Alabama State University Systematic Insight Management Discussion All information needed to respond comes from your text book readings and other assigned readings, and, in some circumstances, information provided in the Discussion assignment. Unless otherwise noted, do not consult outside resources to shape your answers. Answer questions using only the material you read in the assigned readings and your personal knowledge/experience/opinions. I want to know your thoughts and ideas. Evidence of the use of outside sources in your original post will result in a zero on the assignment. If, after posting your discussion (your original post), you would like to investigate a topic further using an outside source and share that information (with appropriate citations and references provided using APA formatting) as a reply post for Participation Points, that is welcome and encouraged.Discussion 1: Gibson and Tesone (2001) discuss management fads particularly in terms of how they develop and their life cycle. They offer five management fads as examples and illustrate how these management fads have evolved through the stages of their life cycle.Describe a current management practice that you are familiar (not one of the five already discussed in this article) with from your courses or your own first-hand experience that you suspect may be a fad and illustrate how you believe this practice has moved or is moving through the stages of its life cycle. In what stage do you think the practice currently lies? Explain.Do you expect this practice will “go away, or slip from individual notoriety into the general content of management practices”? Explain. Discussion 2: After reading the summaries of Higher Ambition and Responsible Restructuring, discuss the following How does the Higher Ambition reading relate to the Responsible Restructuring reading? Discuss at least two ways. Reflect upon the keys to higher-ambition leadership presented in Higher Ambition. Which of these keys do you think would be particularly necessary and useful for responsible restructuring? Why?
