Shengxiong Jiang Professor Juhn Ahn Asian 257 Asian 257 Critical Term Dictionary September 12, 2021 ● Urbanization: Urbanization is the social process of the population shifting from rural areas to urban areas, which creates cities. Urbanization is a common concept that appears in our reading. According to Henry Smith’s article Tokyo as an Idea, Japan is urbanized one hundred percent, this represents all the population […]

When designing a change initiative, it’s tempting to go big. Week-long seminars. Months-long roadshows. Festivals, galas and spectaculars to announce the subtleties of the program. Maybe even a flashy new intranet, holding all the information your people could ever want. Be suspicious of that instinct. Very, very suspicious. Because big doesn’t last. Big burns hot and bright, then burns out. Big doesn’t fit into the […]

Over the years I have managed several crises. My success depended on two actions. These actions were critical to success. First, stay calm, analyze the situation and decide what you can do now in the current state. Second, analyze what you can do in the future now’s, current states. This means the in the next minute, hour, day, tomorrow, and so forth. Understand that as […]

How would you respond to someone who presents you with the arguments proposed by Social Darwinists, OR the stories written by Horatio Alger, OR Carnegie’s Gospel of Wealth (choose ONLY ONE of these), to explain the success or failures of individuals in the society? What evidence would you use to support your position? For this discussion, you must first identify and present their arguments, and […]

The parable of the talents A man travelled to a far country but before he left he left his goods to three servants. “To one he gave five talents, to another two, and another one, according to each one’s ability; and he immediately went on a journey.” “Then the one who had received five talents went and traded with them, and made another five talents. […]

When it comes to change initiatives, corporate culture and all the rest of that, there’s one complaint that keeps popping up. No matter what corner of the glove you scurry to, you’ll hear this behind whispered doors. Not in every organisation, thankfully. But in every country and industry. This hushed complaint? “They don’t eat their own dog food.” If you’re not familiar with the expression, […]

Were the Black Codes another form of slavery? Use the links below one paragraph 7 sentences he Civil War ended on April 9, 1865, and the original goal of the North to preserve the Union was accomplished. The task that lay before Lincoln and Congress was to reintegrate the rebellious Southern states into the Union. For many white southerners “Reconstruction was a vicious and destructive […]

As a strategic leader, there are going to be many things you want to tell your people. Normal, routine stuff. New hires, changes to policy, new opportunities – stuff like that. You also want to talk about your change initiative. When you’re reforming the culture, it’s important to keep up the dialogue. Celebrating wins. Talking about the best way forward. Really, there’s no shortage of […]

Power, Politics, And Culture   Overview In your second assignment, you created a professional development plan using EI building blocks and motivation. In this last assignment, you will examine how politics and power influence an organization and its culture. In business, power and politics greatly influence an organizational culture and may hinder organizational productivity. In your role as consultant, you observed power and politics influence […]

My formula to organisational change involves overcommunication. Too often, leaders think they’re communicating a lot. After all, they’re in meetings all day and they have an open door policy. How could they not be? But that’s not how their people see it. Sure, the strategic leaders spend all day talking… but the typical employee gets very little facetime with them. If you have 30-minute meetings […]