02 Jan PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

ASSIGNMENT 2

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM PROPOSAL

Due Week 6, worth 175 points

As an MBA and leader, you must be able to present your management plans and leadership strategies to inform stakeholders and gain buy-in. For this assignment, you’ll practice this by developing a proposal for a professional development training program. The program centers on motivational strategies and how an emotional intelligence management approach would benefit department managers.

PREPARATION

Continue with the same organization you selected in Assignment 1. Imagine that the CEO has charged you, the task force leader, with researching emotional intelligence (EI) in order to propose a professional development program.

Your proposal should detail how a new incentive program, based on an EI man-agement approach, will foster teamwork, strengthen interpersonal relationships, enhance communication, and increase overall performance. You need to help the CEO gain approval for this initiative. Your program’s proposal must include supporting research concerning how motivational strategies enhance job satis-faction and team output.

Prepare for this assignment by identifying the resources you’ll use to create your proposal. You will need to provide at least two quality resources such as the course textbook, company website, business websites (CNBC, Bloomberg, etc.), resources from the Strayer Library, and/or outside sources.

Note:Wikipedia and web-based blogs do not qualify as credible resources.

INSTRUCTIONS

Create a proposal (five to seven pages recommended) that includes the following components:

1. EI and Motivation

Which of the EI building blocks would impact management’s ability to enhance employee performance and job satisfaction? Based on your research on motivational theory, describe how your task force would utilize positive or negative reinforcement to influence the members of the organization and resolve the issue. Provide examples to support your solution.

2. EI and Social Skills and Decision Making

Explain how the core concepts of emotional intelligence would enhance the social skills and the decision-making efficacy of the management team.

3. Effective Teams

Describe the core attributes of an effective team and the strategies you would implement to develop team dynamics that will benefit the organization.

4. Reward Systems

Create an effective reward system for this organization. Determine the strategies you would incorporate to motivate your employees and influence behavior.

5. Executive Summary

Prepare a one-page executive summary that you will present to the CEO in an upcoming executive meeting. Note: An executive summary is a condensed version of your full report. It should summarize briefly all the main points in concise paragraphs. It should be written clearly and should use language appropriate for the audience.

PROFESSIONAL AND APA FORMATTING REQUIREMENTS

Your assignment must follow these general APA formatting requirements:

.jpg”> Be typed (five to seven pages recommended, excluding cover and reference pages), double-spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12) with one-inch margins on all sides

.jpg”> Include a References List

.jpg”> Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date

.jpg”> Include in-text citations following APA style, using attributive tags and signal verbs

.jpg”> Cite at least two credible sources

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Criteria

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1. EI and Motivation

Weight: 20%

ASSIGNMENT 2: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM PROPOSAL

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Unacceptable

Fair

Proficient

Exemplary

Below 70% F

70-79% C

80-89% B

90-100% A

The descrip-

Partially

Satisfactorily

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describes how

describes how

how motivation

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to influence

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ence members

used to influ-

members of the

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organization to

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resolve the

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zation to

issue.

issue.

Draws compel-

resolve the

Makes loose

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connections

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Examples are

between theory

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and solution.

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and solution.

Examples do

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port solution.

strong and

port solution.

support

solution.

2. EI and Social

The description

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how motivation

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explain how the

core concepts

motivation and

and reinforce-

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of emotional

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of emotional

intelligence

would be used

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Weight: 20%

intelligence

would enhance

to influence

ence members

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the social skills

members of the

of the organiza-

the social skills

and the deci-

organization to

tion to resolve

and the deci-

sion-making

resolve the

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efficacy of the

issue.

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efficacy of the

management

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management

team.

connections

connections

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between theory

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tions are made

and solution.

and solution.

to support the

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relationship

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strong and

between EI and

support

management’s

solution.

skills. Applica-

tion of research

is minimal.

3. Effective

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Completely

Teams

describe the

describes the

describes the

describes the

core attributes

core attributes

core attributes

core attributes

Weight: 20%

of an effective

of an effective

of an effective

of an effective

team or strate-

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team dynamics.

team dynamics

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are articulated.

are strongly

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source support

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articulated and

not presented.

or are not fully

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detailed. Bene-

articulated.

are stated.

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nization are

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details and

logical and well

are unclear.

source support

supported.

would improve

the description.

4. Reward

Did not create

Partially

Creates an

Creates an

Systems

an effective

creates an

effective

effective

reward system

effective

reward system

reward system

Weight: 20%

or determine

reward system

and provides

and articulates

strategies to

and articulates

motivational

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some motiva-

strategies.

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employees to

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connection

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Application of

and supported

research is

by source

minimal

material.

5. Executive

Did not prepare

Prepares a

Satisfactorily

Prepares an

Summary

a one-page

partial execu-

prepares an

exemplary

executive

tive summary.

executive sum-

executive sum-

Weight: 10%

summary.

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amount of

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ideal for the

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6. Write

Writing does not

Writing is satis-

Writing could

Writing is excel-

Professionally

meet minimum

factory. Profes-

be improved,

lent. Tone is

Using Quality

standards. Tone

sional tone is

but meets

professional

Resources

is not profes-

developing.

acceptable

and sophisti-

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Shows moder-

standards. Tone

cated. Shows

nication is

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logic, clarity,

wholly lacking

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Shows logic,

and consistent

in logic, clarity,

sistent format-

clarity, and

formatting.

and/or consis-

ting. May con-

consistent

Contains no

tent formatting.

tain more than

formatting. May

spelling,

Contains many

a few spelling,

contain few or

mechanical, or

spelling,

grammar,

no spelling,

grammatical

mechanical,

mechanical,

mechanical,

errors. Is free

formatting,

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and/or gram-

of formatting

citation, and/or

citation errors.

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and citation

grammatical

There may be

errors.

errors.

minor format-

ting or citation

Exceeds

errors.

number of

required refer-

Meets the

ences; all refer-

number of

ences are

required refer-

high-quality

ences; all refer-

choices.

ences are

high-quality

choices