Unit1 Case Study
* Readings
In your Leading Organizations textbook by Hickman, read: * In Part 1, "The Environment of New Era Organizations": * Chapter 1, "Inevitable Strategies," pages 4–13. * Chapter 3, "Creating the Environmentally Aware Organization," pages 21–36. * Chapter 4, "How to Make Sense of Weak Signals," pages 37–4 7.
These chapters provide you the large analytical tools and terminology to collect and analyze trends.
In the Capella library, read: * Hitt, Haynes, and Serpa's 2010 article "Strategic Leadership for the 21st Century" in Business Horizons, volume 53, issue 5, pages 437–444. This article provides you information on specific trends.
Case Study
In his book Employees First, Customers Second: Turning Conventional Management Upside Down, Vineet Nayar, CEO of HCL Technologies, a leading global IT services company, explores the role of leadership in a knowledge economy. The following case study appears in Chapter 4 of his book. You will be referring to this case study extensively throughout this course. * Nayar, V. (2010). "Recasting the role of CEO: Transferring the responsibility for change. How leaders can tap the creative energy of employees."
Log in to the Harvard Business for Educators Publishing site and click Purchase Case Study to download a PDF of the case.
Multimedia
On Gapminder.org, watch the following video: * 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes. In this video, Hans Rosling provides insight into exciting new dynamics driving and shaping the global marketplace by showing you how trends actually move through time. * * DU1
Trends in Global Markets Influence Innovation
Resources
Read the Discussion Participation Scoring Guide to learn how the instructor will evaluate your discussion participation throughout this course.
Activity Context
This discussion helps you develop the skills to master the following course competency: * Analyzing the trends
In your Leading Organizations textbook by Hickman, read: * In Part 1, "The Environment of New Era Organizations": * Chapter 1, "Inevitable Strategies," pages 4–13. * Chapter 3, "Creating the Environmentally Aware Organization," pages 21–36. * Chapter 4, "How to Make Sense of Weak Signals," pages 37–4 7.
These chapters provide you the large analytical tools and terminology to collect and analyze trends.
In the Capella library, read: * Hitt, Haynes, and Serpa's 2010 article "Strategic Leadership for the 21st Century" in Business Horizons, volume 53, issue 5, pages 437–444. This article provides you information on specific trends.
Case Study
In his book Employees First, Customers Second: Turning Conventional Management Upside Down, Vineet Nayar, CEO of HCL Technologies, a leading global IT services company, explores the role of leadership in a knowledge economy. The following case study appears in Chapter 4 of his book. You will be referring to this case study extensively throughout this course. * Nayar, V. (2010). "Recasting the role of CEO: Transferring the responsibility for change. How leaders can tap the creative energy of employees."
Log in to the Harvard Business for Educators Publishing site and click Purchase Case Study to download a PDF of the case.
Multimedia
On Gapminder.org, watch the following video: * 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes. In this video, Hans Rosling provides insight into exciting new dynamics driving and shaping the global marketplace by showing you how trends actually move through time. * * DU1
Trends in Global Markets Influence Innovation
Resources
Read the Discussion Participation Scoring Guide to learn how the instructor will evaluate your discussion participation throughout this course.
Activity Context
This discussion helps you develop the skills to master the following course competency: * Analyzing the trends