What would a development plan for student leaders look like? How could you capitalize on school experiences as part of a development plan? What would a leadership coaching or mentoring program for students look like? How could you tell whether the program worked?

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Leadership Is a Process, Not a Position

Chapter 2 Leader Development 75

  1. Not all effective leaders seem to be reflective by nature. How do you reconcile that with the concept of the spiral of experience and its role in leadership development?
  1. Explain how you can use knowledge about each of the following to enrich the benefits of your own present leadership experiences:
  1. The action–observation–reflection model
  2. The people you interact and work with
  3. The activities you are involved in
  4. Using the role of teacher as a specific instance of leadership, discuss how a teacher’s perceptual set, expectations of students, and attributions may affect student motivation and performance. Do you think some teachers could be- come more effective by becoming more aware of these processes? Would that be true for leaders in general?
  1. If you were to design the perfect leadership development experience for your- self, how would you do so and what would it include? How would you know whether it was effective?
  1. Do you think people have a need for growth and development?
  2. One important aspect of learning from experience is observing the consequences of one’s actions. Sometimes, however, the most significant consequences of a leader’s actions do not occur for several years (for example, the ultimate impact of certain personnel decisions or a strategic decision to change a product line). Is there any way individuals can learn from the consequences of those actions in a way to modify their behavior? If consequences are so delayed, is there a danger they might draw the wrong lessons from their experiences?
  1. What would a development plan for student leaders look like? How could you capitalize on school experiences as part of a development plan?
  1. What would a leadership coaching or mentoring program for students look like? How could you tell whether the program worked?

 

Write a paper on organizational culture. Include a description of a culture for an organization you are familiar with. Identify some physical artifacts—such as logo, mascot, building, advertising images—associated with the company and discuss what underlying values these suggest.

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Critical function of leadership

This week you learned about the importance of shaping culture and how it is a critical function of leadership.

Write a paper on organizational culture.

Address the following in your paper:

  • What is culture?
  • Why is it important?
  1. Internal integration.
  2. External adaptation.

Also include a description of a culture for an organization you are familiar with. Identify some physical artifacts—such as logo, mascot, building, advertising images—associated with the company and discuss what underlying values these suggest.

The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:

Write between 750 – 1,250 words (approximately 3 – 5 pages) using Microsoft Word in APA style, see example below.

How do the leadership characteristics relate to GGFRT’s strategic objectives? Relate each leadership characteristic to a strategic objective. Explain your answers and present your sources.

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GGFRT Case Study

Referring to the GGFRT Case Study, identify the top three leadership characteristics that the CIO should demonstrate that you believe would be most successful.

How do the leadership characteristics relate to GGFRT’s strategic objectives? Relate each leadership characteristic to a strategic objective (all strategic objectives don’t need to be used). Explain your answers and present your sources.

 

Explain how this style will support sustainable organizational success. Explain how this style integrates the organization’s mission and vision. Explain how this style will increase value for stakeholders.

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Leadership Styles Rationale paper

Write a 700- to 1,050-word Leadership Styles Rationale paper. In your paper, complete the following:

  • Restate the needed change within the organization.
  • Analyze the various leadership styles you explored in Part 1 in the context of the organizational culture and proposed change.
  • Justify which leadership style or approach would best support the organizational change.
    • Explain how this style will support sustainable organizational success.
    • Explain how this style integrates the organization’s mission and vision.
    • Explain how this style will increase value for stakeholders.

 

Identify at least three traits every leader, regardless of the industry, should possess. Identify differences in face-to-face vs. virtual leadership. How can they connect with individuals? How can they have a positive influence?

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Virtual Leadership

Assignment Detail:

Conduct extensive research on the value of leaders in the workplace. Next, conduct further research specifically focusing on virtual team leaders and the impact they may or may not have. In a nicely formatted, double spaced paper, with a minimum of 3 pages, address the following:

  • Address the need for strong leadership in the workplace.
  • Identify at least three traits every leader, regardless of the industry, should possess.
  • Identify differences in face-to-face vs. virtual leadership.
  • What is the difference
  • Do they need to conduct themselves differently (how so?)
  • Address the need for virtual leaders in today’s era
  • Pandemics (i.e., COVID)
  • Differences in generational gaps and the desire for more work-life balance,
  • Globalization of organizations
  • Etc. (anything else)
  • Identify how virtual leaders can be successful
  • How can they, compared to traditional leadership, still motivate employees?
  • How can they connect with individuals?
  • How can they have a positive influence?
  • Will or can companies be just as successful with a remote workforce (why or why not)
  • What are the pros and cons of working remotely and seeing how leadership needs to change and adapt to being more agile?
  • Will or can companies be just as successful with a remote workforce (why or why not)
  • Provide examples of real-life scenarios as needed.
  • Nicely formatted, double spaced, cover and reference pages, 3 pages of content

 

In the context of this assignment, how can this model be applied to the situation at hand? Discuss what type of interpersonal skills are needed to effectively administer statesmanship in that context?

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CASE STUDY: INTERPERSONAL LEADERSHIP SKILLS ASSIGNMENT

In this Case Study, student will apply the Statesmanship model discussed in Module 1: Week 1 to a real, specific public administration context. In other words, choose an organization that has a real-life issue or a situation they are currently dealing with. Describe what happened in as much detail as necessary. Next, apply the statesmanship model discussed

Module 1: Week 1 to this situation.

The overarching idea of statesmanship is the call for moral character. In the context of this assignment, how can this model be applied to the situation at hand?

Discuss what type of interpersonal skills are needed to effectively administer statesmanship in that context?

Remember to also discuss the importance of the following:

  • Importance of Emotional Intelligence
  • Covenant

Case Study scenarios must be taken from documented (published) public administration contexts; no hypotheticals are allowed.

Focus on one public administration organization or may refer to a particular situation (well-documented by the research) that public administrators faced during an actual event(s).

 

Write a one-two sentence personal definition of organizational management. Base your definition on what you have encountered this week, as well as on what you have already learned about the topic.

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Organizational Leadership

Write a one-two sentence personal definition of organizational management. Base your definition on what you have encountered this week, as well as on what you have already learned about the topic.

Discuss this statement by Paul Hawken: ” Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive that everyone wants to get to work and deal with them.”

Finally, write about the differences between leadership and management.

https://smallbusiness.chron.com/definition-organizational-management-37684.html

 

What leadership model, style, or theory best describes you as a leader? Why? What are your most distinguishing leadership traits? What traits do you strive to learn to develop?

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Week 7: Leadership Essay

For this assignment, you are required to write a Leadership Research Essay. Requirement: Using the terms, concepts, and theories learned in this course, write a 5 to 7 page (Times New Roman 12 font with double-spaced lines) leadership essay defining your leadership philosophy with one or more of the leadership theories we have studied.

Each page should be approximately 350 words, so the total word count (not counting the reference page and the title page) should be at least 1750 words. Papers with fewer than 1750 words will have deductions for lack of content. Quotes should be limited and if necessary, cited appropriately.

For this assignment, the use of first person is allowed. No abstract. Include a clear and concise introductory and concluding paragraph. Use headings to introduce your topics. Research: Additionally, using the APUS Online Library, conduct research and incorporate at least two (2) additional sources other than your textbook and course articles to support your essay.

Use the APA Style to cite your “in-text” references and to list your references on a reference page. Your essay will address these questions:

  1. What leadership model, style, or theory best describes you as a leader? Why? Give examples using the terms and concepts in your textbook. 1) Skills Approach 2) Situational Approach 3) Behavioral Approach 4) Trait Approach 5) Path-Goal Approach
  2. What are your most distinguishing leadership traits? What traits do you strive to learn to develop?
  3. As a follower, what leadership approach do you prefer from your leader?
  4. What leadership model or theory best describes how you influence others? Give examples.
  5. Based on your self-assessments, your current leadership and motivational skills, and the knowledge you have gained from the course materials, what goals will you set and what plan of action will you implement to improve your (1) leadership and (2) motivation? Include the type of leadership theory or model you intend to implement to achieve your goals.
  6. Explain the steps you need to take to complete each of these self-improvement goals? Save your essay as Last Name_Leadership Research Essay_MGMT312.doc (e.g. Smith_Leadership Research Essay_MGMT312.doc).

 

From the investigation you conducted choose one observable behaviour/skill you would like to focus on and put into practice during your group work in second semester. Discuss why have you chosen this behaviour/skill. Why is it important to you to make this behavioural change to your leadership capacity? What is your motivation for change? What might happen in the future if you do not improve this aspect of your leadership? What do you think will happen (what are some possible impacts to yourself and others) if you choose not to change?

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LEADER DEVELOPMENT PAPER

The purpose of the Leader Development Paper is to provide you with an opportunity to identify and develop existing and new leadership behaviors. You are asked to investigate, intervene, and evaluate needed resources to assist in your goals for leadership behavior and skills development. The goal of this investigation is to identify all repetitive behaviors including skills and/or patterns of behaviors that with improvement would have the potential to develop your capacity as a leader. Your investigation will draw on key experiences, observations, feedback received from others and learning acquired throughout the Your discussion will also include how you will go about supporting your learning. Refer to and cite at least two different references in this paper. This paper is divided into three parts. Use the questions or statements below to guide your discussion. Support your discussion with behavioral examples.

A. REFLECT/INVESTIGATE

You are asked to conduct an investigation of your journal forum entries, experiences during class activities, knowledge acquired through lectures and self– assessments, etc.

1. Do a thorough investigation and review of all your journal group discussion question entries, experiences during class activities, knowledge acquired from class lectures and self–assessment, as well as any feedback you received from others with the goal of identifying behaviours that with improvement would have the potential to develop your capacity as a leader. While conducting your investigation be sure to consider observable behaviours and all internal dialogue(s) influencing your behavior. Examples of where you might gather your behavioural data from include:
a. Any self–assessments you may have completed examples: Situational Leadership– Lead Self, Facilitation Skills, Kilmann Conflict Strategies, Meyers Briggs, etc.
b. As they relate to the following concepts: leadership, facilitating, decision–making, relationship building, task completion, etc.

2. Using the information gathered from your investigation, provide a description of all the behaviours and patterns of behaviours you have identified, including any repetitive internal dialogues influencing your behaviour. Support your discussion with examples of the behaviours that you have identified.

B. ANALYZE/INTERVENE

You are asked to pick one behaviour or skill you would like to develop and then create a step–by–step action plan to help you develop and implement the behavioural change you would like to make.

a. From the investigation you conducted choose one observable behaviour/skill you would like to focus on and put into practice during your group work in second semester. Discuss why have you chosen this behaviour/skill.

b. Why is it important to you to make this behavioural change to your leadership capacity? What is your motivation for change? What might happen in the future if you do not improve this aspect of your leadership? What do you think will happen (what are some possible impacts to yourself and others) if you choose not to change?

c. Use the S.M.A.R.T. Goal format (specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, time bound) to create your step–by step action plan explaining how you will go about achieving this behavioural change. Do we provide them with a S.M.A.R.T. Goals Formula?

C. EVALUATE/REFORMULATE

You are asked to assess how you will measure your progress and which resources you will consult with to support your development.
a. How will you know that you have achieved your behavioural change? How will you behave differently in groups as a result, of having made this change?
b. Discuss how you see yourself using this change during your work with your team in the second semester to help your team succeed with its task.
c. With whom do you want to collaborate with and ask for feedback from?

What community problem, or issue, does your organization serve to address? How and in what ways is your organization addressing this problem? What is the impact of your organization on the community. What “public value” is your community organization creating for the community?

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Community Partner Briefing


Goals of this Assignment, to be Reflected in your Work:
1. Learn more about the organization that you are working for & their history;
2. Research & Learn more about the issue that the organization addresses, how they address it, and why it’s a concern in your community;
3. Determine what COVID-19 protocols your organization follows;
4. Inform Prof. Botting how you will be submitting documentation of your community work hours.

This paper should only be completed after you have confirmation that you have a community work placement and approval from Prof. Botting that you will be able to use it to fulfill the 10 hour community work requirement that is part of the CE requirement for this course. In the lead up to your submission of this paper you should be in communication with Prof. Botting regarding your search and your preferred organizations.

You have the option of volunteering in person, or remotely. If choosing to volunteer in person, you and your partner must abide by all pertinent COVID-19 regulations for the duration of your work.
Your paper must provide information on the following bullet points and follow the below page minimums. For Part I and part III, you will draw primarily upon your organization’s website and documents contained therein.

Part I: Organization Background (½ page minimum, 20 points)
● Name of organization
● Brief history of the founding of the organization
● Quote your organization’s mission statement
● What geographic area, and what communities, does the organization serve?

Part II: Community Issue Your Organization Serves to Address (1.5 pages minimum, 60 points)

The Problem
● What community problem, or issue, does your organization serve to address?
○ Find at least two external sources that address this issue in the geographic area your organization serves and cite them in your response for Part II.
○ Make sure to cite and add to a “Works Cited” appendix.
● Why is this problem serious? Why must it be addressed? Use reputable sources to paint a convincing picture of how this problem impacts the community they serve;

● How and in what ways is your organization addressing this problem? What is the impact of your organization on the community. What “public value” is your community organization creating for the community?

The Solution
● How does your organization address these issues? Who are their clients and how do they serve them?
● Are they successful? What have they accomplished? Use information from their website or downloadable documents.

Part III: Community Work (½ page minimum, 20 points)
● What roles do volunteers play in the organization? What role will you play?
● Will you be volunteering in person, or remotely? If in person, what COVID protection policies are in place?
● What is the website for your organization? Are they a 501 c3 non-profit or government organization?
● How will you be documenting the hours you volunteer?
○ Who is your community partner contact that will be able to confirm your hours?
○ If you are working remotely and don’t have a community partner contact, do you have a web portal that verifies hours/dates and/or tracks deliverables like “text messages sent,” “emails sent,” etc?
■ If so, will you be able to download documents or take screenshots to document your community work?