Category Archives: EDEV_505
EDEV_505 Week 5_1
IU Documents The three documents selected are publicly available on the IU website and as such are deemed to be non-problematic in terms of access. However, they are all in Japanese with no English translation; a delivery which points to … Continue reading
EDEV_505 Week 8_4
Thanks for posting your ‘caselette’. You suggest through this word that the story is minor, but I think that if this series of events could be made public, you could easily write a book on it. As we are discussing … Continue reading
EDEV_505 Week 8_3
You offer a seductive set of questions about what to do with Nestlé. We can be so easily drawn in by superficial answers to questions that are tantalisingly complex. Frankly, I was surprised that the Nestlé issue is still ongoing … Continue reading
EDEV_505 Week 8_2
After reading about the issues in university admission in the US about the tension between egalitarianism and meritocracy (Caldwell, Shapiro, & Gross, 2007; Shom, 2006), I decided to share a story about university entrance that affected me in my previous … Continue reading
EDEV_505 Week 8_1
Thanks for sharing your workplace conflict. As always, please accept my comments on your situation as hypothetical and reflective rather that as any attempt to offer advice or suggestions. One may comment on the apparent lack of integrity in an … Continue reading
EDEV_505 Week 5_7
I tried to answer the first question; Examine patterns regarding values among the various documents: What similarities and differences are evident among different organisations? but ran against a wall. Here are some thoughts on our interaction regarding this question. Deciding … Continue reading
EDEV_505 Week 5_6
I’d like to comment on an issue of writing. This issue may be useful for you to consider generally, but in relation to this report, a few points need to be addressed. McCarthy (1991) presents a distinction between function and … Continue reading
EDEV_505 Week 5_5
The HEG brochures are impressive, suitably so for a business school. Ours (IU) is nice enough and is appropriate for a university, but it lacks the bullet-point clarity and the visual attraction of the design. Something, though, strikes me about … Continue reading
EDEV_505 Week 5_4
Thanks for posting the information about MCS. The organisation seems to be a very useful one for the Toronto community. As I know nothing about MCS, please accept my questions rhetorically. I’d like to focus on this sentence from the … Continue reading
EDEV_505 Week 5_3
Thanks for setting out your documents. I had a read through S’s Diversity Policy statement. Without knowing a jot about S, I’d like to make a few observations on this statement and ask you some questions. (I do remember reading … Continue reading
