Principles of Mangment Paper From Book "Who Moved My Cheese"

BUS 200

Who Moved My Cheese

Project

The book Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Johnson is a wonderful tale of change. Everyone has experienced change in one form or another, some positive, others negative. How you handle with change will set the pace for happiness in life.

Leadership qualities include adapting to change, often and continual. Some say true leaders walk naked in an attempt to develop transparency and change. The leadership journey and the study of leadership is a development of style. How you handle change is a corner stone for developing your style.

Read Who Moved My Cheese. Read it first with an understanding of what is going on with this situation, than re-read it with the intent to see where you fit into the scheme of change. After the second reading write a paper that details your reaction to this tale and how it will impact your leadership journey. Your may make this project as personal as you wish. You can reference life experiences or detail work issues that you now have gained incite into because of this reading.

The paper must answer the following questions and include how you intend to use the lessons learned from this book.

What does the Cheese represent in this story?

What does the Cheese represent to you?

What does the Maze represent?

What does the Maze represent to you?

Which character do you best relate to in this story, Sniff and Scurry, Hem or Haw?

Ask yourself “What would I do if I were not afraid to change”?

When you notice small changes in life how will these relate to a big change?

The paper will be submitted as a word document, as an attachment to your VCCS e mail. It must be a minimum of 1000 words. Preferably double spaced, APA format citing references as required. Use a cover page with your name, course title, project title and date.

Remember, do not plagiarize another’s work. If you quote some one give them credit, reference their work.

Reminder, focus your paper on Management

Grading Rubric for Who Moved the Cheese.

What does the Cheese represent	15%
What does the Cheese represent to you	15%
What does the Maze represent	15%
What does the Maze represent to you	15%
Which character do you relate to	15%
What would you do if you were not afraid to change	15%
How well related to management	10%
Total	100%

� Spencer Johnson, Who Moved My Cheese, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, New York, 1998