Organizations are moving in an environment determined by change, they must keep up with such changes if they want to stay alive.

Nowadays information is power, and you cannot progress if you don't renew the knowledge you have.

Having said that we can assume that future success of the organizations of today is linked with the capacity to learn, and its not only theory is about acquiring new ways to to stuff.

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According to Kavita Singh, if a company has the capacity to collect new information and transfer into action faster than a competitor it would lead to a competitive advantage, in that order, the ability to adapt comes from the ability to learn.

Organization should encourage employees to learn and create. Employess must be empowered to act and also motivated to do so. such actions however, must be aligned with the demands of the environment the organizatios is in. 

If you don't learn because you don't want to or if you are stuck in a organization that is closed to new imformation you eventually will be left behind, Or if you work for a company that is actually concerned about the current trends and is keeping pace with the spedd of the changing world you will also be left behind, you cannot expect to  be creative if you are stuck with the stuff you learned when you where in college.

After seeing the following video you'll understand what is the importance to know, and not just only the basics...

 

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CHANGE IN ORGANIZATIONS

Change is about making things in an other way, is about-facing the unknown, is all about taking a person or a group out of their comfort zone and expose them to a different settings.

Change is hard, because it implies getting used to new patterns of behavior and it implies learning and adaptation, people don't usually like that, because we all like to be in control of what is happening around us.

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In organizations Change is Vital, no company want to be a dinosaur, and today organizations must keep pace with the changing environment in order to survive.

Change in organization is not only about changing structure or strategy, it also has a lot to do with technology and innovation. A company cannot stay with the same product if the preferences of its target market changes, Organizations must not only modify but to create products that satifies and exeeds the custmer's expectations.
The concept of Innovation is related with change in organizations in a way that  is concerned with making products an services better each time. Organizations like Nintendo already undertood this concept, otherwise they would be out of business, in the following video you can see the transformation of one of its most memorable characters: Mario 

25 Years of Super Mario! 

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 leadership styles and convergence

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How do followers should react when they do nor agree with their managers directions?

A leader must be open to suggestions, If the leader does not have a group that sees him or she as the head of the grouo or project that person will be in serious problems. 


If a follower does not agree with some direction he or she must ask for more information so when that person knows all the details he or she can make a valid judgement. that manager must communicate his or her position to the leader. the follower instead of only complaining should come up with new ideas. 

Fist follower: Leadership lessons from a Dancing guy

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ETHICAL BEHAVIOR AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS EXERCISE

1. What does the statement “all capitalism is crony capitalism” is referring to? Do you agree with this statement or not? Give an example.

Since im not familiar with the term Cronysm I used the Oxford dictionary to know the meaning, it says "the appointment of friends and associates to positions of authority, without proper regard to their qualifications." I think this is related with the close relationships between the media and some corporations, such tight links loose the impartiality and objectivity of the pusblished stories. 

I agree with it... For example our president owns the most important newspaper of Colombia, because of that hw can have a great influence about what to publish or not. On the other hands,  politics in a lot of cases there is not such thing as meritocracy, most of the jobs are given to the cousin of the brother of someone with a high hierarchical position. 

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2. What is a Banana Republic? Why the author is comparing India with a Banana Republic?

According to the document, a Banana Republic is a country that runs under cronysm. The author compares India with a Banana Republic because the people who is in charge of the performance of a country are there only because of friendship or any other non-meritocratic reason, also because the media is attached to what the big corporations allow to publish. 

3. Why is it problematic that in the business world “The Media” becomes a corporation?

The average citizen does not have access to the primary sources of information. The media has access not only to the sources it also has the power to transmit the relvant information to the masses.

If the media becomes a corporation it losses its sense of impartiality and it will also act under its own interest. it would manipulate the information to its own benefit and all the public would be uninformed.

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4. In this situation, what behaviors are considered unethical for corporations, journalist and the state?

its is unethical when a state or a corporation bribes the media in orther to publish inaccurate information or to avoid the whole publication. This stament works the other way around, journalists should not threat with the publication of some story to get economic benefits.

If the media works along with the state and/or the corporation to crush someone or a company with lesser power it is also unethical.

5. What can The Media, Corporations and the States do in order to behave ethically and in the benefit of the people and not their own interest. Give at least 5 good ideas. 

• The media must focus on their primary objective which is informing the audience with real information no matter what.
• The official jobs must  be earned by academic acomplishments and previous work experience. 
• Corporations must implement an ethic communication line in which employees report what they consider is unethical.
• If a corporation does not want to adress to the public through third parties it should implement a strong Public Relations deparment to control what will be said to the public.
• Laws and regulation to control the power states have over media.