When indigenous groups feel pressure from outside forces—colonialism in the past, or the seeming juggernaut of a global economy now—historically, the outside forces tend to overcome the indigenous groups. However, indigenous peoples are working toward self-determination and exercising their own agency, or power, to shape their destinies in response to globalization. In this Discussion, you explore the alliances and partnerships that work toward indigenous sustainability. 

TO PREPARE FOR DISCUSSION:

• Review this week’s Learning Resources, noting the ways in which indigenous groups ally themselves with others and adapt to change.
• Identify a threat to cultural and biological diversity and/or environmental justice and sustainability in an indigenous group.
• Investigate whether or not the indigenous group is partnering with an external activist to maintain cultural and biological diversity and/or promote environmental justice and sustainability.
• Detail the joint actions undertaken, or the opportunity for joint actions that could be undertaken, to work toward diversity, justice, or sustainability for indigenous peoples.

 BY DAY 3

Post two paragraphs that describe the joint actions undertaken—or that could be initiated—toward maintaining cultural and biological diversity or promoting environmental justice and/or sustainability for the indigenous group you identified. Analyze to what extent diversity, justice, and sustainability are important for the future of indigenous peoples.

Be sure to support your ideas by connecting them to the week’s Learning Resources, or something you have read, heard, seen, or experienced.

Read a selection of your colleagues’ postings.

Some pundits have declared that e-commerce will mark the death of traditional retail.  In 3-4 paragraphs take one side of this debate and provide evidence (with links) to support your argument.

Comment on at least one classmate – be clear on why you agree or disagree.

Classmate Rachel: I disagree with the pundits’ statement declaring e-commerce will mark the death of traditional retail. Although e-commerce has already changed the health of traditional retailers, I believe that there will still be a demand (and business) for traditional retailing because it is in people’s nature to want to have experiences as well as physically touch products and interact with traditional retailers.

There are some products that we need to touch in order to determine if it is a good fit for us. I think that one of the best examples is clothing. Personally, I absolutely hate going to malls, however I have learned time and time again that if I try ordering clothes online, I am usually disappointed with the fit — especially for a new brand or a new type of clothing. In these situations, I have actually lost more time (and possible money in shipping costs) by having to return or exchange clothing. While virtual fitting technologies are becoming better, there are still factors that people want to experience in person, such as fabric texture, for instance. My second example is restaurants. While we can order food for delivery via the restaurant’s website or a delivery app, we are losing an experience of going to a restaurant and being served. My argument here is that people seek in-person experiences that simply cannot be replaced by e-commerce.

I think that it is important to note that there have and will continue to be many firms that will close due to the e-commerce wave. Successful or emerging firms that embrace e-commerce and adjust their traditional retail’s service offerings, however, can actually reap more benefits. During the pandemic, many firms began offering in-store or curbside pick up, which to this day are still viable options despite the lockdown being over. These firms learned that people would rather not be inconvenienced by late deliveries, than to be able to order and pick up a product on the same day.

 The Leadership in Practice paper is an opportunity for you to apply the concepts learned in this course to a real-world situation. In your paper, you will discuss one significant organizational challenge (i.e., ethics, finance, diversity, corporate culture, economics, globalization, etc.) within an organization. 

Be sure to review the assignment organization, formatting, and and the rubric attached to this page to make sure you have met the requirements of the assignment.

The Organization Chosen for this paper is Amazon.

Paper Organization

The paper should include the following:

• A description of the organization (Amazon) and its target market/customer base. Identify the primary stakeholders. If available to the public, include the vision and mission statement.
• A detailed analysis of one challenge facing the leadership of the organization (Amazon). How is this challenge affecting the organization (Amazon)? 
• A discussion on how the challenge was addressed by the leadership team of the organization. Was there a more effective way to address the challenge? 
• A recommendation for future leaders to avoid encountering a similar challenge. Future leaders can be from any organization you have an interest in sharing knowledge.
• The tools a leader would require to be effective in dealing with the issue. For example, these can include technology, equipment, and/or human resources.
• Suggestions for overcoming the challenge based on contemporary leadership thought. This should be based on research and include scholarly sources to support your suggestions.
• A strategy for overcoming the challenge.
• Outside research and concepts to justify the suggestions and strategies used to deal with the challenge in the organization.

Your final paper should meet the following formatting criteria: 

• composed in .doc or .docx format
• contain 2000-2500 words in length (not including the title page or reference page)
• be double-spaced
• adhere to the current version of APA style
• use and cite a minimum of 5 scholarly references

QUESTION #1

1. Of the people you have read about, watched videos about, OR the course content in the latter modules of this course – which OVERALL AREA has inspired you the most and is the area that you’ve found most interesting among the topics? Why do you feel this way? Does it tie in to your intended major and/or career path?

QUESTION #2

2. Part of your college learning experience is to rule OUT possible occupations, professions, or specific jobs. Which hospitality and tourism job or area of the business is something you will definitely NOT consider among your professional choices? Why do you feel this way? What, in particular, did you hear/read/see/learn that led to this personal feeling?

QUESTION #3

3. Have you personally taken the career assessment offered through FAU – Major KnOWLedge which helps direct you to a potential the major AND career choice?  If yes, what was the outcome?  If not, why not? 

If you have not yet taken this assessment, remember that it is FREE for students.  Dr. Ricci recommends that you take this assessment for your own career path self-knowledge and reflection. Even if you are a graduating senior, it’s never to late to learn about what potential career areas may “spark” your excitement and interest.

Other than Major KnOWLedge, have you taken any other career assessment tool?

QUESTION #4 (be sure to answer all portions of the question)

4. In response to the all the articles about Florida reaching various milestones for visitors and the ongoing fight about whether we SHOULD or SHOULDN’T fund tourism promotion to our state (articles found primarily in Module 1)

What are your overall comments on tourism promotion for Florida after learning about the hospitality industry in this course?

What makes us a great destination?

What could hurt us in the near future in regards to our ability to continue to attract visitors?

Do you personally suggest visits from your out-of-state friends and family members – why or why not?

What are your thoughts on the articles discussing “over” tourism?

 During Week 2, you identified an indigenous group and shared the reasons for your selection. This week, you take a closer look at the group that you have identified by examining its culture. What is culture? Culture is the learned, shared understandings among a group of people. Culture helps to explain how people live, behave, and act and how to interact with others. In this week’s Field Notes, you examine elements of the culture of an indigenous group. 

TO PREPARE FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT:

• Review the assigned chapters in the Omohundro course text.
• Review the indigenous group that you selected in Week 2.
• Choose two elements of culture from your selected indigenous group. (Note: Elements of culture might include rituals, religious beliefs and practices, marriage customs, gender roles, celebrations, birthdays, holidays, economic, government or social systems.)

• Welsch, R.L. & Vivanco, L.A. (2021). Cultural anthropology: Asking questions about humanity (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press.
  •  Chapter 2, “Culture: Giving Meaning to Human Lives” (pp. 33-45)
  • This is already discussed in Chapter 1 of the text.
• Peters-Golden, H. P. (2012). Culture sketches: Case studies in anthropology (6th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
  • Chapter 3, “The Basseri: Pastoral Nomads on the il-Rah” (pp. 40-59)
  • Chapter 8, “The Minangkabau: Matriliny and Merantau” (pp. 142-157)
  • Chapter 10, “The Ojibwa: ‘The People’ Endure” (pp. 177-193)
  • The chapters from this text provide case study analyses of individual groups around the globe.
• Reyes-García, V., Guêze, M., Díaz-Reviriego, I., Duda, R., Fernández-Hamzares, A., Gallois, S., Napitupulu, L., Orta-Martínez, M., & Pyhälä, A. (2016). The adaptive nature of culture: A cross-cultural analysis of the returns of local environmental knowledge in three indigenous societies.Links to an external site. Current Anthropology, 57(6), 761-784. Retrieved from https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/78566475.pdf
  Reading Focus: Pages 761-763. In “The Adaptive Nature of Culture,” Dr. Reyes-García shares fieldwork findings relative to three key hunter-gatherer societies: The Tsimane of the Amazon region; the Baka of the Congo Basin; and the Punan of Borneo.