Maintain a healthy skepticism

Maintain a healthy skepticism.

Keep an open mind. Politicians and advertisers try to persuade you. Even research reported in the media or in textbooks may adopt a certain slant. Extend this principle to yourself.

Are some of your own attitudes and beliefs superficial or unfounded? Accept nothing as true until you have examined the evidence.

a.       How would you study the culture of your organization?

Design a study that would examine what an organization’s culture is like.

Why did you select the variables you did?

b.      What kind of training would you provide to a person who was going to be moved to another country for work?

Would your training program be limited to the employee, or include the employee’s family as well?

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