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Organizational Problem Solving (MGMT-7300-400, MGMT-7300-700) 1. What have you learned about yourself in terms of ontology, epistemology, and axiology with respect to your mental models and paradigms? Using the assigned materials and any other sources you choose, define your background assumptions about the nature of reality, your beliefs, and your approach to research. Create a list of five statements summarizing your background assumptions and beliefs. 2. Identify a practical management or organizational situation that you want to research during the course. This could be a problem at work (e.g., time and attendance) or at home (e.g., whether or not to home school your child even if public schools reopen). 3. In what ways do your assumptions help you solve organizational problems? In what ways may your assumptions and beliefs hinder you in finding organizational solutions? Reminder When crafting the answers to these questions, please remember to integrate and cite the assigned When crafting your responses to these questions, please remember to integrate and cite the assigned materials. Consider adding support from other sources for your assertions as well. As you do, remember to both cite and reference all additional support. · Be sure to make connections between the assigned materials and your ideas. Include a reference list at the end of your submission. The essay you submit should be at least 350–400 words long. Your replies to others should highlight and comment on new insights you gained from reading their essays, as well as noting how the ideas in their essays did or did not change your own viewpoint. · Try to respond to learners with perspectives different from your own in order to demonstrate your understanding of other frameworks and viewpoints. References Bell, E., & Thorpe, R. (2014). A very short, fairly interesting and reasonably cheap book about management research. Sage. Gephart Jr., R. P. (2004). Qualitative research and the Academy of Management Journal [Editorial]. Academy of Management Journal, 47(4), 454-462. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMJ.2004.14438580 Guillén, M. F. (2020). 2030: How today's biggest trends will collide and reshape the future of everything. St. Martin's Press. Organizational Communication Channel. (2017, October 10). Epistemology, ontology, and axiology in research [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/AhdZOsBps5o Ponterotto, J. G. (2005). Qualitative research in counseling psychology: A primer on research paradigms and philosophy of science. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 52(2), 126-136. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-0167.52.2.126 Pretorius, L. (2018, June 21). Ontology, epistemology and research paradigm [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/hkcqGU7l_zU