Part 1

Please limit your response to each question to three sentences. Conscise, thoughtful answers will score full points.

1. What does Meg Wheatley mean by “participation is not a choice”?

2. Briefly explain what Wheatley refers to as a paradox created when reaching group decisions.  

http://www.margaretwheatley.com/articles/life.html

Margaret Wheatley – Here’s a short video to give you an overview of the book. 

Here is the 

Margaret Wheatley video transcript

View instructor’s 

powerpoint presentation – recycled but still relevant.

Part 2

Please limit your response to each question to two to three sentences. Conscise, thoughtful answers will score full points.

1. Identify two of the characteristics of effective organizations listed on page 27 (Beckhard & Harris) that you can relate to from personal experience.  Briefly (max. 2 sentences per example) explain how you have seen these examples as either support for or against the authors’ list.

2. Burns concludes that conflict is necessary for change.  Do you agree or disagree?  Elaborate with an example.

also attached question