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LDR 531 ENTIRE COURSE (2018)
WEEK 1
LDR 531 Week 1 Individual Assignment Personal Leadership Evaluation
Purpose of Assignment
The purpose of this assignment is to provide students with an
opportunity to reflect on their personal leadership styles at the
beginning of the class, as a basis for class learning.
Assignment Steps
Resources: Mastering Leadership Self-Assessment
Take the Mastering Leadership Self-Assessment.
Create a 1,400-word analysis based on the assessment, text, video,
and any other information you wish including:
- Explain how you view your strengths and weaknesses, along with a
development plan to address both.
- Be specific, and explain your rationale based on the text and video,
with cited evidence.
You will use this assignment as a reference for the assignments in
Weeks 2-6. You will be required to take the Mastering Leadership Self-
Assessment listed in the Resources.
WEEK 2
LDR 531 Week 2 Learning Team Charter
Overview
In this course, your team will work together to complete a few
assignments. This chartering assignment is designed to help you apply
your project management skills to understand the scope of your project,
then break the project into goals, tasks, responsibilities, resources, and
milestones. The assignment also asks you to discuss and answer some
questions that will lay the foundation for developing your project.
Beyond the Standard Charter
You will notice that this chartering process goes beyond your standard
University of Phoenix Charter by helping your team create a project
plan for team success by providing you with opportunities to define your
deliverables, recognize the connections between the deliverables and
other classroom activities, determine your timelines and milestones,
identify each team member's expected contribution, and answer
questions that lay the foundation for building your projects.
Putting "I" in "Team"
Important to note is the section for defining learning team expectations
related to participation, collaboration, communication, team
contributions, assignment deadlines, and other considerations. Please
take the time to discuss and document how your team will address
each area and any challenges that may arise. It is important to
understand that we are "Putting 'I' in 'Team'". In short, we will recognize
and reward individuals according to their contributions to team output,
not according to their team membership. This means that individual
grades may be different from the team grade depending on each
individual's contribution to each team deliverable.
Completing this Assignment
Do the following to complete this assignment:
- Review the Charter and Project plan.
- Review the weekly Learning Team deliverables.
- Complete the provided Learning Team Charter and Project Plan,
including the following: team member contact information, project by
week, learning team expectations, team discussion questions
LDR 531 Week 2 Individual Assignment Comparing Leadership Models
Purpose of Assignment
The purpose of this assignment is to provide the student with an
opportunity to understand and analyze the Universal Model of
Leadership in the text, and compare it to one other model to see the
similarities and differences.
Assignment Steps
Create a 10- to 12-slide PowerPoint® presentation to compare the
Universal Model of Leadership in Mastering Leadership to one other
leadership model.
Include the following:
- Include a graphic to compare and contrast those two models, noting
similarities and differences.
- Develop your conclusions regarding the significance of those models
in business. How might they apply?
- Include detailed speaker notes, supporting citations, and references.
WEEK 3
LDR 531 Week 3 Learning Team Communication Challenges Conversation
Purpose of Assignment
The purpose of this assignment is to provide students an opportunity to
apply communication theories and research to actual business
situations. The discussion with other learning team members is
designed to identify and consider different perspectives.
Assignment Steps
Read Case 2: Global Shared Services, McDonald's Corporation,
located in Mastering Leadership.
Discuss in your learning team the communications and group
behavioral issues that might arise in an organization that hires
employees for their first job. Each member must post at least two
substantive comments (minimum 350 words each) to the learning team
discussion area.
Note: Grades are awarded based upon individual contributions to the
Learning Team assignment. Each Learning Team member receives a
grade based upon his/her contributions to the team assignment. Not all
students may receive the same grade for the team assignment.
LDR 531 Week 3 Individual Assignment Communications Challenges and Strategies
Purpose of Assignment
The purpose of this assignment is to provide students with an
opportunity to apply communications theories, research, and
conversation with class colleagues to actual business situations,
through the development of applicable strategies.
Assignment Steps
Read Case 2: Global Shared Services, McDonald's Corporation located
in Mastering Leadership.
Analyze in 1,050 to 1,225 words the communications and group
behavioral issues that might arise in an organization hiring employees
for their first job based on the discussion from your learning team.
Include a strategy to address these challenges.
WEEK 4
LDR 531 Week 4 Individual Team Signature Assignment
About Your Signature Assignment
This signature assignment is designed to align with specific program
student learning outcome(s) in your program. Program Student
Learning Outcomes are broad statements that describe what students
should know and be able to do upon completion of their degree. The
signature assignments may be graded with an automated rubric that
allows the University to collect data that can be aggregated across a
location or college/school and used for program improvements.
Purpose of Assignment
The purpose of this assignment is to provide students an opportunity to
apply research on motivation and satisfaction to the analysis of their
individual behavior and environment.
Assignment Steps
Create an 8- to 10-slide PowerPoint® presentation describing your
Outer Game and Inner Game. See Ch. 3 of Mastering Leadership for
these concepts.
Include the following:
- Your leadership role and environment.
- The leadership process in your Outer Game.
- The leadership competencies in your Outer Game.
- The leadership consciousness in your Inner Game.
- Insights from this analysis.
- Two actions you will take for growth and development.
- Include detailed speaker notes, supporting citations, and references
WEEK 5
LDR 531 Week 5 Learning Team Creative Organizations and Strategic Change
Purpose of Assignment
The purpose of this assignment is to provide students an opportunity to
apply research definitions of a creative organization to real life
examples.
Assignment Steps
Identify and discuss several global creative organizations using the
criteria and descriptions in Ch. 10 and 11 of Mastering Leadership.
Include the strategic opportunities for change the organizations have.
Each member must post at least two substantive comments (minimum
350 words each) to the learning team discussion area:
- Discuss why those organizations could be considered as creative.
- Explore alternative views.
- Post two substantive comments from each team member in this
discussion.
Note: Grades are awarded based upon individual contributions to the
Learning Team assignment. Each Learning Team member receives a
grade based upon his/her contributions to the team assignment. Not all
students may receive the same grade for the team assignment.
LDR 531 Week 5 Individual Assignment Strategic Change: Case Study
Purpose of Assignment
The purpose of this assignment is to provide a chance for the student to
examine an existing organization and apply research to identify
opportunities for strategic change.
Assignment Steps
Develop a 1,050-word essay to identify one global creative
organization, as defined in Ch. 10 and 11 of Mastering Leadership.
Analyze the opportunities for strategic change that are evident, citing
evidence.
Include considerations of culture and structure in addressing those
opportunities.
Include the following:
- Identify one organization that could be considered creative, based on
definitions in Mastering Leadership.
- Determine whether or not you believe the organization meets those
criteria. Explain why.
- Discuss the impact of organizational culture and structure on that
opportunity for strategic change.
- Formulate conclusions including personal learning on your analysis.
WEEK 6
LDR 531 Week 6 Individual Team Leading Organizational Change
Purpose of Assignment
The purpose of this assignment is to provide an opportunity for the
student to integrate and apply the individual and organizational
leadership learning from this course by developing a plan for
organizational change.
Assignment Steps
Review course assignments for Weeks 1-5, including the results of the
Mastering Leadership Self-Assessment taken in Week 1.
Select an organizational change in your company or one you know.
Develop a 1,050-word analysis designing the action plan for you, as a
leader, to address the organizational change.
Include the following, in any sequence you choose:
- Identify the organizational change process steps you would take and
prioritize the order in which you would take them.
- Include both individual and organizational leadership actions.
- Scholarly citations must be given to support your rationale and
proposed actions.
LDR 531 Week 6 Individual Assignment Final Exam
Instructions:
Click the link to the Final Examination.
Complete the Final Examination. You are allowed one attempt to
complete the examination, which is timed and must be completed in 3
hours. Results are automatically graded and sent to your instructor.
Note: The automated final exam was designed in Google Chrome and
is best viewed in the latest version of the browser. If you do not use the
latest version of Google Chrome to view and complete the automated
final exam, you may not be able to view the entire exam content. If you
do not have the most current version of Google Chrome, download the
browser before you enter the exam.
Final Exam Study Guide
If you're taking the Final Exam, you probably have some questions,
such as:
- What is the structure of the Final Exam?
- What kinds of questions will I see? Can I see some examples?
- Why is the Final Exam designed this way?
- How should I study for the Final Exam?
This document will answer these questions and help get you ready for
the exam. Best wishes!
What's the structure of the Final Exam?
The exam questions are based on course objectives and concepts from
throughout the course.
There are 30 multiple-choice questions for each exam. The exam is
timed and must be completed in 3 hours. Students are given one
attempt to complete each exam. Results are auto-graded and sent to
the instructor.
Note: The final exam is best viewed via the Google Chrome web
browser. Please download the latest version of Google Chrome if you
do not have access.
What kinds of questions will I see? Can I see some examples?
The Final Exam will have a mix of the following types of questions:
- Applications: Knowing definitions is important, but you also need to
be able to apply those definitions in practice. On your exam, you'll need
to apply definitions from individual courses, and you'll also see
questions combining concepts from different courses. These different
kinds of application questions can ask you to:
- Connect a concept to an example of that concept. These questions
might ask you to recognize an externality in a transaction, identify a
marketing strategy given a description of activities, or spot an example
of a management technique in action.
- Evaluate a situation and draw conclusions. These questions ask
you to analyze a situation and make an appropriate recommendation.
For example, you might be asked what would make communications
more effective, what is required for a contract to be enforced, or to
identify what would likely happen according to a particular theory.
- Perform calculations and apply techniques: You could be asked to
perform operations related to finance or accounting, determine what
would happen to an equilibrium point if something in the world changes,
or predict changes in exchange rates.
- Critical Thinking Questions: On your Final Exam, you'll see questions
testing your critical thinking skills, which means that you'll have to draw
sound, logical conclusions while applying the techniques you've
learned. You might be asked to identify an assumption, analyze an
argument to determine what would make it stronger or weaker, or spot
a flaw in an argument. These questions are often quite difficult, so get
started by checking out the examples below.
Sample Questions:
Note: These are general examples that may not necessarily reflect the
content of your specific course, but rather will give you an idea of how
the questions on your exam will be structured.
- Rahul is a manager in the Marketing Department of Acadia Bear
Hospitality, a mid-size chain of hotels primarily appealing to vacationers
who are interested in nature. Rahul's goals for next year include the
following: increasing revenue from guided tours by 20%, increasing the
number of customers who visit Acadia Bear's Web site by 25%, and
turning Acadia Bear customers into ambassadors for the Acadia Bear
brand.
Individual Nov 20, 2018 11:59 PM 15
Which of the following changes would most improve the list of yearly
goals specified above?
- doubling the proposed percentage increases in revenue from guided
tours and Web site visitors
- clarifying what is meant by an "ambassador for the Acadia Bear
brand"
- including proposals for changing Acadia Bear's core mission
- specifying the decisions that Rahul should make each week in order
to meet these goals
Answer: (B)
Explanation: For goals to motivate employees, they must be clear.
While many organizations want to turn their customers into "brand
ambassadors," this goal should be more specific in order for Rahul to
understand what success with respect to that goal would look like. (B)
Is therefore correct, as it would provide Rahul with the clear
understanding he would require. (A) Could be a good idea, but might
not be realistic. Goals are not always improved by making them more
demanding, so it is not clear that (A) would be an improvement. Asking
Rahul to change the organization's core mission would be outside the
scope of his responsibilities and so would not be a clear improvement
to this list of goals. The list of weekly actions in (D) would probably
make things worse by micromanaging Rahul. Yearly goals should not
be that specific.
- What real-world decisions would people be more likely to make if
they are risk averse when considering potential losses?
- paying more for an extended warranty than the expected value of
the cost of the repairs covered by the warranty
- considering the entertainment value of the gambling experience
itself when deciding whether to wager in a casino
- performing home repairs oneself instead of hiring a professional
- preferring to participate in a lottery with a small chance of winning a
large prize instead of receiving a small gift certificate
Answer: (A)
Explanation: If people fear losses in a way that strict calculations would
not predict, then they would be willing to pay more to insure against
those risks than the expected value of taking that risk would suggest. In
(A), people pay high amounts to insure themselves against a risk that,
on average, would be less costly than the warranty. So (A) is correct.
(B) Makes people sound more inclined to risk losses, which doesn't fit
here. (C) Is also at least arguably on the side of taking risks, given that
regular individuals tend to know less about home repair than
professionals do. (D) Suggests that people prefer risks when it comes
to gains, but this question is about losses.
- A research team is measuring the willingness of consumers to pay
for a bundle of premium television channels. The lowest any of the
participants would be willing to pay per month was $50, and the highest
amount was $200. Based on this evidence, the team concludes that the
median amount that the consumers studied would be willing to pay
would be $125.
The conclusion reached by the researchers is flawed because it _.
- fails to demonstrate that all potential consumers have the same
willingness to pay as the individuals who were studied
- provides insufficient evidence to show that any one of the
consumers studied would be willing to pay exactly $125
- fails to demonstrate that the mean amount that the consumers
would be willing to pay is also $125
- does not compare the number of consumers who would be willing to
pay more than $125 with the number of consumers who would not be
willing to pay $125
Answer: (D)
Explanation: The researchers have evidence on the range of prices that
the consumers would be willing to pay, but that does not mean that the
median is the average of the highest and lowest figures. The median is
the middle value, and for all we know, the other consumers could be
willing to pay much less than $125, or much more. (D) Described this
flaw and is correct. (A) is incorrect because the conclusion concerns the
consumers who were studied. The researchers aren't claiming that this
data represents all potential consumers. (B) is incorrect because $125
could be the median even if no individual would be willing to pay exactly
$125. The median of an even number of items is the average of the
middle two items. (C) Is wrong because the median and the mean are
different measures that do not have to be the same.
Questions 5-6
A Web site offers free resources to visitors who have medical
questions. The site provides lists of symptoms and possible treatments
for various conditions but makes no specific recommendations. The
owners of the Web site claim that since the information in the site is
medically accurate, use of the site will only improve the health
outcomes of the people who use it.
- The owners' claim depends on which of the following assumptions?
- Most of the visitors to the site have received inaccurate health
advice from medical doctors.
- The site contains advice on mental health issues as well.
- The visitors to the site are capable of interpreting the information on
the site accurately.
- No single resource can be expected to keep up to date with all of
the latest medical research.
Answer: (C)
Explanation: The advice on the site is accurate, but can it do harm?
One open question is whether the visitors are capable of understanding
the information they receive. If (C) is not true, and they cannot interpret
the information on the site accurately, then they may well do harm to
themselves or others as a result of this misunderstanding. (C),
therefore, must be assumed. (A) Suggests that traditional sources of
advice are not perfect, but that does not suggest anything about
whether any harm can come from this site. (B) Need not be assumed
because the issue here is the harm that can come from the medical
advice present. Nothing about other kinds of advice need be assumed.
(D) Could only weaken the argument by suggesting that the advice may
not be up to date.
- Which of the following, if true, would weaken the owners' claim?
- When they have a medical issue, users of the site tend to rely on the
site instead of seeing medical professionals.
- The site's revenue is closely linked to the number of unique visitors
who come to the site each month.
- The site owners have plans to expand the range of medical
conditions addressed on the site based on suggestions from the site
visitors themselves.
- For years, the cost of medical care has increased at a higher rate
than the rate of inflation.
Answer: (A)
Explanation: If the information is accurate, could the site still cause
harm? Simply receiving accurate information doesn't seem likely to
cause harm, but if (A) is true, using the site could lead people to rely on
the site instead of consulting with professionals. If the site becomes a
substitute for proven forms of medical care, then it could cause
considerable harm. (A) Is therefore correct. (B) is incorrect because
there is no clear link between this form of revenue generation and
harm. If anything, the site owners would have an incentive to maintain
quality in order to get people to keep coming back. (C) Is wrong
because taking suggestions from visitors on the topics the site should
cover should not be a problem. The customers know what their issues
are, so why not ask them? (C) Would be a problem if the advice were
based on customer suggestions, but that's not what (C) says. (D) is
irrelevant because it tells us nothing about this site or what happens to
the people who use it.
Academic Integrity
The exams for this course are individual, at home, open book
exercises. Although you have and can continue to discuss concepts
with others prior to taking the exams, the exams must represent your
own learning and information utilization competency.
Collaboration in completing the exams or sharing of questions and
answers with other students or on the Internet will be treated as serious
violations of the Student Code of Conduct and reported to the
University as a violation of the Student Code of Conduct.
By completing the exams you certify that the results represent your
individual effort and that you will adhere to the Student Code of
Academic Integrity.
Why is the Final Exam designed this way?
The Final Exam brings together key concepts, skills, and knowledge
from the entire course, because that's what you'll need to do in the real
world to help organizations reach their goals. While we often study skills
one at a time, we use them in combinations.
In addition, while understanding concepts and techniques will always
help and is often necessary, you'll also need critical thinking skills to
maximize your impact in your career. There is widespread agreement
that critical thinking is one of the essential skills required for postgraduation
success. Critical thinkers can help organizations avoid
disaster, but they can also spot opportunities that other people miss
and find alternative solutions when others see only one way. That's why
your Final Exam has questions asking you to critically evaluate claims
and analyze the connection between evidence and conclusion.
How should I study for the Final Exam?
Start by reviewing the core concepts from each week of the course.
Without that background, you'll have trouble with the applications. Don't
just memorize terms and formulas. Imagine how you would use those
concepts to make better decisions. Use the sample questions above to
get a better sense of what the Final Exam will be like. Get used to
critically evaluating claims, spotting assumptions, and weighing
evidence. This will help you do better on the exam, and those skills will
stay with you for your entire career.
A bonus: Preparing for the exams will allow you to take inventory of the
knowledge and tools you've acquired throughout the course, so you can
more readily apply what you've learned for professional success.
LDR 531 ENTIRE COURSE (2018)
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