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Week 3 learning activities

Learning Activity #1

Research an organization where trust diminished and led to a negative outcome? Describe what had occurred. Identify how the leader(s) of the organization could have avoided the situation, and what they should do to build the trust again.

Learning Activity #2

From this week’s readings describe how you view your leadership presence at this time. Next, discuss what you might change, or start doing to improve your leadership presence.

Week 4 learning activities

Learning Activity #1

Using your present industry, or the industry you plan to enter into, evaluate what global issues will affect your industry. From the readings discuss the threats, or opportunities that may arise from these global issues.

Learning Activity #2

Looking at your current organization, describe how diversity in your organization could impact the growth of the organization. If you were to build your team within your organization, how will diversity come into your decision making, and how will this benefit the organization as a whole?

Week 8 learning activities

Learning Activity #1

What is one thing that you learned throughout this course? How do you see yourself applying this moving forward?

Learning Activity #2

In the second week I asked you to describe what type of leader you are, do you still believe you are this type of leader?

Assignment 1 Prominent Business Leaders

Assignment Purpose:

In the first four weeks of this class the students have examined the difference between leadership in the 20th and 21st century. They have examined the need for leaders to develop leadership styles and presence as a way to help build followers. Also, the need to build trust for relationship building in the organization was examined. Globalization movement in the industry was the final discussion topic which examines the unique leadership challenges in the 21st century.

For this assignment, students will research several business leaders to discover their views on leadership skills needed for the 21st century. The purpose of this assignment is to have the students demonstrate their understanding of the challenges and skills needed for the 21st century leader.

Assignment Instructions:

Step 1: Review the assignment instructions carefully.

Step 2: Review the grading rubric for the assignment carefully.

Step 3: Choose a large, medium and small size companies to examine. Pick leaders from each company. Submit your choices of leaders for approval by the Professor in the discussion area – Week 2.

Step 4: In completing the paper, research prominent business leaders and their views on the leadership skills needed for the 21st century. Respond to the following items:

Select at least one large corporation (fortune 500 company) leader, one medium sized (other public companies), and one small business (any company with one million dollar revenue) leader and compare and contrast their viewpoints.

In separate paragraphs, describe each leaders view on 21st century leadership using primary source video or written interviews on their opinions of 21st century leadership (Refrain from providing a biography or a discussion of the businesses they lead).

Evaluate the remarks of the leaders with respect to leadership styles, skills, and business landscape of the future.

Compare each leader’s views and contrast them with the reading for weeks 1-4.

NOTE: In the case of personal interviews with business leaders, the questions must be cleared with the professor ahead of time and added to the paper as appendices.

Step 5: Write down or highlight key facts from the interviews. Consider making an outline to capture key points in the paper.

Step 6: Create a Word or Rich Text Format (RTF) document that is double-spaced, 12-point font. The final product will be between 4-5 pages in length excluding the title page and the reference page.

Step 7: Follow this format:

Title page with title, your name, the course, the instructor’s name;

Introduction paragraph (must induce a description of the leaders chosen). The introductory paragraph is the first paragraph of the paper but is typically written after writing the body of the paper. View this website to learn how to write an introductory paragraph: http://www.writing.ucsb.edu/faculty/donelan/intro.html;

Body part addressing the items from step # 4.

Summary paragraph. A summary paragraph restates the main idea(s) of the paper. Make sure to leave a reader with a sense that the paper is complete. The summary paragraph is the last paragraph of a paper.

Step 8: In writing a formal paper it should be done in the third person. What this means is that there are no words such as “I, me, my, we, or us” (first person writing), nor is there use of “you or your” (second person writing). If uncertain how to write in the third person, view this link: http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/first-second-and-third-person

Step 9: In writing this assignment, students are asked to support the reasoning using in-text citations and a reference list. A reference within a reference list cannot exist without an associated in-text citation and vice versa. View the sample APA paper under Week 1 content.

Step 10: In writing this assignment, students are expected to paraphrase and not use direct quotes. Learn to paraphrase by reviewing this link: https://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/QPA_paraphrase2.html

Step 11: Using the grading rubric as a comparison, read through the paper to ensure all required elements are presented.

Step 12: Proofread the paper for spelling and grammatical issues, and third person writing.

Use the spell and grammar check in Word as a first measure;

Have someone who has excellent English skills to proof the paper;

Consider submitting the paper to the Effective Writing Center (EWC). The EWC will provide 4-6 areas that may need improvement.

Step 13: Submit the paper in the Assignment Folder.

Assignment 2 Interview Questions

Assignment Purpose:

In Assignment 2, students are provided a business scenario. Gleaning information from the scenario, students will create interview questions for candidates applying for the new Vice President position within the organization. In completing this assignment, students will demonstrate their knowledge, skills and abilities to apply 21st century leadership skills to a real-world situation. Students must show that the candidate should be prepared to be a leader within the context of the organization and its growth into the international market.

Assignment Scenario:

You are the leader of a medium size organic cereal company known as “Cereal Stuff “. The mission statement is: “To provide the world with cereals and good stuff that the company can make.” You want to expand your business to the Canadian and Mexican markets and develop a new related product containing quinoa that some of your customers have wanted you to make. You have decided to take on a new vice president to spearhead the expansion. Your business is set up horizontally with each department in charge of their decision making. Department heads are all vice presidents and they form a team that works with you to lead the company business efforts and to keep the business moving forward. The departments include: production, quality control and product development, finance and accounting, and marketing and sales. The new vice president will be head of the new marketing division. The business has a culture that is best described as an adhocracy. You are hoping to move toward a more democratic culture. The business values include only using quality organic foods, the customer needs are first, and sustainability in production processes and packaging.

Assignment Instructions:

Step 1: Review the assignment instructions carefully.

Step 2: Review the grading rubric for the assignment.

Step 3: Create a Word or Rich Text Format (RTF) document that is double-spaced, 12-point font. There is no set format to the paper but students should organize it in a manner that is easy for a reader to understand. It is important to make a clear presentation of the interview questions and the reasons for the questions.

Step 4: Follow this format:

Title page with title, your name, the course, the instructor’s name;

Introduction paragraph (must include a discussion on the general type of candidate the CEO wants and why). The introductory paragraph is the first paragraph of the paper but is typically written after writing the body of the paper (Questions students responded to above). View this website to learn how to write an introductory paragraph: http://www.writing.ucsb.edu/faculty/donelan/intro.html

Body, in paragraph form:

Number each question (no fewer than 10 questions);

Under each question identify through labels why you are asking the question based on the reading material from the class.

In separate paragraph propose the answer you want as a response based on the reading material from the class.

Summary paragraph capturing the importance of the questions chosen and the impact an incorrect candidate choice will make on the company success. A summary paragraph restates the main idea(s) of the essay. Make sure to leave a reader with a sense that the paper is complete. The summary paragraph is the last paragraph of a paper.

Step 5: In your paper, respond to the following elements of leadership:

Develop questions that are reflective of what skills a leader should have to run a new department on an international basis;

Create questions that consider the 21st business landscape, the role of the leader, leadership styles, the need to bring trust to the corporation and globalization;

Utilize nonstandard questions for an interview- you want to discuss leadership and not where the candidate views their future in five years. Remember that the candidates have been vetted and are experienced professionals. Give the candidate credit for basic tools of leadership. Focus on what the CEO wants in a candidate for his company;

Evaluate the remarks of the candidates as to how their leadership style, and skills in a global market and with sustainable products, will fit the organization and the business landscape of the future as the CEO perceives it.

Compare the leader’s views and contrasts them with the reading for weeks 1-6.

Step 6: Writing a formal paper should be done in the third person. It means that there are no words such as “I, me, my, we, or us” (first person writing), nor is there use of “you or your” (second person writing). If uncertain how to write in the third person, view this link: http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/first-second-and-third-person

Step 7: In writing this assignment, students are asked to support the reasoning using in-text citations and a reference list. A reference within a reference list cannot exist without an associated in-text citation and vice versa. View the sample APA paper under Week 1 content.

Step 8: In writing this assignment, students are expected to paraphrase and not use direct quotes. Learn to paraphrase by reviewing this link: https://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/QPA_paraphrase2.html

Step 9: Using the grading rubric as a comparison, read through the paper to ensure all required elements are presented.

Step 10: Proofread the paper for spelling and grammatical issues, and third person writing.

Use the spell and grammar check in Word as a first measure;

Have someone who has excellent English skills to proof the paper;

Consider submitting the paper to the Effective Writing Center (EWC). The EWC will provide 4-6 areas that may need improvement.

Step 11: Submit the paper in the Assignment Folder.

Assignment 3: Differences that the 21st century leader faces from those faced by the 20th century leader

Assignment Purpose:

As a conclusion to the capstone course on leadership, students will write a paper on the differences that the 21st century leader faces from those faced by the 20th century leader.

The purpose of this paper is for the students to demonstrate the knowledge of the differences between the 20th and 21st century business landscape and how a new leader has unique challenges to face to be successful in the future. Student needs to focus on the five major challenges that face the 21st century leader.

Assignment Description:

Write a paper on the following theme:

“The evolution of business landscapes in the last century through today has created a new role for the leader requiring the emergence of the people-centric person who creates competitive edge within an organization by moving people.”

Assignment Instructions:

Step 1: Review the assignment instructions carefully.

Step 2: Review the grading rubric for the assignment.

Step 3: Create a Word or Rich Text Format (RTF) document that is double-spaced, 12-point font. The final product will be between 5-7 pages in length excluding the title page and the reference page.

Step 4: In your paper, respond to the following elements of leadership:

Compare and contrast the business landscapes of the 20th and 21st century focusing on organizational structure, environment, and ways to create value to capture a competitive edge;

Explain how the differences in business landscapes changed the role of a leader within the organization and what that role is today and likely to be in the future (include the differences between leaders and managers);

Discuss the nature and types of challenges facing the leader in the 21st century; and

Explain why the leader must be people centric in order to create a competitive edge.

Step 5: Follow this format:

Title page with title, your name, the course, the instructor’s name;

Introduction paragraph. The introductory paragraph is the first paragraph of the paper but is typically written after writing the body of the paper (Questions students responded to above). View this website to learn how to write an introductory paragraph: http://www.writing.ucsb.edu/faculty/donelan/intro.html

Body, in paragraph form using headings;

Summary paragraph. . A summary paragraph restates the main idea(s) of the paper. Make sure to leave a reader with a sense that the essay is complete. The summary paragraph is the last paragraph of a paper.

Step 6: In writing a formal paper it should be done in the third person. What this means is that there are no words such as “I, me, my, we, or us” (first person writing), nor is there use of “you or your” (second person writing). If uncertain how to write in the third person, view this link: http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/first-second-and-third-person

Step 7: In writing this assignment, students are asked to support the reasoning using in-text citations and a reference list. A reference within a reference list cannot exist without an associated in-text citation and vice versa. View the sample APA paper under Week 4 content and How to Cite and Reference, also under Week 4 content.

Step 8: In writing this assignment, students are expected to paraphrase and not use direct quotes. Learn to paraphrase by reviewing this link: https://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/QPA_paraphrase2.html

Step 9: Using the grading rubric as a comparison, read through the paper to ensure all required elements are presented.

Step 10: Proofread the paper for spelling and grammatical issues, and third person writing.

Use the spell and grammar check in Word as a first measure;

Have someone who has excellent English skills to proof the paper;

Consider submitting the paper to the Effective Writing Center (EWC). The EWC will provide 4-6 areas that may need improvement.

Step 11: Submit the paper in the Assignment Folder.