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Week 2 - Essay Structure Assignment

Week 2 - Essay Structure Assignment

Q Essay Structure - How to Debate Ideas Productively at Work Directions: Read the article “How to Debate Ideas Productively at Work” on the Harvest Business Review website. After reading the article, answer the questions below and fill in the graphic organizer. Remember: you can reference the additional resources that have been provided to help you. 1. Identify the article’s topic and position on that topic. Using that information, write a thesis for the article in the space below. 2. Why is the author exploring this topic? Why do they think it is important?3. Identify at least three major claims that the author has made. For each claim, identify two pieces of support (facts, statistics, anecdotes, explanations) that the author uses to back up the claim.

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1.Organizations that win have a culture that promotes healthy arguments and cognitive diversity. 2.Advising organizations on having a good and healthy team cohesion is the Authors specialty. 3.Claim: “Studies also show that most mergers and acquisitions don’t fail because of conflict. They fail from the “organizational silence” that stems from the fear of conflict.” Support: “If you’re looking for signs that a romantic couple is about to split, “not talking” is a better leading indicator than “fighting a lot.” Support: