Overview
There are 3 essay questions that have to be done in MLA format.
- Karl Weick uses the case of the Mann Gulch fire to detail what happens to organizations in emergencies. First, use the example of Mann Gulch to explain why role structure is important to maintaining an organization. Then, define sensemaking, and provide your own example of an organization in an emergency that challenges this process. Finally, use your example to illustrate the four sources of resilience that will help the group survive this emergency.
- Klaus Eder describes new social movements (NSMs) as a recent phenomenon of the late 20th century. First, provide THREE key features of NSMs that make them unique when compared to earlier social movements. Then, describe the role of class consciousness in social movements, and explain how NSMs operate in the absence of this common perspective. Finally, define moral crusade and provide an example of a NSM that illustrates this concept.
- Tim Hallett and co-authors argue that it takes a lot of work to turn academic knowledge into public ideas. First, provide a current example of a public idea with cultural power; what makes this idea powerful? Next, provide THREE examples of mediators who have given this idea a career. Finally, define applicative flexibility and explain why you think your example idea resonates with the public today.
Below are attachments to the readings. Each Person has a specific reading assigned to their question that helps answer the question and gives you understanding (Cite the readings in MLA). Other sources are allowed as well (only one per question beside the reading that goes with the question).