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If you were a male nurse, what aspects of role conflict might you experience? Now imagine you are a professional boxer and a woman. What conflicting role expectations might that involve? In both cases, how well do you think you would handle role conflict?
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Try putting yourself in the shoes of an out-group member. What does your in-group look like from that perspective?
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Describe an experience you have had with coalition building, or that you have read about – perhaps in politics. Was the coalition effective? What problems did the members need to overcome?
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What features of the Second Life world would you like to investigate, and why? How would you go about doing so?
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Your school or workplace suddenly ceases to exhibit one of the five characteristics of bureaucracy. Which characteristic is it, and what are the consequences?







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