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Homework: Strategic Management & Strategic Competitiveness
Learning Journal
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Following the "inside-out" philosophy of leading and managing, including the maxim that the effective leader or manager must seek first to improve themselves and their performance in any given work situation, and then within the leader or manager's "circle of influence" contribute to improvements in the organization and its performance, write up a journal entry below of a theory, concept, idea, principle, practice, or insight from any source in this course that you have acquired, interpreted, and applied (using PDSA)during the period of this homework (not something you did in the past or something your intend to do in the future).
Acquire
Describe briefly and objectively, in your own words, the theory, concept, idea, principle, practice, or insight you have selected from any source anywhere in this course that you can use now to directly benefit your life and/or your work.
Theories and concepts are usually complex; they have many elements, and a structure. Try to identify the central idea, i.e., the central insight, principle, or force driving the concept you have chosen. Focus upon the central idea; think of an archery target with many rings; focus upon the bulls eye of the theory, concept, idea, principle, practice, or insight you have selected.
Provide enough depth to convince yourself and the reader that you understand the concept.
Interpret
Interpret the significance of the theory, concept, idea, principle, practice, or insight to your life and/or work or to your organization:
A. Describe how the concept integrates with what you already know.
B. Explain how it is relevant to you and/or to your organization, i.e., explain what in the information constitutes signals versus noise at this present time in your experience,
C. Reflect upon how it is meaningful to you and to your organization, i.e., ponder the import and implications of these signals to your life and work, and
D. Delineate how this information could be useful to you and to your organization, i.e., how it could make a positive difference in your life and/or your work or your organization if you put the information into practice.