Melissa MBAA Blog for ERAU

Module 4 Reflection Blog Use Chapters 5 and 6 (LaFollette, 2007) as the foundation for your reflections regarding if affirmative action is ethical. Be sure to include externally sourced content. Present your opinion, support your opinion, and address opposing viewpoints. “ Affirmative action means positive steps taken to increase the representation of women and minorities in areas of employment, education, and culture from which they have been historically excluded. When those steps involve  preferential  selection—selection on the basis of race, gender, or ethnicity—affirmative action generates intense controversy. (Stanford, 2018)” As a member of the US Unlimited Aerobatic Team, the debate on whether or not we should have a Woman’s team has always been a hot topic.  This has been an issue on US Skydiving teams and other sports where gender does not necessarily create a difference in skills.  Women have taken both sides of the argument. ...

This post is for an assignment through ERAU in completion of my MBAA... Using concepts from the Kramer (2003) article as a baseline, share your insights on dilemmas that happen in: in society at work and in your life Kramer's article, The Harder They Fall , discusses the rise and fall of leaders in today's "sky is the limit" society.  In Greek mythology, Icarus' father built him wings by using wax to hold bird feathers together.  Icarus and his father flew on their wings to escape the island of Crete and Icarus flew too too close to the sun and he fell to the water and drowned when the heat from the sun melted the wax that held his wings together.  Icarus' father vowed never to fly again and built a temple to the sun God Apollo where he literally hung up his wings.     We as a society hold up those people who we see as role models and heroes and glowing examples of success.  We love the idea that, the sky is the limit and anything is poss...