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Everyone, I just submitted the paper via the assignment inbox. I believe only one group member needs to submit a copy and it is submitted for all.
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 * __5/5/09 (9:08PM)__**

Anyways, nice working with all of you. Have a nice summer! Don, congrats on being done! I'm jealous!

Jeff

Ive updated the final .doc to include changes to the org. design section that Lonnie just e-mailed. Once again, as long as it looks good to everyone else... I'll post it later this evening. If I don't hear from anyone, I'll assume its good to go. I was planning on posting it around 9?? If anyone objects please e-mail via LMS or edit this page before then! Thanks everyone.
 * __5/5/09 (6:50PM)__**



__**5/5/9**__ It looks good to me. I have no changes to make. Don

Attached is the final copy of the paper. Please read it and make any changes you would like. However, if you do make changes, reattach it and update the status on this page so we know which version is the most recent.
 * __5/5/09__ **

I think it came out real well. Thank you to everyone for their hard work. If nobody makes changes, I'll submit it later tonight via LMS? Around 8 or 9 PM? Objections?



__**5/10/9**__ Ok, I don't see what Lonnie wrote about organizational design. It seems what he wrote has all been put into the perception management chapter so I just took what I wrote about organizational design and pasted it in. If I missed somethign that Lonnie wrote for org. design please let me know. I tried putting in a footer with page numbers but it comes out weird. Could be because I'm using Open Office, could be an artifact of pasting so much together, could be both. Anyway I gave up on the footers. Here is version 3. It has all chapters except the conclusion. Table of contents isn't done either. I will go add a paragraph about org. design to the conclusion wiki page now. Don

__**5/4/09**__ I've added finance and social responsibility paragraphs to the conclusion wiki page. I've also merged the social responsibility chapter and added it to the final document (V2). Will check with my organizational structure partner about getting that chapter merged. Don.

__**5/4/09**__ I've added to the conclusion on the wiki, I did not create a document for it. Karen Everyone, I've combined the completed sections and references used in this paper. There are a couple parts that are incomplete.
 * __5/4/09__**

Don and Lonnie, Could you please combine your Org. Design sections?

Don, Scott said he'd be unable to help collating the report... could you combine yours and his sections on social responsibility?

I think I've got everyone's sources in here but check to make sure. Also, we're each going to need to add a bit to the conclusion section.

Questions, Who is planning to download the final paper for the group? What do we need to do to finish the conclusion? I left a couple of sentences, I figure each person can wrap up their sections and do the same, this way we have covered all of the topics in the conclusion. Thoughts? Karen
 * __5/3/09__**

Team, I've loaded MS Word copies of my sections on the Strategic Plan and Social Responsibilities. I do want to apologize that I'm going to be on a work related trip as of tomorrow morning and will be unable to help on collating the report. Not sure there is much I can assist with the remainder of today but please let me know if there are any issues you feel need correction on the write ups I've submitted.
 * __5/3/09__**

Regards, Scott

My sources are completed and have been added to the sources page (Useful links and sources). The format I used was pretty similar to the other ones I've seen, for the most part. I think I underlined the title of the publication where others put it in //italics//. I can change this so we have consistency amongst everything. I'm going to be offline until tomorrow evening (Sunday). Jeff
 * __5/2/09__**


 * __5/2/09__** (barely)

I have finished the finance chapter. Can help with merging the organizational and social responsibility chapters once they are posted. I merged my sources and placed a copy on the useful links and sources page. (Don)

I've finished both the IT and Innovation chapters of the paper. I've uploaded the text and attached the file as a .doc as to not lose formatting. I've yet to put all my sources together but I'll add that most likely by tomorrow. Jeff
 * __5/1/09__**

I've gone about as far as I can on my halves of organizational design and social responsibility. Once my partners post their halves we can get to the business of merging them. I will have finance done by Friday night. Don
 * __4/30/09__**

I finished the IT section and updated the wiki page. I'm hoping to have the innovation section done by tomorrow night (Friday). If not, no later than saturday morning. Karen sent an email via LMS saying she would be done with her sections by Fri night as well. Jeff
 * __4/30/09__**

__**4/29/09**__ This sounds good to me... I'm fine doing the innovation and IT chapters alone. I'm hoping to have these chapters done by Fri., I've been busy with assignments from another class I'm taking. I've started the IT chapter and hope to be done with that sometime tomorrow. I'll post completed chapters as I finish them. Jeff

__**4/29/9**__ The assignment calls for 3 page chapters. Anyone know if this includes the introduction and conclusion chapters? If they are included then we have ten chapters or 30 pages to write. With five of us that makes each of us responsible for 6 pages. Here's what we are signed up for currently:

Don: Finance, half of organizational design and half of social responsibility Jeff: Innovation and role of IT Karen: Introduction and human resources Lonnie: Perception management and half of organizational design Scott: Strategic plan and half of social responsibility

If Lonnie and Scott share the conclusion then we'll all be responsible for 6 pages (again assuming the introduction and conclusion are to be three pages each). Is everyone happy with this arrangement? I'm particularly wondering about those who ended up doing a section alone. Is this ok or do you prefer to have a partner?

Anyone working together on a chapter will have to merge their writings together. Then we will need to merge all ten chapters into one paper. It would eb helpful if everyone attached a doc file of their chapters to the wiki pages. Then someone can simply download all the chapters and copy and paste them into one Word dcument. The most tedious part will be merging the sources into one alphabetical bibliography. We also have to decide if we're going to use APA or MLA. We'll want to be consistent. I think I've been using MLA. I've followed the style used in the talking point examplars which do not seem to be APA but does seem easier. Don

All, I've added my Strat Plan write up under the Strat Plan section under topics. I hope someone has a better way we can post our documents so they don't lose a lot of the formatting as is the case here. Looking for suggestions... Scott
 * __4/28/09__**

Jeff, I'll take myself off the IT section. Don, I'd like to still work on the write up for the social resposibilities section. We can merge our two write ups together. And I will still cover the strategic plans section. As a note, I can devote time on this through Sunday, 3 May. Starting Monday I'm on a work trip for the last three days of class and will not be available. Can everyone have their write ups by tonight so we can start merging tomorrow, Wednesday? My personal preference would be to try and wrap it up by this Friday, leaving us this weekend in case we run into an emergency (hopefully not). Scott
 * __4/28/09__**

I hope to add more to my drafts shortly. I was counting on having till the 5th to finish this paper so now I'm a bit behind the eight ball. I do have more to write about social responsibility. It's my favorite part. I'm not too keen on sticking to a three page goal for each chapter. I can't imagine three pages about finances or organizational design. It's fine by me if some chapters are larger than others. I think I can put some of my social responsibility stuff into the organizational design section since it also relates to organizational culture. (Don)

I would encourage anyone who has written anything to add it to the topic page as I did with what I've written so far. It would be nice to see what progress we have made. I would advise everyone to keep copies though. I've already inadvertently erased one wiki page. (Don)

Don, I've done some research on the IT and Innovation but otherwise, haven't done very much either. I'm more focused on finishing the innovation paper right now; I've got my TP and Quiz #3 done also. By next week, I want to get focused. We still have a good deal of time. (Jeff)
 * __4/16/09__**

__**4/16/09**__ In trying to reorganize our navigation bar I lost our "Choosing organizations' page. Sorry about that. I have learned how to edit the navigation bar. I hope the new organization is better. In researching my innovation paper I found a tidbit about Home Depot that fits under Social Responsibility so I've made topic pages for us to store ideas and sources we come across. We can also write the chapters on these pages. (Don)

I must admit I've not done anything else on this paper yet - and the clock is ticking. I do have my talking points and quiz 3 already submitted so one the innovation paper is in I can turn my attention to this project. If anyone has been working on this I suggest posting what you have in the appropriate topic page.. It might spur on those of us who have neglected this. (Don)

I created a topics page and listed all the elements/chapters of the projects. If everyone could go ahead and sign up for two topics they feel they would be best suited to write and research. Put what you would most want to write about, don't worry if someone else has already signed up for it. It's not first come first serve. Just a starting point for dividing the work up. //Don:// I know 10 topics divided by 5 people comes out good but I think the introduction and conclusion will have to be a group effort. That leaves 8 topics. If we all sign up for 3 of these each topic (expect one) can have two people.
 * __2/26/09__**

Looks like we have settled on Home Depot / Lowes and splitting the work assignments by topic. Now we need a list of the topics so we can decide what areas we want to research. We already have a volunteer for IT. Since we're each going to be looking at both companies we should create a page to list our sources so we can share them.
 * __2/25/09__**

__**2/24/09**__ Everyone has joined the wiki! We've narrowed the choices between Home Depot/Lowes and Barnes and Noble/Borders. We're still considering ways to split the work.