Please write a short report connecting course material to current news articles. After reviewing topics from our text, review various articles in news publications on the Internet. Good sites include Washington Post, Bloomberg Business Week, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Verge, Reuters, BBC, The Economist, or any credible news source.

Please focus on news articles and not editorial articles. These would be ones discussing the best techniques or ways to accomplish something, whether it be motivation, leadership, organizing a company or team or many other areas.

1. Connections to the concepts in the text must be made. These must be explicit using citations (e.g. Chapter 15, Section 3a Hierarchical versus Decentrailized Approaches.)

2. The concept MUST be explained in your own words.

3. The connection must be made as well. You will need to use a portion of the article and show how it is an example of the concept.

Article Summary: 1-2 paragraphs summarizing the MAIN IDEA of the article. Be sure that you focus on the portion of the article that you will be discussing in the next section. Remember this is to be a news article - not a management article or advice article.

For each connection, complete the following sections:

A. Chapter number and section number and description of text you are referencing (e.g. Chapter 1 Section 2 The Basic Function of Management.)

B. Indicate the concept and define it in your own words (not copied from any source or paraphrased.) Make the connection between the article and the concept identified in B above. This should be no more than 150 words.