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Week 1 Individual Assignment 1

Individual assignment: McFarlane Case, p. 65 (Manning & Curtis): “Part One Video Case, Toying with Success: The McFarlane Companies”

After reading the case, answer “Questions for Discussion” 1 and 2, providing evidence for points you make.

Then, include a well thought-out and reflective 6 to 10-line personal conclusion.

Submit your assignment AS A MICROSOFT WORD DOCUMENT.

Week 2 Team Assignment 1

Please read the page “Team Assignments Approach and Overview” located in the Files section of the Course Menu for an overview of approach and requirements for Team Assignments, and the following detailed instructions for Team Assignment 1 to be started in Week 1, and completed in Week 2.

As you know, to develop leadership skills, hands-on in this course, you are being put in virtual teams of 4. With your team members, you will complete 4 team assignments, one in each of weeks 2, 3, 5, and 6. You will do this by each team member having the opportunity to be the Leader in at least one of the Team Assignments (while others take on other specific roles that week).

Objectives of Team Assignment 1 (due Week 2)

1. To become aware of your leadership qualities, where and how they were developed, areas that need development, and how you could start developing your leadership qualities; and

2. In order to work together virtually, you will share information with your team about how and when you are available for communication with your team, and your leadership and course goals as stated in 1) above.

Tasks and deliverables for the team assignment of Weeks 1 and 2 – to be completed in week 2:

Instructions: Team Assignment 1 requires you to

1. Get started in Week 1 to

1. Individually, analyze your leadership strengths, and areas to develop and improve, based on the personal Leadership development and Course goals document (LDCG) in the Files section of the Course Menu,

2. Indicate your program, experience with online courses, day and time availability, contact information (phone, chat, e-mail address), and time zones, etc… using the Communication Preferences (CP) document in the Files section of the Course Menu.

3. Communicate and share the above information in LDCG and CP documents, with your team members, by posting in Team Discussions.

2. Continue in Week 2 to

1. Share the above information with each other,

2. As a team, using the above information, plan out team roles, such as leader, motivator, communicator, facilitator, etc…, for all team members, for all 4 team assignment weeks 2, 3, 5 and 6, as suggested in Team Roles document in the Files section of the Course Menu.

3. Collate all team members’ Leadership Development and Course goals and Communication Preferences information with Team roles, in ONE Word document. You may create a table in Word, or an Excel worksheet to represent the information on Leadership and Course Goals (LDCG) summary and Communication Preferences (CP) summary, and submit with the Team Roles information, all in ONE Word document.

Team assignment deliverable must be submitted in three places: at the end of the Team discussions by Team Leader, in the Files section of the Course Menu by the leader, and in your own Week 2 Team Assignment area by each team member.

3. To ensure productivity by each member of your team, a Team Leader and Member Report (TLMR), available in the Files section of the Course Menu, will be completed by each member of the team and posted by each member in the Team discussions between Friday and Saturday midnight, and in their own Team Assignment area along with their Team assignment deliverable/ product by Sunday 11:59pm.

If the TLMR is not posted in Team discussions and own area by Sunday 11:59pm, up to 20% points may be deducted from the full points of the Team assignment.

If the TLMR is not posted in Team discussions and own area by Sunday 11:59pm, up to 20% points may be deducted from the full points of the Team assignment. PSYC305 All Assignments Latest

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Week 3 Team Assignment 2

Objectives of Team Assignment 2

1) to continue to work in your team with a new leader and members in other roles, all that were specified in Week 2 assignment, for Week 3, and

2) to participate fully in completing a PowerPoint based on research conducted by your team on a top company to work for, to examine its original and current leadership, values and profitability, and to create and submit a PowerPoint according to criteria and suggestions provided.

Tasks and Deliverables for the Team Assignment 2 of Week 3:

Select one of the top 10 companies from 2013, 2014 or any other year to investigate, researching the names from the site below, and as mentioned in Week 3 lecture:

http://www.greatplacetowork.com/best-companies/100-best-companies-to-work-for (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Create a PowerPoint presentation with graphics about the company you selected Ensure that the following information has been researched and represented in the PowerPoint:

What is the company known for? What does it do right? What are its mission and values? Does it work toward social responsibility?
What is the company’s background—what is the source of its leadership, conscience and approach to social responsibility? What is the rationale for employee-friendly endeavors? What is the history behind its good governance?
Who leads this company toward excellence presently? What are that person’s values? Are the values stated by the leader(s)? Do those values drive the company and carry over to its employees? What are the leadership qualities of the people responsible for its success?
Is the company profitable? Can you be a caring organization and still be profitable? (You may need to look in Hoover’s library database for a financial report.)

PowerPoint advice: Every slide should have clear, readable text no smaller than 28 point font; remember to limit your use of full sentences. Each slide should also have some kind of visual to enhance the communication of that content. Using APA guidelines cite your sources, including in-text citations. The professional team product includes an introduction, multiple content slides, and a conclusion, as well as a reference slide. Better products usually have about 15 to 20 slides (four or five from each student). You may need more for more complex products. More detailed guidelines on presentation techniques is provided in a document “PowerPoint dos and don’ts” in the Files section of the Course Menu.

Submit your team assignment deliverable/product to the team discussion, the Files section of the Course Menu for all to see, and to the Team Assignment area. The presentation is posted in the team discussions so that you can all work on it, and the team leader or designee should post a final copy in the Files section of the Course Menu so other teams can see it. Each participating team member should post the same final copy in his or her own Week 3 Team Assignment area so that it can be graded.

Remember to post the TLMR (Team Leader and Member Report) in Team discussions, and in your own area along with the deliverable/ product (PowerPoint).

Week 3: Individual Assignment 2

Take the Big 5 Personality Inventory on p. 387 in our book. Write a 400- to 600-word summary of your personality, as described by the Big 5 Inventory.

Discuss the upsides and the downsides of the pattern of the five dimensions or traits of your personality.

We know that three of the Big 5—conscientiousness, openness, and extroversion—are closely associated with leadership effectiveness.

How do your scores reflect your readiness to become a leader? Include a reflection about how your personality shapes your behavior toward work, school, and teamwork. PSYC305 All Assignments Latest

Week 5: Individual Assignment 3

Read the case study “Part Five Video Case—Hot Topic: Employees with Passion” on p. 281 of your textbook and answer the ‘Questions for Discussion’ 1 and 2, providing evidence for points you make.

For full points, ensure substantive responses to the questions. See rubric below for criteria for full points.

Don’t forget to submit your assignment.

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Objectives of Team Assignment 3

1. to continue to work in your team with a new leader and members in other roles, all that were specified in Week 2 assignment, for Week 5, and

2. to participate fully in completing a PowerPoint based on research conducted by your team on the phenomenon of groupthink and at least 3 scenarios/examples in which groupthink has had significant negative consequence.
Tasks and Deliverables

Read the section on “Avoiding groupthink” in the Manning and Curtis book, pp. 256–258. With your team, investigate multiple examples of groupthink and present information about the phenomenon and at least 3 scenarios / examples (other than the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster) in a PowerPoint presentation. Your presentation must cover examples/ scenarios in which groupthink has had a significant consequence.

Submit your team assignment deliverable/product to the team discussion, Files section of the Course Menu for all to see, and to the Team Assignment area. The presentation is posted in the team discussions so that you can all work on it, and the team leader or designee should post a final copy in the Files section of the Course Menu so other teams can see it. Each participating team member should post the same final copy in his or her own Team Assignment area so that it can be graded.

Remember to post the TLMR (Team Leader and Member Report) in Team discussions, and in your own area along with the deliverable/ product (PowerPoint).

Week 6 Team Assignment 4

Objectives of Team Assignment 4

1) to continue to work in your team with a new leader and members in other roles, as specified in week 2 assignment, for week 6, and

2) to participate fully in completing a PowerPoint on an enlightened organization, as described on p. 87- 91 in Manning and Curtis, by assessing its organizational climate and highlighting characteristics of loyalty, consideration for others, motivation, communication, and leadership in that organization.
Tasks and Deliverables

Each team: Find an organization that has an enlightened organizational culture, as described on p. 87- 91 in our Manning-Curtis book. Research their culture and climate via the Web or other resources, and create a PowerPoint presentation, based on the Organizational Climate assessment and highlighting the characteristics of loyalty, consideration for others, motivation, communication, and leadership in that organization. Some examples for you to consider include: SAS, Google, Nugget Markets, and World Famous Pike Place Fish Market. There are many others, so have fun exploring the world of exceptional organizations and their enlightened culture.

PowerPoint advice. Every slide should have clear, readable text no smaller than 28 point font; remember to limit your use of full sentences. Each slide should also have some kind of visual to enhance the communication of that content. Using APA guidelines cite your sources, including in-text citations. The professional team product includes an introduction, multiple content slides, and a conclusion, as well as a reference slide. Better products usually have about 15 to 20 slides (four or five from each student). You may need more for more complex products. More detailed guidelines on presentation techniques is provided in a document “PowerPoint dos and don’ts” in the Files section of the Course Menu.

Remember to post the TLMR (Team Leader and Member Report) in Team discussions, and in your own area along with the deliverable/ product (PowerPoint). PSYC305 All Assignments Latest

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Week 7 Individual Assignment Interview Report

Cross-Cultural Realities at Work (individual interview report)

In this individual assignment, you are required to interview someone who is different from you (see criteria below) so that you may learn from the interviewee and be able to adequately reflect on the questions for analysis as given below. Please make yourself aware of questions for interview and for analysis before conducting the interview.

This interview is designed for students who are learning about diversity.
Preparation

Find someone who meets all three criteria:

at least 7 years older or younger than you are;
doing work that you may not imagine yourself doing; and
culturally distinctly different from you.

Conducting the Interview

Your goal is to get the person talking. Listen for what is said, what is implied, and what is not said. Try not to insert your opinions and experience. Use the sample interview questions as below; please feel free to add your own.

Start the interview by explaining who you are and why you are interviewing him or her. Thank the person sincerely for giving you his or her time and thoughts.Be sensitive throughout the interview regarding whether the person wants to continue.

Sample Interview Questions

Start with questions that are easy and comfortable to answer.

1. What kind of work do you do?

2. How long have you been doing it?

3. Can you describe a typical workday?

Then move to questions that require more thought and rapport with the interviewer.

1. Why did you end up doing this work? What kind of person often does this sort of work? (And would you consider yourself typical?)

2. What do you like about this work?

3. What is difficult about this work?

4. How do [customers, others in the company, etc.] treat you? What do they think about the job you do? [Adapt this question to fit your particular interview—try to get at how the person thinks he or she is treated based on his or her work.]

5. How does being a [fill in the blank with a salient cultural category: man, older person, African-American, 20-something, etc.] play into the work you do?

6. Has this work changed the way you think about yourself and about the world?

7. What are some cultural values that are important to you? [It can be family, work, or interpersonal.] Do you think these are similar to or different from mainstream American culture? Please explain your ideas.

8. What do you like best about American culture? What do you like least? [Even if the person is American, he or she will have an opinion about this question that gives you some insight about how he or she views things from his or her perspective.]

Thank him or her again.
Analysis of Your Interview and Writing Your Report

Think about your interview, the person, and his or her work. Please consider these questions as you write your report for this assignment. Make sure to present a well thought response based on your interview and these questions.

1. First, state who the interviewee is and how does he or she meet the three criteria (all three should be met).

2. What aspects of this person’s work determine or indicate his or her status relative to others?

3. What are some of the connections between this person’s work experience and gender, race, age, and/or ethnicity, etc.?

4. What kinds of attitudes, values, and behaviors does this person’s work culture encourage?

5. What attitudes and values held by this person are similar to your own, and which are different?

6. From this interview, what can give us insight into communicating across cultures or across work cultures?

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