In this assignment, you will analyze the readings and activities from this course and synthesize them into a well-organized and cohesive paper. Use the APA Paper Template [DOCX] to complete this assignment.

This assignment is made up of multiple parts and should be completed in multiple sittings. It is recommended that you complete the following things in the prescribed order. Your paper should contain the following sections.

1. INTRODUCTION

Write a solid introduction that explains to the reader the different parts of the assignment. Your introduction should include a hook, the background information, and an overarching thesis sentence.

2. COGNITION

In the Egfjord and Sund (2020) articles, discussions of BMI occur along with the ideas of cognitive differentiation and cognitive integration. For the first section of your paper, describe your best definition of these two concepts. Note that the 2020 “Do You See What I See?” article includes these two concepts in its abstract, but the concept terminology does not appear in either article. Thus, you might need to do more research on the terminology and consider how each article describes what the authors mean by cognition to help provide a solid pair of definitions. Cite any other source you use. This section should be no more than three paragraphs but should also include a solid explanation of what cognition means, on its own, and as used by these authors.

3. BUSINESS MODEL INNOVATION

On page 7 of the “Do You See What I See?” article, the authors ask these questions:

• ” . . design changes seem to be the inevitable outcome of adding business models to the organization. If this is the case, should organizational redesign actually precede BMI?”
• “Is an organization already designed to accommodate a future BMI more likely to be successful at implementing radical BMI ideas emerging from an innovation department?”

Did you feel that either or both of their articles provided you with a solid answer to either of these questions? If yes, answer one or both of the questions and provide support to your answer. If no, what other information might you want or need to know to answer the questions?

In your paper, respond to the following questions.

1. What assumptions do you feel you might need to make to answer the questions above? Would those be necessary, sufficient, or flawed assumptions? Explain your answer.
2. Should organizational redesign precede BMI?
3. Is an organization already designed to accommodate a future BMI more likely to be successful at implementing radical BMI ideas?

This section should be about 4–6 paragraphs.Organize it in a way that you feel best provides the information logically to your reader. Use headings.

4. ONTOLOGICAL HUMILITY

Review the guidelines provided in this week’s assigned readings from Academic Writer about publishing the same study in two different journals. In this case, the authors have done so. Provide your opinion, based on your interpretation of the publication guidelines, as to whether the APA would feel that these authors have appropriately followed the APA guidelines for multiple publications of the same data. How has this double publication lent credence to the authors ontological humility? Would you have considered double publishing in this same way? If yes, why? If no, why not?

Your answer to this question should be about 1–2 pages.

In the Ontological Humility media, think back to your thoughts on the Dueling Managers scenario. In that assessment, you were asked to consider three assumptions and journal about your reactions to the scenario and assumptions. In this section of your paper, answer the following questions:

1. Did you feel that the way the scenario was structured was designed to create false assumptions? Or, do you feel that the falsity of the assumptions was simply a result of the facts and how they were presented? In other words, would the same assumptions have been accurate if different facts had existed? Why or why not?
2. Explicit bias is a bias that is an open and obvious prejudice. For example, a person who has allergic reactions to dogs may have a bias against going to the homes of people who own dogs. In fact, that person may allow that bias to become implicit, where they consider homes where dogs live to be dirtier than non-dog homes, or may even decide not to be friends with dog owners so that they can avoid potential allergic reactions. Less obvious biases can be more difficult to recognize in oneself. Think about some ways that you could start to recognize your own explicit or implicit biases. You do not need to list the biases here. Instead, provide at least two ways that you could start to identify and reflect on those biases. In what way might doing so lead to better decision making as a business person in the future?

Your answer to these questions should be at least 3–4 pages.

HEADINGS

Use the following headings and sub-headings in your paper, following APA formatting guidelines:

• Ontological Humility Introduction
• Cognition
  • Cognition Differentiation and Integration
• Business Model Innovation
  • Assumptions Needed to Answer the BMI Questions
  • Should Organizational Redesign Precede BMI?
  • Implementing BMI
• Ontological Humility
  • Double-Publishing APA
  • Personal View on Double-Publishing
  • False Assumptions
• Conclusion