FOR DISCUSSION

During the past seven weeks, you have been on a journey to better understand the concept of management and how today’s and tomorrow’s managers and leaders will need to navigate complexity. This learning activity will help you pull together what you have learned so that you can use it in your careers.

• In this week’s readings, the idea of the collaborative organization is discussed.  How can your organization or an organization that you are familiar with benefit from being a collaborative organization?
• How can using a systems approach help the collaborative organization achieve its goals?
• Briefly describe two management concepts (from different weeks) that you found interesting.  Why were these concepts of interest and how can you use apply these concepts to your business career?
• Make sure to support the ideas presented using the course readings and examples.