critically analyse, in the context of the framework of relevant theories and research, current and projected issues which impact on organisational leadership and organisational success.

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Learning Journal: Leadership Challenges

This task requires you to address 3 out of 5 leadership challenges raised in topics 1 to 5.

These challenges are posed within the subject topics.  You will be able to practice these activities in the discussion forum for the relevant week. Feedback on your contributions will be provided within the relevant discussion forum.

Select any 3 out of 5 challenges to present for your assessment. You would be expected to improve your original post by reading through all posts made (collaborative learning) and doing some additional research. Use real world examples of leaders and their organisations to support arguments for each challenge.

Submit a complete package of your work through Turnitin by the due date.

Here are your guidelines for completing this assessment task.

Each leadership challenge activity (10 marks each, total 30 marks)

Each leadership challenge has a question for you to address. Your response to the challenge must be substantial, demonstrating that you can apply knowledge from the topic in a critical way. There isn’t usually one correct answer to these challenges; hence, the scope for critical thought. The maximum word count for each leadership challenge response is 500 words +/- 10%.

References are required: citations within the body of the text, and a reference list. At least three professional or academic references must be included at the end of each leadership challenge addressed.

Rationale

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This assessment task will assess the following learning outcome/s:

  • be able to provide a comprehensive explanation of the role of leadership.
  • be able to critically analyse, in the context of the framework of relevant theories and research, current and projected issues which impact on organisational leadership and organisational success.
  • be able to synthesise issues for organisational leaders and evaluate plausible impacts requiring leadership decisions.

Identify the issue(s) you discovered in the organization’s mystification from individual learning to the organizational learning using the examples that you provided in Assignment 1.

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Students, please view the “Submit a Clickable Rubric Assignment” in the Student Center.Instructors, training on how to grade is within the Instructor Center.Supporting Document 1: Memorandum to the CEODue Week 4 and worth 100 pointsUsing the same scenario from Assignment 1, as the Vice President of Human Resources, you must create a memorandum to the CEO on the issues you discovered from the research. This memorandum serves as your communication to share the discovered problems and request permission to continue researching future solutions.Write a one to two (1-2) page memorandum in which you:

  1. Identify the issue(s) you discovered in the organization’s mystification from individual learning to the organizational learning using the examples that you provided in Assignment 1.
  2. Elaborate on the significant barriers that you discovered impact the process of learning within the organization’s culture. Provide a brief description of the selected OLM (e.g., Off-line/Internal, On-line/Internal, Off-line/External or On-line/External) that will be most suitable for this transition. Justify the selection.
  3. Suggest two (2) actions that management can take in order to raise the level of trust as part of their strategy to create psychological safety. Justify your suggestions.
  4. Use Microsoft Word or other equivalent software to select a memorandum template for this supporting document, or use the template located here.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required assignment page length.

Who says your compensation is ‘reasonable?’ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. Forbes.

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If you have taken the time to review Herzberg’s work, you may have learned that people accept a job and stay on the job for different motivational reasons.  Job satisfaction is achieved through what Herzberg would categorize as motivational factors (personal growth; responsibility; the work itself; opportunities for achievement, advancement, recognition; and/or to make a positive difference) rather than hygiene factors (status, salary, job security, types of supervision, etc.).

Using at least three comparison web examples from the industry you used in your “Herzberg’s Two-Factor Theory” discussion post this week, delineate a creative employee benefits plan designed to keep your best employees satisfied and motivated.  Remember to include all of the links as well as references from the course text and other sources to support your rationale.

Frederick Herzberg motivational theory (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.businessballs.com/herzberg.htm

Lipman, V. (2013, September). Surprising, disturbing facts from the mother of all employee engagement surveys (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. Forbes. Retrieved from http://www.forbes.com/sites/victorlipman/2013/09/23/surprising-disturbing-facts-from-the-mother-of-all-employee-engagement-surveys/

Swank, A. (2004, July 31). Table of Information (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. [Video file]. Retrieved from http://youtu.be/AAYW2ggLIXk

Recommended Resources

Article

Connors, G. (2013, February). Employers: Your HR managers should be ‘expert’ at being a fact witness (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. Forbes. Retrieved from http://www.forbes.com/sites/theemploymentbeat/2013/02/27/employers-your-hr-manager-should-be-expert-at-being-a-fact-witness/

Davidson, L. (2013, August). 11 misunderstood employee benefits and how to make the most of them (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. Forbes. Retrieved from http://www.forbes.com/sites/financialfinesse/2013/08/15/what-you-dont-understand-about-your-benefits-could-hurt-you/

Parrish, S. (2013, June). Who says your compensation is ‘reasonable?’ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. Forbes. Retrieved from http://www.forbes.com/sites/steveparrish/2013/06/11/who-says-your-compensation-is-reasonable/

Websites

Gallup. (2014). Report: State of the American workplace (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. Retrieved from http://www.gallup.com/services/176708/state-american-workplace.aspx

Format your article review using APA StyleUse your own words and include citations for other articles as needed to avoid plagiarism.

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Unit IV Article Review  Student will select an article from a peer-reviewed, scholarly article that discusses the legal aspects of education of students in an emergency medical program. Use the databases within the CSU Online Library or another source that contains peer-reviewed, scholarly articles. The purpose of this activity is for you to practice reviewing articles that contribute to the industry. The authors of these articles are researchers and professionals that have shared or experimented with ideas that demonstrate potential to improve the industry. As a professional in the industry, it is in your best interest to review the literature and trends within it. Doing so provides you with the opportunity to read about what has been successful and how. Plus, it allows you to analyze the ideas that were unsuccessful, how you can improve them, or at least avoid repeating the mistakes of others. Use these skills to contribute to research papers and other scholarly writing in the future.  As you read the article, consider the following questions: How could the topic of this article apply to your personal or professional life? How could it apply to an organization you have observed?  Use the following guidelines to select an article:   Articles are from reliable sources/journals   They are related to the legal aspects of educating students in an emergency medical program.  They are not older than five years.  Articles should be at least ten pages.  Use the following guidelines to prepare your article review:   Your article review should be at least two pages.  It should identify the main topic/question.  It should identify the author’s intended audience.  It should include a one page summary of the article.  Think critically about the article, and discuss how it applies to this course for page two.  Format your article review using APA Style. Use your own words and include citations for other articles as needed to avoid plagiarism.

Execute a backup job that runs every night at 1 a.m. Create user accounts on a system that is typically performed by a person.

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Big Data Datacenters is impressed with your overall work and wants to start finalizing the strategy for using Perl in its organization. First of all, it is looking for a single, cohesive document that details your work so far. Update the document based on any past instructor feedback, and make improvements as necessary.

A topic that is getting some discussion lately is that of a graphical user interface (GUI) approach versus a scripting approach. Include in your document an analysis on these two approaches with consideration given to the following:

  • Discuss the strengths and weakness of a GUI and a scripting approach.
  • Should a combined approach be considered that uses both GUIs and scripts?
  • Give your recommendations for the following use cases. Which approach would you select and why?
    • Execute a backup job that runs every night at 1 a.m.
    • Create user accounts on a system that is typically performed by a person.
    • Execute a job that runs every 5 minutes and that checks for disk free space and sends an alert if the available disk space is less than 10%.The strategy for using Perl at Big Data Datacenters is almost complete, with the exception of one last-minute requirement. The team has identified a requirement to parse data so that it can be consumed into a centralized relational database management system (RDBMS). Again, they are looking to you for answers, and they would like you to provide sample Perl scripts that show the following:
      • Show how the Split function can be used.
      • Show how the Chomp function can be used.
      • Show how a for loop can be used in Perl.
      • Show 2 additional functions of your choosing that can be used to parse data in Perl.

      For each sample code, provide some brief commentary on how the functions are being used to parse data.

      Because this is your final presentation, take some time to review your final submission. This is a culmination of all of your previous work, including the Perl parsing functions. You are up for a big promotion based your final submission, and you want to make sure that you are submitting your best work.

What are the communication differences between a self-managed team and a traditional hierarchy?

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Many companies have been moving toward organizing as self-managed teams. Changes in worker demographics and experience, types of organizations, technology, and new ways of considering leadership make self-managed teams an effective choice for many organizations. As you read in the articles in this week’s Learning Resources, self-managed teams present many opportunities, as well as many challenges, within organizations.

Think about the levels of communication within organizations—both in a more traditional setting and one in which teams are self-managed.

Response in which you address the following questions:

  • What are the communication differences between a self-managed team and a traditional hierarchy? Specifically address strategies for offering critiques, support, or praise, and managing conflict in a self-managed team.
  • How are the standards and norms set in a self-managed team? How are those standards communicated? What might be some challenges that arise? (For example, employees can leave any time after 4:30; most stay until 7:00; one stays until 4:30.)
  • Chaneski describes the stages through which groups or teams tend to develop. What unique experiences do you think self-managed teams have as they develop? Do they follow the standard pattern of development? Explain your reasoning.
  • Have you worked on a self-managed team? What challenges did you face? What opportunities were unique to working on this kind of team? How was the experience different from times you have worked on traditional teams? If you have never worked on a self-managed team, think of a time you worked on a traditional team. How might the experience have been different if it had been self-managed? How might the experience have been more challenging? More rewarding?
  • Read a selection of your colleagues’ postings.

Which of the following statements concerning the nature of critical thinking is most accurate?2. Which of the following most accurately completes this sentence?

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This pack of CRT 205 Week 2 Claims and Arguments Quiz shows the solutions to the following problems:

1. Which of the following statements concerning the nature of critical thinking is most accurate?2. Which of the following most accurately completes this sentence? “A claim is a statement that is…”3. Which of the following sentences is not a claim?4. Which of the following best completes this sentence? “When a sentence has a truth value, we mean that it…”5. Which of the following is a good way to state an issue in neutral terms?6. Generally speaking, which of these statements best represents the relationship between issues and topics of conversation?7. Which of the following offers the best identification of “abortion”?8. An argument comprises which of the following?9. It is fair to say that the word “claim” and the word “sentence” have exactly the same meaning.10. It is fair to say that critical thinking is mainly concerned with the determination of whether to accept, reject, or suspend judgment about claims.11. In order to have an “issue” there must be a dispute between at least two parties.12. It is fair to say that an issue and a topic of conversation are the same thing.13. Critical thinking is concerned with both facts and opinions.14. It is fair to say that any controversial matter is subjective.15. It is fair to conclude that beliefs, opinions, views, and convictions are essentially the same things.

Describe corporate social responsibility. Describe corporate social irresponsibility.

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In this assignment please read the articles in your background readings and respond to the following:

  1. Describe corporate social responsibility.
  2. Describe corporate social irresponsibility.
  3. Where do you stand on the issue of CSR v CSI? Do corporations have a right to ignore their responsibility to some stakeholders in order to add to the short term bottom line? Provide a well-reasoned response and do some of your own research to provide some examples to support your arguments.

Assignment Expectations

Your paper should be 2–3 pages, double-spaced and in 12-point type size.

Your paper should have a separate cover page and a separate reference page. Make sure you cite your sources.

Use APA style, and proofread your paper.

Required Reading

Terris, D. (2013). Chapter 4: Vulnerabilities. In Ethics at work: Creating virtue at an American corporation. Waltam, MA: Brandeis University Press. Retrieved from the Trident Online Library (ProQuest Ebook Central). Read pages 117-154.

Popa, M., & Salanta, I. (2014). Corporate social responsibility versus corporate social irresponsibility. Management & Marketing, 9(2), 117-154. Available from ProQuest Central in Additional Library Resources.

Lindgreen, A., & Swaen, V. (2010). Corporate social responsibility. International Journal of Management Reviews, 12(1), 1-7. Retrieved from the Trident Online Library.

Mujtaba, B. G., & Cavico, F. J. (2013). Corporate social responsibility and sustainability model for global firms. Journal of Leadership, Accountability and Ethics, 10(1), 58-75.

The following tutorial provides detailed information that can be applied to the topics of this course. There are a number of videos and lessons on ethics.

Do You Have to Be an Expert to Practice Ethics?

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What is created when customer expectations regarding product quality, service quality, and value-based price are met or exceeded?

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how to answer these questions below:

1.For many years, Procter & Gamble (P&G) viewed

its Ivory soap as just plain old soap. P&G focused on how well it made Ivory soap and not on what customers wanted from a bar of soap. What type of orientation did the company have?

a. sales

b. production

c. market

d. customer

2.Mimi fashion designers use computer-assisted design software to create what it thinks women should wear. The company regularly hires industry experts to examine its factories to find waste that can be eliminated. For the last two years Mimi has lost money. What should the company do?

a. hire more retail efficiency experts to trace down any production problems

b. increase its sales force to find more potential customers for the firm

c. focus on its target market to see what needs and wants should be met by Mimi

d. cut prices so that its prices will be at least 10 percent below those of its competitors

3.Which of the following is a drawback of the sales-orientation philosophy?

a. It gives excessive importance to the needs and wants of the marketplace.

b. It cannot convince people to buy goods that are neither wanted nor needed.

c. It places little emphasis on the assessment of manufacturing plants and facilities.

d. It gives importance to the production function over other functions.

4.Livin’ Styles is a home décor company that is well known for its varieties of designs. The management of Livin’ Styles collaborates with its customers and co-creates designs. What does this example illustrate?

a. following a sales orientation

b. focusing on environmental value

c. delegating authority

d. creating customer value

5.What is created when customer expectations regarding product quality, service quality, and value-based price are met or exceeded?

a. a value line b. quality products c. dissonance excellence d. customer satisfaction

6.Which of the following best describes customer relationship management?

a. It involves targeting the average customer or everybody.

b. It involves establishing and tracking customer interactions with the company.

c. It considers all customers as one large group that should be targeted with a single promotional strategy.

d. It is used by sales-oriented firms to convince customers to buy their products.

7.What marketing tools does an organization use to achieve its goals?

a. advertising and personal selling

b. production, promotion, and pricing

c. the marketing mix

d. aggressive promotion

8.Which of the following strategies are put into place by a company that has a market orientation?

a. integration of all the activities of the firm to satisfy customer wants

b. focus on company needs and wants

c. differentiation of the firm’s products from other firms’ products

d. sales growth fuelled through the application of aggressive sales techniques

 Evidence and a strong argument to back up your thesis. I expect external academic sources to be used, two or three sources should suffice. Further referencing from non-academic sources may support your paper but will not count towards the peer-reviewed source expectation

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The final assignment for the course will test your knowledge on one particular area of study in the field of Organizational Behaviour. The topics to choose from are:

  Working in teams

  Bias in the workplace

  Conflict resolution

  Performance feedback

  Organizational culture

  Facilitating creativity

  Decision making obstacles

  Communication in organizations

  Job and organizational design

  Contemporary work environments

If you would like to use a different topic, you must request approval from me first. You are expected to make an argument on the topic and back it up with strong sources. Make it convincing and make it stand up to scrutiny. The argument must not be something as simple as ethics in organizations are important. Make it more specific, answer a question you find interesting. And then convince me that your argument is true utilizing knowledge gained in the course.

Your paper must include:

1)  Introduction where you will introduce to topic, define any terms, and provide your thesis or

argument (for example: expending resources on conflict resolution tools in the workplace is not

a valuable use of money)

2)  Evidence and a strong argument to back up your thesis. I expect external academic sources to

be used, two or three sources should suffice. Further referencing from non-academic sources

may support your paper but will not count towards the peer-reviewed source expectation

3)  Asummary/conclusionofthepaper