How do you go about locating a mentor? How do you know if a mentor is right for you? What are some important characteristics (strengths/weaknesses) you should look for in potential mentors? How could a mentor assist you in achieving potential academic and career goals related to a strategic leadership program?
Using one example drawn from the research article on Bergerson , give an example of the sociological imagination in relation to the topic of ‘the university’ –ie. explain the difference between everyday personal, ‘social’ meanings and ‘sociological’ meanings of ‘the university’ in the contexts of students’ experience of university
Read the article “Strong Writing and Writers Don’t Need Revision” by Laura Giovanelli (pp. 104-108) and describe the contents of the article. Who do you think the article is speaking to? How is the author’s message being made? Why does that message matter?
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Write 1-page paper that compares and contrasts Microsoft Live Meeting and IBM FileNet as two leading e-collaboration software applications. Which one would you recommend to a company with over 200 employees scattered through four offices in California? What are the bases of your recommendation?
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Diagnostic: analysis and evaluation of the family business as 3-circles: business, ownership and family,
Pick any family business company and:
(1) provide a short history of their family business, with key turning points, business map, genogram, key family values and criteria for decision-making, and past and current impact (including CSR, community engagement and philanthropy)
(2) Assess the current health of the family business; in particular, discuss issues in the
a. Business circle: document and assess the performance of the family business(es) through a 7S and SWOT analysis, replacing it into its national, industry and generational context
b. Ownership circle: analyze current ownership structure and governance
c. Family circle: draw a genogram and discuss family dynamics and governance
(3) Assess existing resources, including the financial, human and social capital of the family; in particular, use the Lescent/Jaffe/Traeger-Muney assessment provided to evaluate social capital, in the form of the family’s contribution to its community through job creation and CSR, social entrepreneurship and impact investing and philanthropy
(4) Identify key obstacles to change, especially culture and past failures, using Kotter & Schlesinger
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