discussion 7/20, isaac

1. The focus of the article “How To Create a Culture Manifesto for Your Organization (And Why It’s a Good Idea)” is clearly mentioned through the title. In this informative article, Molly West goes over examples of manifestos created for varying organizational cultures and goes over the positive role a manifesto can have in an organization. West introduces us to the topic with the realization that mission statements usually have nothing to do with the workforce behind the statement, and this helps the reader to make the inference that a companies plan should include the goals internally, not just on the exterior. There are no negatives affecting the persuasiveness of the article, making the idea of creating a culture manifesto seem like a no-brainer. Which, in fact, it is; the manifesto is purely meant to improve the environment and culture of an organization by creating a collection of shared beliefs throughout the workforce to help unify and boost morale in the employees. West’s perspective is that a culture manifesto is a necessary step in creating a positive organizational culture, rather than an extra step. After West went over the example organizations, she informs the reader on how to create their own culture manifesto. This section shows that a short list of questions and ideas, followed by a series of steps is all it takes to create a draft manifesto for an organization. The questions she uses and the conciseness she is able to describe the instructions with help solidify the idea that creating a culture manifesto is a simple, and very helpful addition to your organization’s culture.

2. Since the start of this research project, I have only read scholarly articles that range from nine to thirty pages in length. They are able to go into great detail and include experiments and studies that back up their research and analysis. At first, I thought this would be the best method for me to add my perspective to the conversation, although after developing a deeper sense of my topic I noticed I simply don’t have a strong enough grasp, or enough information to share to write a scholarly article. My main option now is to write an informative op-ed. It will be shorter compared to my sources, and can only feature quotes from peoples experiences and firsthand accounts, but it will have the same critical focus that my sources all had. Quotations from preservice teachers, early education teachers, and professors will be a main source of perspective on the complex issue, while the experiences of my close friends and my own will help me personalize papers attitude and stance. 

I want to inform the misinformed and the uninformed, the ignorant, and the arrogant. Misinformation has become a tool of the powerful to create masses of uneducated followers. It has also become the effect of leaders and influencers of our culture being given undeserving power over the people. In hopes to bring harmony between people, I plan on writing my research paper as an opinionated article thats focus is on the removal of the discriminatory and unjust cycle that ethnically and racially diverse people are forced into; primarily the beginning of the cycle that takes place in the education system.