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The Tale of A Beehive-Teaching Notes
The Tale of A Beehive-Teaching Notes
II. Objectives –
III. Audience – The case can be used in classes or trainings dealing with
organisational cultural and its role in the functioning of the organisation. It can be
programmes. The case will work best with a group of 5-6 participants.
it’s genesis and role in advance of the discussion/ analysis of the case. In this
IV. Number of teaching sessions needed – One session of 75- 90 minutes will
allow for an exhaustive discussion on the case. The participants are to come
prepared by reading about organisational culture and it’s role external adaptation
by the organisation. The case study and the reading assignment are to be given to
the students at least 3 days prior for the participants to read and prepare their
responses for initial discussion. They are to discuss the case in small groups of 5-
have been the prognosis of the events in the case had the beehive
chances of clients and employees being stung by the bees in the future
and thus enhancing the negative feelings among the employees. These
priorities being placed by the two key protagonists and that these
the priorities are learned, implying that culture is learned and hence
2. What does this incident tell you about the culture and the health of
values and priorities on the part of the two key protagonists, with all
background and are hence not aligned to the needs of the KSC and
the society which may be reflected in the mission of the KO and the
embodying the priorities and values of the organisation, the case study
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