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Analyze the logic of the following article based on the questions provided below

Article:

Watkins, M. (2012). How managers become leaders. The seven seismic shifts of perspective and responsibility. Harvard Business Review.

A. The main purpose of this ARTICLE is _____. (Here you are trying to state as accurately as possible the author's purpose for writing the ARTICLE. What was the author trying to accomplish?)

B. The key question that the author is addressing is_____. (Your goal is to figure out the key question that was in the author's mind when he or she wrote the ARTICLE. What was the key question the ARTICLE addressed? State the problem. State how the Focus on the complexity of the issue, and state how the ARTICLE deals with the problem.)

C. The most important information in this ARTICLE is_____. (You want to identify the key information the author used, or presupposed, in the ARTICLE to support his or her main arguments. Here you are looking for facts, experiences, data the author is using to support his or her conclusions.)

D. The main inferences / conclusions in this ARTICLE are_____. (You want to identify the most important conclusions the author comes to and presents in the ARTICLE Are the findings from research logically consistent with what is being done by practitioners? Can suggested uses be disproved? If so, how might this be done?)

E. The key concept(s) we need to understand in this ARTICLE is (are) _____. a. By this concept, the author means_____. (To identify the concept, ask yourself: What are the most important ideas that you would have to understand to understand the author's line of reasoning? Then elaborate briefly on what the author means by these concepts. Describe the topic and related theory. Why was it proposed? Why is it important? What are the key concepts (antecedents, processes, outcomes) of the topic/theory?)

F. The main assumption(s) underlying the author's thinking is (are) _____. (Ask yourself: What is the author taking for granted that might be questioned? The assumptions are generalizations that the author does not think he or she has to defend in the context of writing the ARTICLE, and they are usually unstated. This is where the author's thinking logically begins.)  

G. If we take this line of reasoning seriously, the implications are_____. (What consequences are likely to follow if people take the author's line of reasoning seriously? Here you are to follow the logical implications of the author's position. You should include implications that the author states, if you believe them to be logical, but you should determine what you think the implications are.)

H. If we fail to take this line of reasoning seriously, the implications are_____. (What consequences likely follow if people ignore or reject the author's reasoning? What are the predictions made by the topic theory? How or why might these be of interest to practitioners...to you? Are any of the predictions non-obvious?)

I. The main point(s) of view presented in this ARTICLE is (are) _____. (The main question: What is the author looking at, and how is he or she seeing it? J. The ways we could/should apply this concept/topic/theory be applied in contemporary global organizations is to ______? Give examples (from news or media) of this concept in recent use.