Activity type

This is a group assignment. Watch the Ted Talk YouTube video: "World Famous Pike Place Fish Market"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeDHiAPqJOI

Objectives

The objective of this assignment is for students to critically examine the structure and culture of an organization and to demonstrate their understanding of the importance of organizational culture to project management success. Student will submit a reflection of the video, based on their understanding of how organizational culture can impact the success of a project.

Instructions

Students will form groups of 3-4, view the Pike Place Fish Market" video and submit a 3-4 pag reflective report based on the following categories of analysis. Answer these questions thoroughly and provide examples from the video to support your points:

1. Objective:Provide a clearly articulated description of how organizational culture is demonstrated in the video. What are some of the learning objectives of this video? How effective is this approach to successfully manage the Pike Place Fish Market project? Explain with examples from the video.
2. Reflective:This part of the analysis is aimed at understanding how the group feels or interprets the video. Here the group will provide a summary of those feelings and interpretations. How did individuals feel throughout the video? Enlightened? Confused? Amazed? Stressed? Uncertain? What are the most enjoyable and/or frustrating parts of this video? Where there mistakes made, if so what are those mistakes and what is the impact?
3. Interpretive:This part of the analysis is focused on what you have learned from the video. What is your main take-away? What new did you learn? Has the video made you change your thinking about how culture is developed and organized in an organization and how different organizational cultures can impact how team members are motivated, engaged and committed to the successful outcome of a project?
4. Decisional: This part of your analysis will explore how you incorporate your knowledge in your current state of mind. Write group summary that shows how individuals in your group believe they will be guided by what they have learned from this video. Were any beliefs and opinions changed? What are the ways individuals in the group believe they can use this new knowledge in the future?