HI6005 Discussion Board - Week1
In your blog, you should address the followingtwo sections:
(1) Section 1: list the key ideas you have extracted from the prescribed e-learning activity.
(2) Section 2: apply those ideas to your own experience, to an organisation you know and to the topic(s) of this subject.
Visit the following URLs, and use 'Questions to consider' to guide your thinking.
Activity 1:
Ford and Taylorism
URL:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PdmNbqtDdI
Questions to consider:
1.Would workers in Australia, America or Europe accept the Taylorism in this form today?
2. Consider the design of scripts for use in Call Centres, can you see Taylorism in that? Explain.
3.This ‘clip’ is showing history from 100 years ago. Some would say that ‘the world has moved on’ and these ideas are out of date. However, could there be parts of the world today for which these ideas might be just what they need? Explain.
Week 2
Activity 1:
Thomas Friedman on Globalisation; 3 Eras of Globalisation; World is flat
URL:h
ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp4znWHvsjU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM2BguxRSyY
Questions to consider:
1.What would be some of the key drawbacks or risks of living in the flat world of Globalisation 3.0 as Friedman describes it?
2.Do you agree with Friedman’s iron rule of the flat world? Explain.
3. Is the level of globalisation uniform across the world? Explain.
I acknowledge that:
1. This assignment is my work. I acknowledged and disclosed fully any assistance received in its preparation and cited any sources from which I used data, ideas, words, either quoted directly or paraphrased.
2. This assignment was prepared by us specifically and only for this subject.
3. This assignment is identical with the work submitted via Self-Check on Blackboard.
Table of Contents
Executive Summary. 3
E-learning Activities. 3
Week ?? – Activity ?? – Activity Title. 3
Week ?? – Activity ?? – Activity Title. 3
Conclusion. 3
References. 3
Executive Summary
Summarise your discussion of each e-learning activity. About 50 words per activity. Deleted all highlighted text.
E-learning Activities
Week ?? – Activity ?? – Activity Title
Insert here your discussion of the e-learning activity. Either answer the two questions at the top of every e-learning activity (summarise the activity and discuss an application or your experience of what the activity is about) OR answer the questions contained within the activity. Between 400 and 450 words in total. Delete all highlighted text.
Week ?? – Activity ?? – Activity Title
Insert here your discussion of the e-learning activity. Either answer the two questions at the top of every e-learning activity (summarise the activity and discuss an application or your experience of what the activity is about OR answer the questions contained within the activity. Between 400 and 450 words in total. Delete all highlighted text.
Conclusion
Summarise and draw conclusions from your two e-learning activities. About 50 words per activity. Delete all highlighted text.
References
Use Harvard style referencing. Less than five references per activity. Don’t forget to include the URL from the activity as one of your references. Delete all highlighted text.