1. LDR 531 Apply Week 1 Leadership Evaluation (New
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LDR 531 Apply Week 1 Leadership Evaluation
Conduct an online search for "leadership style self-assessment," and take
one or more of the free quizzes or assessments that are available online
to learn more about your personal leadership style.
Write a 250word response that includes an overview of your leadership
strengths and weaknesses as well as how you plan to expand your
leadership skills through this course.
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LDR 531 Apply Week 3 Leadership Models (New
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LDR 531Apply Week 3 Leadership Models
To prepare for the Assessment Week 4, reflect on the leadership models
presented in thisWeekâs reading.
Create a chart comparing at least 3 leadership models presented in
thisWeekâs reading. In a 250word response, reflect on how these models
compare to your personal results in theWeek 1 leadership style
evaluation.
Submit your assignment.
4. Create 3 to 5 questions you can discuss with a representative regarding
the companyâs approach to change management in the past.
⢠Your interview questions should illicit the change management
strategies they have used to implement a variety of changes intended to
improve effectiveness and efficiency of the organization that will
ultimately improve the bottom line.
Call the representative from your chosen company, and
⢠Share that you are an MBA student working on a business case
for change management.
⢠Ask your 3 to 5 questions.
⢠Take notes about the conversation with the company
representative.
5. Summarize the interview in a paper of no more than 300 words. Please
do not refer to specific company information in your documentation; use
Company XYX and Mr./Ms. X in place of real names.
Submit your assignment.
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LDR 531 Assessment Week 2 Personal Leadership
Evaluation (New Syllabus)
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LDR 531 Assessment Week 2 Personal Leadership Evaluation
Review the Learning Check and your personal leadership self-
Assessment in preparation for this assessment.
6. Purpose of Assessment
The contemporary workforce is rapidly changing from a myriad of
demographics. The effective leader must be skilled in managing the
diverse workforce. You will be measured on how you demonstrate the
alignment of your personal values against the values of the company as
well as your ability to speak clearly and with precision. You will use
MicrosoftÂŽ PowerPointÂŽ audio in your presentation to convey the
information for this assessment.
Scenario
Youâve been asked to lead a session on workplace diversity at a
leadership conference. Identify a company or organization that has a
diverse workplace. Explain the practices that are in place to support
diversity as an example to start the discussion. Use this example to
create an appropriate strategy for identifying and implementing
leadership strategies for additional support.
7. Prepare an 8 to 12slide Microsoft PowerPoint presentation with audio
narration that covers the following
⢠Describe the challenges that come with leading a diverse
workforce.
⢠Identify the company you chose.
⢠Assess the practices already in place for supporting diversity.
⢠Determine the skills that leaders need to lead a diverse
workforce (e.g.interpersonal skills).
⢠Include your results from the Personal Leadership Evaluation
you completed inWeek 1. Assess the applicable skills you possess and
which ones you lack.
⢠Utilizing the Personal Leadership Evaluation results, explain to
your audience how to maximize strengths and improve weaknesses in
ways to support diversity in the workplace.
8. ⢠Assess 3 key takeaways that you want the attendees to remember
about leadership in a diverse workplace. To build a case on their
importance and value to the organization, discuss how implementing
these points could impact the bottom line (profits, expenses, and
productivity).
⢠Speak with clarity and precision in the audio narration of your
presentation.
Cite peerreviewed, scholarly, or similar references to support your
assignment. You may find valuable information from Harvard Business
Review and Fast Company located in the University Library.
Submit your assignment.
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LDR 531 Assessment Week 4 Comparing Leadership
Models (New Syllabus)
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Purpose of Assessment
Apply theories about leadership, structure, and culture to real-world
scenarios that have occurred in various organizations. You will be
measured on how you narrate various leadership styles to foster
innovation and lead change in a dynamic environment. Use the chart you
created in Week 3 as a quick reference as you work.
Review the following cases from Organizational Behavior:
Ch. 12: Case Incident 1: Sharing is Performing
Review questions: 12-13, 12-14, and 12-15.
Ch. 15: Case Incident 2: Turbulence on United Airlines
Review questions: 15-10, 15-11, and 15-12.
Ch. 16: Case Incident 2: Active Cultures
10. Review questions: 16-16, 16-17, and 16-18.
In 780- to 1050-words, do the following:
For each of the above cases:
Describe, through a story, the leaderâs use of the leadership style in
response to the situation. Use various action verbs in your story.
Explain what makes the selected leadership style effective for the
particular situation.
Compare and contrast the leadership styles leaders chose for each case.
Explain why the leadership styles should differ for each case.
Use at least two references. The textbook is required as is the plagiarism
checker. Please include APA Section Headers, a cover page and
properly formatted reference page.
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CH. 12 Case Incident 1: Sharing Is Performing
11. Replacing Nicholas Dirks as the chancellor of University of California at
Berkeley, Carol T. Christ is taking on a strategy that her predecessors
did not utilize: sharing leadership. Notably, the prior chancellor and
provost would not consult other decision makers and stakeholders at the
university when they proposed to dissolve completely the College of
Chemistry. Christ, on the other hand, met with Frances McGinley, the
student vice president of academic affairs, reaching out to âget a beat on
what [student government] was doing and how [she] could help.â This
move was unusual because McGinley would often have to track down
the other administrators to even get a meeting (or would be merely
delegated work). Another such arrangement between Jill Martin and
David Barrs at a high school in Essex, England, designates special
interest areas where each takes the lead, and they both share an
educational philosophy, meet daily, have the authority to make decisions
on the spot, and challenge one another.
As Declan Fitzsimons suggests in a Harvard Business Review article,
the twenty-first century moves too quickly and is too dynamic to be
handled by one person. By sharing leadership among multiple
individuals, the organization can respond more adaptively to challenges,
share disparate but complementary perspectives, and ease the burden
experienced by the traditional charismatic leader figurehead. However,
sharing leadership leads to its own issues and obstacles, which are
apparent in the multiple relationships between team members,
subordinates, and other employees. Not only do individual identities
become involved, but so do collective identities shared as a group. It is
also important to recognize that shared leadership is not about delegation
but about putting in effort to coordinate and collaborate, along with
balancing individual and collective goals.
Recent reviews of the research on shared leadership suggest that,
overall, shared leadership is effective at improving team performance,
12. attitudes, and behaviors, especially when the leadership is
transformational or charismatic and when the team tasks are complex.
Questions
12-13. What kind of obstacles can you foresee in taking a shared
leadership approach? How might they (or can they) be solved?
12-14. How would you implement a shared leadership initiative in a
company where you were the CEO? What elements of job design and
redesign might you draw on to increase the effectiveness of the shared
leadership initiative?
12-15. Can you think of any instances in which nonshared, traditional
approaches to leadership would be preferable to a shared leadership
approach? What are they, and how are they preferable? What sort of
situational or individual factors lead to the traditional approach being
more effective in these instances? (Robbins, 20180110, p. 426)
Robbins, S. P., Judge, T. A. (20180110). Organizational Behavior, 18th
Edition [VitalSource Bookshelf version]. Retrieved from
vbk://9780134729749
13. CH. 15 Case Incident 2: Turbulence on United Airlines
The beginning of 2017 was not good for United Airlines. Several
incidents involving United Airlines personnel enforcing a variety of
rules, regulations, and protocols in employeesâ interactions with
customers caused international outcry. The first incident involved two
teenagers who were wearing leggings for their flight from Minneapolis
to Denver. They were stopped by the gate agent and not allowed to
board for violating the United Airlines travel perk program. These travel
perk passes hinge on a requirement for users of the passes to dress
themselves so that the airline is presented in a favorable light. United
defended its decision via Twitter: âLeggings are not inappropriate attire
except in the case of someone traveling as a pass rider.â Comedian Seth
Rogan tweeted, âWe here at @United are just trying to police the attire
of the daughters of our employees! Thatâs all! Cool, right?â
A second, more severe incident occurred when David Dao, a doctor who
needed to see his patients the following morning, was aboard a
Louisville-bound flight from Chicago in April. Four United employees
needed to get to Louisville at the last minute, and it was announced that
four people needed to give up their seats or else the flight would be
cancelled. Attendants called the police after no one complied. The police
approached Dao and forcibly removed him from the plane. Dao suffered
a broken nose and concussion after his head smashed into an armrest.
United policy allowed for the involuntary removal of passengers from
14. flights, although this time United was not as defensive. Dao later filed a
lawsuit against United for its actions.
A third incident, in Houston, involved a soon-to-be-married couple,
Michael and Amber, headed to Costa Rica for their wedding. When they
entered the plane, they noticed a man sleeping in the row where their
seats were assigned. Instead of disturbing him, they found some seats
three rows up and sat there instead. They were soon asked by an
attendant to return to their seats and they complied. A U.S. marshall
approached them soon after and ejected them from the plane. According
to United statements, the couple ârepeatedlyâ tried to sit in upgraded
seats and would not follow the instructions of the attendants and crew
members, and, as such, they were within their power to eject the
passengers.
These incidents suggest that, starting with the structure as created by the
CEO, United employees do not have much latitude or flexibility when
dealing with day-to-day policy breaches. Taking cost-minimization and
efficiency-boosting strategies to the extreme may also have had an effect
given that the focus drifted from the customer and toward rule
following. Many attribute this inflexibility to the strict, rule-following
bureaucracy created by United managers. In this bureaucracy, their
85,000 employees may be reluctant to deviate from the rulesâ
intracompany historical precedent suggests that many employees face
termination if they break the rules.
Questions
15. 15-13. How do you think United Airlines should have handled the recent
string of incidents? Do you think that United Airlines was within its
power to have removed these people from the flights? Why or why not?
15-14. What are the pros and cons of having a bureaucratic
organizational structure for an airline? Do you think the pros and cons
are justified for United Airlines and that they should keep the structure
they have? Why or why not?
15-15. What do you think United Airlines should do in the future? Do
you have any suggestions for enhancements or improvements to the
United Airlines organizational structure? Would you consider
restructuring? Why or why not? (Robbins, 20180110, pp. 536-537)
Robbins, S. P., Judge, T. A. (20180110). Organizational Behavior, 18th
Edition [VitalSource Bookshelf version]. Retrieved from
vbk://9780134729749
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LDR 531 Assessment Week 6 Implementing Change
Business Case (New Syllabus)
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LDR 531Assessment Week 6 Implementing Change Business Case
Purpose of Assessment
Demonstrate how a leader can implement change within an organization
to enhance effectiveness and efficiency. You will consider the
information you learned in your conversation with the company you
contacted inWeek 5. You will be measured on how you apply key
managerial skills to foster innovation and lead change in a dynamic
business as well as your ability to listen actively and respond using
appropriate tone and word choice.
17. Scenario
Your boss has asked you to implement arotating work schedule that
requires employees to work different schedules eachWeek. She would
like to know how other companies in the area have handled their
schedule changes in the past to determine if their change model is
applicable to this situation.
Review the discussion with the organization you contacted inWeek 5,
and consider whether you would use any of the strategies to implement
arotating work schedule.
Prepare a 12 to 15slide presentation (e.g. Microsoft PowerPoint, PreziÂŽ,
etc.) to build a business case for your boss and your organizationâs
leadership team. Your presentation should include speaker notes, and
ensure you do the following
⢠Analyze the change requested by your boss
18. ⢠Analyze the impact of this change to the bottom line (profit,
productivity, and expenses).
⢠Analyze the desired result or goal.
⢠Analyze who will be affected by the change.
⢠Analyze the change management approach(es) used by the
company you interviewed inWeek 5.
⢠Identify the company you chose to interview for your research.
⢠Discuss the approach(es) the company used to make a change in
the past. Include elements of your interview, such as your questions and
the company representativeâs responses.
⢠Evaluate whether you would use any of the change management
strategies from yourWeek 5 interview.
⢠Analyze the role of the leader to accomplish the change.
⢠Assess what metrics will be applied to determine success or
failure.
19. ⢠Determine the timeline for the change.
Cite references to support your assignment. It is recommended that you
use the textbook, the University Library, and the internet.
Submit your assignment.
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LDR 531 Entire Course (New, April 2020)
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20. LDR 531 Apply Week 1 Leadership Evaluation (New Syllabus)
LDR 531 Week 1 Discussion Skills for Recruitment (New Syllabus)
LDR 531 Assessment Week 2 Personal Leadership Evaluation (New
Syllabus)
LDR 531 Week 2 Discussion Motivation Theories (New Syllabus)
LDR 531 Apply Week 3 Leadership Models (New Syllabus)
21. LDR 531 Week 3 Discussion Cross Cultural Communication (New
Syllabus)
LDR 531 Assessment Week 4 Comparing Leadership Models (New
Syllabus)
LDR 531 Week 4 Discussion Leadership Theory Application (New
Syllabus)
LDR 531 Apply Week 5 Business Interview (New Syllabus)
22. LDR 531 Week 5 Discussion Skills for Change (New Syllabus)
LDR 531 Assessment Week 6 Implementing Change Business Case
(New Syllabus)
LDR 531 Week 6 Discussion Organizational Change (New Syllabus)
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LDR 531 Week 1 Discussion Skills for Recruitment (New
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LDR 531Week 1 Discussion Skills for Recruitment
23. Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full
participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to classmates
or your faculty member.
Due Thursday
Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:
After completing thisWeekâs reading, discuss ways management can
attract, select, and recruit diverse employees in an organization. Create a
scenario in which you use specific strategies to attract, select, and recruit
diverse employees for your organization. Identify a strategy you could
use.
In your response to your peers, offer a different approach to the scenario
provided. How does your suggest approach offer additional strategies?
24. Due Monday
Reply to at least 2 of your classmates with a minimum of 175 words. Be
constructive and professional in your responses.
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LDR 531 Week 2 Discussion Motivation Theories (New
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LDR 531Week 2 Discussion Motivation Theories
Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full
participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to classmates
or your faculty member.
25. Due Thursday
Discuss one motivation theory that you think is applicable to the job you
have now, or a previous job, and discuss how the theory was applied.
Share a situation describing when that motivation theory was applied.
In your response to your peers, determine if the chosen motivation
theory was successfully applied in the scenario provided. Why or why
not? Offer a solution to the situation using a different motivation theory.
Due Monday
Reply to at least 2 of your classmates with a minimum of 175 words. Be
constructive and professional in your responses.
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26. LDR 531 Week 3 Discussion Cross Cultural
Communication (New Syllabus)
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LDR 531Week 3 Discussion CrossCultural Communication
Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full
participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to classmates
or your faculty member.
Due Thursday
Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:
27. Discuss how managers can overcome potential problems of crosscultural
communication. Share examples from your past or present workplace, or
create a scenario to illustrate your perspective. Consider using strategies
from thisWeekâs video âStories Every Leader Should Tell.â
In response to your peers, provide an alternative solution for overcoming
the problem presented in your classmateâs example. Does your solution
have other drawbacks? How is empathy used in your solution? How is
storytelling used?
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LDR 531 Week 4 Discussion Leadership Theory
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LDR 531Week 4 Discussion Leadership Theory Application
28. Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full
participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to classmates
or your faculty member.
Due Thursday
Share a story or create a scenario where the incorrect leadership theory
was used. Discuss how the situation could have turned out differently if
another style was considered.
In response to your peers, discuss how you would handle the situation
outlined by your classmate based on your leadership style assessment
fromWeek 1. How does this differ from your classmateâs approach?
Due Monday
29. Reply to at least 2 of your classmates with a minimum of 175 words. Be
constructive and professional in your responses.
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LDR 531 Week 5 Discussion Skills for Change (New
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LDR 531Week 5 Discussion Skills for Change
Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full
participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to classmates
or your faculty member.
Due Thursday
Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:
30. Consider thisWeekâs reading selections, and discuss how you can use
the leadership skills you identified in your selfassessment to foster
innovation and lead change in a dynamic environment. How do your
weaknesses provide obstacles to your ability to manage change?
In your response to your peers, compare your own strengths and
weakness in leading change. How could you work together to make the
changes you seek?
Due Monday
Reply to at least 2 of your classmates with a minimum of 175 words. Be
constructive and professional in your responses.
32. Discuss what would be your strategy if you were called upon to be a
change agent for your organization. How would you begin, gather
information, and create buyin for your ideas? How would you justify the
businessâ need for change?
In your response to your peers, offer an alternative approach based on
your own leadership self-assessment. What would you do differently?
Due Monday
Reply to at least 2 of your classmates with a minimum of 175 words. Be
constructive and professional in your responses.