Depending upon your version, look on page 195 or page 208 and read, Listen to the Gurus: Seven Business Thinkers Who Get It. In the Individual Assessment Application #2, you will explore these Gurus and their ideas about business.

The title of the book section is, “Seven Business Thinkers Who Get it.” In your introduction, explain what is it that these seven business thinkers “get.” What is it that all seven have in common in their understanding?

Select a business thinker, summarize their ideas. What is the benefit of this theorist’s ideas? How can this theorist’s ideas be applied in organizations? What pitfalls can you observe in this theory?

Select a second business thinker, summarize their ideas. What is the benefit of this theorist’s ideas? How can this theorist’s ideas be applied in organizations? What pitfalls can you observe in this theory?

Select a third business thinker, summarize their ideas. What is the benefit of this theorist’s ideas? How can this theorist’s ideas be applied in organizations? What pitfalls can you observe in this theory?

Which theorist is most applicable today? Explain. Which theorist is most applicable to your career? Explain.

Conclusion. Why is it valuable to study organizational and business theory? What plan do you have to maintain your study of business theory after graduation?

reference book. Drive. By Daniel H. Pink