLLM
Questions to consider:
1. Have you experienced an emotional rollercoaster when faced with a radical change, as described by Professor Mueller-Eberstein in the video? Discuss how the Theory of Transition may be applied to your experience.
2. Can you relate Kotter’s 8-Step Change Model to Professor Mueller-Eberstein tips for successful change management