Chapter 11 Summary

In 1619, Virginia was an isolated British settlement on the Chesapeake Bay. It was sparsely populated by men trying to make the colony profitable for England. But the colonists were devastated by hunger, disease, and raids by Native Americans. So when the White Lion, a badly damaged Dutch slave ship arrived, carrying 20 kidnapped black Africans, the colonists bartered food and services for the human cargo. The Africans started working for the colonists. They would work 7 years of hard labor in exchange for land and freedom. But when colonies started to prosper, the colonists were reluctant to lose their labor. Since the Africans did not have citizenship, they were not subject to English common law. They were workers with no rights.

Leaders can improve the chances for a successful change outcome by following Kotter’s eight-step change theory. Pick three of the eight-step change theory components and give an example for each of how leaders can implement it to effect change. Respond substantively to two other students’

According to Kotter (1990), “Leadership seeks to produce organizational change by: developing a vision of the future and strategies for making necessary changes; communicating and explaining the vision, and motivating and inspiring people to attain the vision.”

The _____________ is a market for converting the currency of one country into that of another.

1. (Table: Barrels of Oil) Refer to the table. How many barrels of oil should the company produce

Chapter 10, Section 1 B, Poverty, Marriage and Parenting Problems, discusses how a person's social class, family life or family's attitudes can affect a child's relationship with peers, teachers and others in an educational environment. This section seemed to attract my action because it reminded me of a part time job I had when I was in high school. My job was to be a counselor and a teacher assistant for a summer and spring program called Bain + 2. The author noted that some districts and schools hire counselors to help students or sponsor after school programs for children (Foundations of Education, p. 291). When I worked for Bain + 2, it was an after-school and summer program in the city of Cranston at Hugh B. Bain Middle School. Hugh B.

Chapter Nine goes into detail about the late Paleoindian Period the growth of agriculture in North and South America. Clovis points appeared all over the Americas attesting to a continent-wide networking. However, as time pasted distinctive points and tools began to pop up based on region and the needs it provided for. In fact, a common theme of this chapter was the Native Americans ability to exploit their resources and maximize their intake of food sources.

In chapter 11 of the textbook Ruddiman talks about two main greenhouse gases CO2 and methane and how they stayed around in our atmosphere, ice sheets, and land for thousands of years. He states that cores of todays ice sheets contain vital climatic signals which can be found under the center of an ice sheet. Drilling these ice sheets can take longer than a single summer, but in the end this information is crucial. Scientists look at carbon isotopes to determine how carbon has moved along time. Ruddiman states they move in two forms, organic carbon and inorganic carbon. He also says that when the ice sheets were large in size carbon dioxide concentrations were low, but when ice sheets were small or nonexistent then CO2 was higher. There are

In chapters 11, Johannes deals with hard times including his mother going to jail and the stressof getting important papers and passes. In the beginning of chapter 11 his mother is arrested for her pass not being in order, leaving his father in an acute situation, luckily his dad had enough money to bail his mother out of jail. After his mother comes out of jail the family is in an austere situation with the possibility of his mother and the kids being forced away from their dad. With the mother being unable to find a job his dad suggests seeing witch doctors, although she got treatment nothing seemed to work so she went without a job but sought treatment somewhere else dealing with Christianity. Once his father heard of this he became belligerent to his mother and

with Kathryn’s observations of the new team she inherits, and it is obvious that the team is broken and must be fixed. Lencioni writes, as Kathryn, explaining that teams sometimes need to be broken in order to be brought back stronger. Kathryn then sets off on a team building off-site in order to uncover the five dysfunctions and work with her team to identify and overcome them. Lencioni utilizes the next chapters of Part Two to establish the five dysfunctions, not in order of importance, but rather in how they become apparent through the story. The ground rules for the company are to make results, but the team dysfunctions get in the way.

In chapter eleven, we learn about economics. We learn how to teach our students about scarcity and how to make good choices. The authors in chapter eleven advise teachers to be prepared to correct the economics confusion that children bring into the classroom at a young age. According to Maxim, “Even kindergarteners are able to learn basic economics concepts” (Maxim, 2014, p. 488). Maxim explains how important it is for our teachers to have a strong understanding of their background knowledge to have a good economics instruction. In chapter eleven, Ms. Padilla presents a strategy called the decision-making graphic organizer. This organizer was used to look at the positives and negative consequences. The students would then come up with an

A firm's __________ can be defined as the actions that managers take to attain the goals of the firm.

(2009) building an adaptive culture will require organizations to institutionalize the five previously mentioned adaptive capacity characteristics. Here are some suggestions to improve SDHS’ lack of teamwork: First, elephants in the room must be named, and it will need to start at the executive level. Heifetz et, al. (2009) suggest “modeling the behavior,” which can have a powerful impact because leaders are expected to set the tone. Current issues need to be openly addressed by seeking and encouraging advice from all members of the organization. This can be done by assigning new middle managers to link the workers and volunteers with the executives. Fixing “elephants in the room” issue will also help “shared responsibility” and “independent judgment” by allowing input from all levels. The “developing leadership capacity” should be done by going back to the basics. According to Crowley (2013) the basics include; getting people in the right job, setting clear expectations, giving people the tools to do their job, and giving high praises. Therefore, it is suggested that competent middle managers and executives should conduct daily training, coaching, and mentoring. Constant training behavior should be institutionalized across the organization. Additionally, previously successful aspects from the newly merged organizations should be incorporated. Finally, promoting teamwork will require the organization to set up informal group activities such as pot lucks and small birthday celebrations for its

The topic of leadership evokes curiosity about our leaders and their approaches in decision making, leadership styles and the effectiveness of their leadership. At time leaders are critiqued for their actions or views on different business affairs. In today’s working environment leaders set the tone, vision, and goals of any organization. Leadership has a huge impact on the culture of an organization and how people communicate within the organization (Northouse, 2009). The actions of leaders should inspire and positively impact their followers. The approach of leaders in handling adversities highlights many features of their character.

Thus emerged Building the Bridge as You Walk on It: A Guide for Leading Change. Ensconced in these pages of literature are valuable insights that detail the fundamental state of leadership, how you can