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1. Chapter 7 focuses on four ways to approach the relationship between identity, difference, and organization. Outline these four approaches, and provide an example of each of them.

2. Use an example from your own experience with organizations to illustrate the concept of communication network roles. Be specific about which role your example demonstrates (i.e., the isolate, group member, bridge, or liaison).

3. How have virtual teams changed the way that organizational members communicate? Consider different technologies that help virtual teams interact as well as how concepts such as culture and boundaries are also changed in a virtual world.

4. Chapter 9 outlines several approaches to leadership. Among those approaches are Situational Leadership®, transformational leadership, and discursive leadership. Under what conditions are each of these approaches appropriate?

5. Leadership theories suggest that effective leaders have certain habits. Explain the three habits of effective leaders outlined in Chapter 9. Select a leader in contemporary society who epitomizes these habits, and illustrate how that person embodies these habits.

6. Identify an organization that you believe has developed a compelling strategic position. What makes its message so compelling? What lessons can be taken from the organization that you can identify and apply to other organizations?

7. The textbook offers several examples of organizations that have performed effective competitor analyses. Describe one of these organizations, and explain why their strategy works.

8. Summarize the primary argument, or thesis, of the documentary, The Corporation, and explain to what extent you think the filmmakers effectively make their case. According to The New Corporation, in what ways have corporations changed over the last twenty years? Please provide examples from The New Corporation to support your answer.