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LDR 531 Week 1 Personal Leadership Evaluation
LDR 531 Week 2 Assignment Comparing Leadership Models 1
LDR 531 Week 3 Individual Assignment Communications Challenges
and Strategies
LDR 531 Week 3 Team communication Challenges Conversation (Mc
Donalds)
LDR 531 Week 4 Signature Assignment Outer Game and Inner Game 2
LDR 531 Week 5 Individual Assignment Strategic Change Case Study
Essay
LDR 531 Week 5 Team Creative Organizations and Strategic Change
LDR 531 Week 6 Individual Assignment Leading Organizational
Change
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LDR 531 Assignment Comparing Leadership Models (2
PPT)
This Tutorial contains 2 Presentations
Product Description
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.
Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.
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LDR 531 Assignment Individual Change Implementation
The ADKAR Model
LDR 531 Assignment Individual Change Implementation The ADKAR
Model
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LDR 531 Entire Course (New)

LDR 531 Week 1 Quiz
LDR 531 Week 1 Discussion Question 1
LDR 531 Week 2 Mentorship Agreement Form
LDR 531 Week 2 Mentorship Meeting Worksheet
LDR 531 Week 2 Individual Assignment Professional Development
Plan
LDR 531 Week 2 LT Reflection
LDR 531 Week 2 Quiz
LDR 531 Week 3 Individual Assignment Leadership Style Paper
LDR 531 Week 3 Quiz
LDR 531 Week 4 Team Assignment Conflict Resolution
LDR 531 Week 4 Quiz

LDR 531 Week 5 Individual Assignment Motivation Plan Paper
LDR 531 Week 5 Quiz
LDR 531 Week 6 Team Assignment Failure Analysis and Change
Strategy
LDR 531 Week 6 Quiz
LDR 531 Final Exam Guide
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LDR 531 Final Exam Guide (June, 2018) (Score 29/30)

All leaders can accelerate their progress toward effectiveness by:
the above
“Fiscal responsibility, accountability, strategy, and execution.” These
leadership expectations are:
Which of these statements defines the strength of Reactive Leadership?
ake up membership, to work and live co-
relationally with others and within organizations.
innovative, visionary, agile, high-involvement, high-fulfillment

organizations and to evolve adaptive organizational designs that can
thrive.
service for the universal good.
enough to plan and organize to meet our needs.
in a way that honors huge diversity, with many opposites in tension, and
to engage it in a way that moves toward creative resolution.
Which of the following statements describes “Caring Connection?”
common ground.
-performance teamwork among team members who report
to him/her.
Which of the following statements describes the Leadership Practice 2:
Distilling Vision?
clues our life is leaving as we live it (or as it lives us).
r knowing, a higher perception,
a calling, an inner voice that says, “Stay with this,” or, “Do this now,”
or, “This is who you are, what you stand for, what you need to move
toward in your leadership.”

sense of purpose and
through honest dialogue.
express and embody our vision of greatness.
the vision, find leverage, and implement fundamental structural change.
into vision, and then deal with the anxieties that inevitably arise.
Which of the following is NOT one of the six systems of organizational
effectiveness?
Which of the following is NOT a Promise of Leadership?
meaningful work.

Which of these statements defines the strength of Egocentric
Leadership?
-
he minimum level required to create lean, engaged,
innovative, visionary, agile, high-involvement, high-fulfillment
organizations and to evolve adaptive organizational designs that can
thrive.
ole system
The best metaphor the authors created for describing our relationship to
Unity is that we are like waves on the ocean, not separate from the
ocean. Which of the following statements best supports this metaphor?
, that we were
never separate, and that all waves are one; we are all each other.
ability to get what we want, and so we fear them.

a journey
across the ocean.
Developing leadership effectiveness is…
leadership.
Which of the following statements describes the Creative Mind”?
tendency of which is to seek equilibrium and return to normal.
outcomes that matter most, and enhancing our collective capacity to
achieve a desired future.
and cultures.
Which of the following statements describes the Internal Operating
System of the Creative Mind?
-out,
not dependent on outside validation.

beliefs depend on outside validation.
Which of the following statements is true about a company’s Leadership
System?
to be effective. They must work hard to get leaders into leadership
training programs to improve their leadership competencies.
collective effectiveness of the leaders in the system is critical to the
organization’s health and success.
le to control and direct individual leaders and the
leadership system for them to succeed.
Which of the following statements describes the Leadership Practice 1:
Discerning Purpose?
distill it
into vision, and then deal with the anxieties that inevitably arise.
a calling, an inner voice that says, “Stay with this,” or, “Do this now,”
or, “This is who you are, what you stand for, what you need to move
toward in your leadership.”
the vision, find leverage, and implement fundamental structural change.
e minute, subtle, and detailed
clues our life is leaving as we live it (or as it lives us).

through honest dialogue.
ways that
express and embody our vision of greatness.
Which of the following statements about “Playing on Purpose or Playing
Not to Lose” is true?
ken.
Which of the following is NOT included in the stages of the Universal
Model of Leadership?

Which of the following items is NOT on the path from Patriarchy to
Partnership?
Self-managed teams
Which of the following statements best describes the relationship of
structure to higher leadership performance?
-honed capability
arising on a higher-order platform of competence.
mance determines structure, if you want to evolve to a
higher order structure, you must reach higher performance.
must evolve to a higher order mental-emotional structure.
When you see extraordinary leadership, what’s the best question to ask
to understand what makes the leader extraordinary?
practicing competency, or consciousness?

Which of the following is the best method for a leader to manage
unproductive conflict?
building off-site to help the team work better together.
this conflict if you had freedom to act?” Then facilitate a discussion to
resolve the conflict.
ction to the team.
Which of the following statements describes “Collaborator?”
-performance teamwork among team members who report
to him/her.
common ground.
erest in and form warm, caring relationships.
“Competence, fair treatment, commitment, engagement, listening,
acting on suggestions, and providing inspiration, meaning, and
direction.” These leadership expectations are

equired
Which of these statements defines the strength of Creative Leadership?
This is the minimum level required to create lean, engaged, innovative,
visionary, agile, high-involvement, high-fulfillment organizations and to
evolve adaptive organizational designs that can thrive.
-
stage of leadership, we can defer impulse gratification long
Which of the following is one of the three core reactive types?
Which of the following is the formula for the Leadership Quotient?

1
Which of the following statements best describes the relevance of the
inner game and outer game to leadership behavior?
-pressure leadership roles, the outer game is the only game.
efforts at developing leaders only target the inner game, or
consciousness.
Which of the following statements accurately describes Reactive Mind?
-equipped to lead transformation into
high-performing cultures and structures.
it deeply.
e prevailing culture.

To fulfill the Leadership Imperative, which of the following ideas will
make us LESS likely to succeed?
time.
efforts need to be long-term and systemic.
Which of the following statements accurately describes Integral
Leaders?
designed for leading change within complex
systems amid volatile, ambiguous, and rapidly changing environments.
and with people at every stage of Leadership Development.
has the ability to hold large conflicts, opposite visions,
and redundant polarities in tension without reacting to them, trying to
problem-solve them, or turning them into win-lose battles.
trengths,
and competencies that are required to lead effectively.

How do we describe the Leadership System?
CEO and the Board of Directors.
their competency evaluations.
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LDR 531 Final Exam Guide (New)
1. Job dissatisfaction and antagonistic relationships with coworkers
predict a variety of behaviors organizations find undesirable,
including unionization attempts, substance abuse, undue socializing,
and tardiness. These behaviors are indicators of a broader syndrome
called
2. Organizational momentum ________________.
3. Some studies indicate the best approach for transformational
change may have the chief executive officer create an atmosphere for
change

4. Which of the following actions best represents Kelly’s high job
involvement?
5. The concept that some leadership attributes will work in some
situations but not in others can be described by the
6. You manage a department of four employees. You have identified
that Joe has a high need for achievement. Mary has a high need for
power, and Tim has a high need for affiliation. Sarah scored high on
the need for power and low on the need for affiliation.
Which of these four employees is most suitable for handling your
responsibilities when you are on vacation?
7. In order to make their firm a learning organization, managers
should
8. Which of the following statements is true with regard to the
effectiveness of tactics?
9. Central to managing a successful organizational strategy
implementation are/is
10. Which of the following is the first step in the negotiation process?
11. ________ occurs when people within organizations use whatever
influence they can to taint the facts to support their goals and
interests.
12. The ultimate source of an organization’s culture is
13. Which of the following statements is most likely to be true about
differences between men and women in relation to emotional
reactions?

14. Which of the following is a desirable strategy for managers aiming
to reduce the negative consequences of rumors?
15. Adoration of a charismatic leader by followers can lead to
16. A leadership theory that describes leadership functions applicable
to some situations but not others is called
17. Dortix is a manufacturing company. At the end of every quarter,
the total production of each department is calculated, compared with
the predetermined targets, and the rewards for each set of divisional
employees is determined this way. Dortix uses a ________ plan to
incentivize its employees.
18. The degree to which a turbulent environment impacts operations
within an organization is known as
19. Determining if a strategy will be effective within its respective
business environment and still be competitive could be determined by
completing a(n) ________ test.
20. According to the job characteristics model, autonomy is defined as
the degree to which
21. Which of the following represents the acceptable standards of
behavior within a group that are shared by the group’s members?
22. During an annual review, Michel Godfrey made the following
assertion: “When I look at myself and my performance, I see that what
I have achieved is outstanding and something no one in the
organization has the capacity to undertake. Surprisingly, it has not
won me the admiration of my colleagues like it should have. I also
believe that I do not just deserve a raise, but need one, since without

me, let’s face it, the place would simply fall apart.” Which of the
following personality traits best describes Michel’s personality?
23. Which of the following dimensions of the Big Five Model indicates
a person’s ability to withstand stress?
24. The best leadership theories to describe and explain effective
leadership in teams with interactive members are
25. Which of the following is true of the baby boomer generation?
26. Low-context cultures primarily rely on ________ in
communicating with others.
27. Pragmatic leaders
28. ________ refers to an individual’s belief that he or she is capable
of performing a task.
29. Which of the following statements is true regarding a matrix
structure?
30. Which of the following steps can be taken by a manager to
minimize groupthink?
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LDR 531 Final Exam Guide

1) Which of the following is best defined as a consciously coordinated
social unit, composed of two or more people, which functions on a
relatively continuous basis to achieve a common goal or set of goals?
A. Party
B. Unit
C. Community
D. Organization
2) Over the past 2 decades, business schools have added required
courses on organizational design to many of their curricula. Why have
they done this?
A. Managers no longer need technical skills in subjects such as
economics and accounting to succeed.
B. Managers need to understand human behavior if they are to be
effective.
C. These skills enable managers to effectively lead human resources
departments.
D. A manager with good interpersonal skills can help create a
pleasant workplace.

3) Robert Katz identified three essential skills that managers must have
to reach their goals. What are these skills?
A. Technical, decisional, and interpersonal
B. Technical, human, and conceptual
C. Interpersonal, informational, and decisional
D. Human, informational, and communication
4) __________ is a field of study that investigates the effect that
individuals, groups, and structures have on behavior within
organizations for the purpose of applying such knowledge toward
improving an organization’s effectiveness.
A. Corporate tactics
B. Human resources management
C. Organizational behavior
D. Corporate strategy
5) What do the fundamental consistencies underlying the behavior of
all individuals enable researchers to do?
A. Observe human behavior.
B. Research human behavior.
C. Predict human behavior.
D. Detect human behavior.

6) Which of the following is a generic term that covers a broad range
of feelings that people experience?
A. Affect
B. Emotions
C. Moods
D. Emotional labor
7) What term is used for intense feelings that are directed at someone
or something?
A. Affect
B. Cognition
C. Thoughts
D. Emotions
8) If personality characteristics were completely dictated by
__________,they would be fixed at birth and no amount of experience
could alter them.
A. job satisfaction
B. heredity
C. environment
D. situational factors

9) Which of the following are classifications on the Myers-Briggs Type
Indicator?
A. Extroverted, intuitive, judging, independent
B. Extroverted, sensing, judging, thinking
C. Extroverted, judging, independent, feeling
D. Sensing, perceiving, dependent, feeling
10) Maria is dissatisfied with the way that her manager treats her. She
has quit her job and found a new position with another firm. How has
she expressed her dissatisfaction?
A. Exit
B. Voice
C. Neglect
D. Loyalty
11) You quietly continue to do your work when you know things will
not improve. This is what type of response to dissatisfaction?
A. Exit
B. Voice
C. Loyalty
D. Neglect

12) A group
A. generates positive synergy through coordinated effort
B. generates greater outputs with no increase in inputs
C. is two or more individuals interacting and interdependent
D. engages in collective work that requires joint effort
13) __________ results in a level of performance that is greater than
the sum of the individual input.
A. Synergy
B. Enthusiasm
C. Energy
D. Initiative
14) What happens in the second stage of Tuckman's five stage model
of group development?
A. Close relationships are developed.
B. The group demonstrates cohesiveness.
C. Intragroup conflict often occurs.
D. Groups disband.

15) Zach is devout and very active in his church. He is also a very
dedicated employee. His manager offers him a promotion, but the new
role will require him to work Sundays. Zach would like the promotion,
but realizes that it would force him to miss some church activities. It is
likely that Zach is experiencing which of the following:
A. Role conflict
B. Role expectation
C. Role perception
D. Role identity
16) Which role focuses on bringing about order and consistency by
drawing up formal plans?
A. Leadership
B. Management
C. Task structure
D. Initiating structure
17) Which statement regarding leadership is true?
A. Formal rights enable managers to lead effectively.
B. All managers are leaders.
C. All leaders are hierarchically superior to followers.
D. Nonsanctioned leadership is as important as or more important
than formal influence.

18) What are three situational criteria identified in the Fiedler model?
A. Charisma, influence, and leader-member relations
B. Leader-member relations, task structure, and position power
C. Task structure, leadership ability, and group conflict
D. Emotional intelligence, group orientation, and employee status
19) The reconceptualization of the contingency model by Garcia and
Fiedler is called __________ theory.
A. situational
B. cognitive resource
C. evaluative
D. cognitive dissonance
20) Which path-goal leadership style leads to greater satisfaction when
tasks are ambiguous or stressful?
A. Directive
B. Supportive
C. Participative
D. Reactive

21) According the Path-Goal Theory, what leader is friendly and
shows concern for the needs of followers?
A. Achievement-oriented leader
B. Laissez-faire leader
C. Participative leader
D. Supportive leader
22) Phrases such as “more cultural diversity,” “many new entrants
with inadequate skills,” and “increase in aging workers” are all
examples of what force for change?
A. Technology
B. World politics
C. Nature of the work force
D. Competition
23) What is a goal of planned change?
A. To change the forces of change
B. To alter the agents of change
C. To change employees’ responsibilities
D. To improve the ability to adapt to the environment

24) Using covert influence to overcome resistance to change is called
what?
A. negotiation
B. education
C. coercion
D. manipulation
25) If individuals resisting change are included in making change
decisions in an attempt to gain their support, what is this approach is
called?
A. cooptation
B. exploitation
C. manipulation
D. education
26) Which of the following is a characteristic of organizational
control?
A. Formality orientation
B. Decision orientation
C. Team orientation
D. Managerial orientation

27) What term describes the key characteristic of organizational
control that addresses the degree to which employees are expected to
exhibit precision?
A. accountability
B. attention to detail
C. stability
D. reactivity
28) Power is
A. a means for leaders to achieve goals
B. defined by leaders' hopes and aspirations
C. a goal in and of itself
D. not an influence on leaders' goals
29) Leaders achieve goals, and power is
A. defined by leaders’ hopes and aspirations
B. a means of achieving goals
C. a goal in and of itself
D. a strong influence on leaders’ goal
30) The most important aspect of power is probably that it _____.

A. is needed to get things done in an organization
B. is a function of dependency
C. tends to corrupt people
D. is counterproductive
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LDR 531 Individual Assignment Communications
Challenges and Strategies (2 Papers)
This Tutorial contains 2 Papers
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.
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LDR 531 Individual Assignment Leading Organizational
Change
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:
1. Identify the organizational change process steps you would take
and prioritize the order in which you would take them.
2. Include both individual and organizational leadership actions.
3. Scholarly citations must be given to support your rationale and
proposed actions.
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LDR 531 Individual Assignment Strategic Change Case
Study Essay (2 Papers)

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.
• 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.
Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines
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LDR 531 Signature Assignment Outer Game and Inner
Game (2 PPT)
This Tutorial contains 2 Presentation
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.
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.
· 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.
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Identify specific ways in which your organization acquires and shares
knowledge or information? Is this information communicated through
official or unofficial leaders?
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What is the difference between managers and leaders? Is it possible to
be an effective manager without being a leader? Be sure to support
your answer.
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LDR 531 Week 1 Personal Leadership Evaluation (2
Papers)

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.
Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.
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LDR 531 Week 1 Quiz (New)
1) Those with a ________ personality identity opportunities, show
initiative, take action, and preserver until meaningful change occurs,
compared to others who passively react to situations
2) _______ is an extrinsic means of motivation.
3) Which dimension of the Big Five Model is a measure of
reliability?
4) Which of the following is Theory X consistent with?
5) Which of the following is an instrumental value according to the
Rokeach value survey?
6) Which of the following refers to the tendency to be arrogant,
have a grandiose sense of self-importance, require excessive
admiration, and have a sense of entitlement?
7) With reference to the Hofstede’s Framework for assessing
cultures,______ emphasizes a tight social framework in which people
except others in groups of which they are a part to look after them and
protect them

8) The______ pay plan has long been popular as a means of
compensating production workers by paying a fixed sum for each unit
of production completed
9) With reference to the job characteristics model, which of the
following defines skill variety?
10) The_____ is a personality assessment model that taps basic
dimensions which encompass most of the significant variation in
human personality, namely extraversion, agreeableness,
conscientiousness, emotional stability and openness to experience
11) Supportive leadership is most likely to result in what outcome for
subordinates?
12) Adam Sears is an assembly-line employee with Swenson Motors.
Though Adam is popular among his supervisors and colleagues. Adam
experiences low morale and lack of motivation. He feels frustrated that
his job is restricted to fixing nuts and bolts on the car parts. He fears
that he has no chances of advancing in his career as he cannot
completely assemble a car. Which of the following is true with regards
to Adam?
13) Which of the following guidelines for recognizing an employee’s
performance was recommended?
14) Which of the following terms describes basic convicts that “a
specific mode of conduct or end state of existence is personally or
socially preferable to an opposite mode of conduct?
15) Which of the following personality traits indicates the degree to
which a person is unemotional and pragmatic and believes that ends
can justify means?

16) Which of the following refers to bottom-line conclusions
individuals have about their capabilities, competence and worth as a
person?
17) Alex was send to Beijing to help local managers solve the problem
of growing worker dissatisfaction at their manufacturing facility
located in the city. As a part of his visit, he decided to have a town hall
meeting with the workers to understand the problems that they were
facing and the reasons for their discontent. The turnout at the meeting
was substantial; however, when asked for their opinions and
suggestions, the crowd fell silent. As a result, Alex was unable to
determine the reason for employee dissatisfaction. Which of the
following, if true, best explains this situation?
18) According to Blake and Mouton, effective leaders are most likely
to facilitates subordinate growth and development by having
19) Milton Rokeach created the Rokeach Value Survey (RVS) which
consisted of two sets of values, namely _______ values and
_______values
20) With reference to john Holland’s personality-job fir theory, people
belonging to the investigate type prefer
21) Which of the following statement is true regarding a merit-based
pay plan?
22) Which of the following is the least desirable approach for
developing subordinates?
23) Which of the following is most likely to be a drawback of highly
conscientious people according to the Big Five Model?
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What are the differences between people oriented and task oriented
leadership styles? Explain the similarities and differences in the
leadership styles of women and men. Be sure to support your reasons.
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What are the benefits of minimizing organizational politics? Give two
examples of how your organization could minimize organizational
politics.

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LDR 531 Week 2 Individual Assignment Professional
Development Plan (New)
Assume you are the manager of your learning team and need to
develop a plan that will address the characteristics of your group and
yourself as the leader. This plan can be used to determine the needs of
the learning team and is a tool for members to assess their skills,
strengths, areas needing improvement, and the resources needed to
help them reach their career goals.
Use each Learning Team member’s DiSC assessment results
completed in Week One.
Develop a combined DiSC chart of your Learning Team members for
use in developing this paper. Based on the individual assessments,
what are the characteristics of your team?
Create a professional development plan to address the characteristics
of the Learning Team members both individually and as a group and
your ability to lead them:

Required Elements:
No more than 1400 words
Formatyour paper consistent with APA guidelines
Evaluate the individuals, including yourself, and the group based on
the DiSC assessment.
Clickthe Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.
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LDR 531 Week 2 LT Reflection (New)
Discuss this week’s objectives with your team. Your discussion should
include the topics you feel comfortable with, any topics you struggled
with, and how the weekly topics relate to application in your field.
Prepare a 350- to 1,050-word paper detailing the findings of your
discussion.

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LDR 531 Week 2 Mentorship Agreement Form (New)
Complete the UniversityMaterial: Mentorship Agreement Form.
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LDR 531 Week 2 Mentorship Meeting Worksheet (New)

Complete the University Material: Week 2 Mentorship Meeting
Worksheet.
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1) The leadership process that describes how a group operates in an open system with other
groups is called
2) Ideological leaders will develop when the leader
3) Effective transformational leaders
4) Transformational behavior can include
5) The concept that some people are natural (born) leaders is an attribute of which
leadership approach?
6) Distant charismatic’s are often described in terms of their effect on follower
7) Which statement about transformational and charismatic leadership is most accurate?
8) One unique characteristic of followers in leadership theory is
9) CEOs who exhibit charismatic characteristics were noted to
10) Which statement comparing transformational and charismatic leadership is most
accurate?

11) At theory that emphasizes leader traits and skills as determinants of leadership behavior is
best categorized at what level?
12) Which characteristic of negative charismatic leadership is more likely to lead to failure?
13) A leadership contingency theory that stresses the intelligence and experience of the leader
is
14) Most of the leadership theory and research explaining the actions of leaders and why
those actions occurred has described
15) A theory that explains the most effective pattern of leadership behavior in a specified
situation is best classified as
16) A contingency theory of leadership that depends on specific procedure for leader
behaviors and has strong support is
17) Which of the following is a characteristic of a positive charismatic?
18) Charismatic leaders add followers by
19) What level of leadership process is emphasized in most theories of effective leadership?
20) Contingency theories may be difficult to implement because
21) A Contingency theory that contains mediating variables is
22) Most leadership theories emphasize
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How would you modify your communication style to better
accommodate team or group members with contrasting
communication styles? Be sure to provide specific examples.
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Evaluate how a company structures or uses groups or teams. Do you
feel the organization would be a good fit for you based on what you
learned through the Williams assessment? Why or why not?
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LDR 531 Week 3 Individual Assignment Leadership Style
Paper

Select and describe a leader you admire. Your selected leader may be
either a real-life individual or a fictional character from television, the
movies, or a book. Using leadership theories, nalyse your selected
leader to identify characteristics and provide specific examples of
leadership qualities you think contributed to that person’s success.
Evaluate your own leadership style and work with your mentor to
identify your own leadership characteristics.
Write a paper in which you explain your leadership style and your
ideas and plans for improving your effectiveness as a leader based on
your comparison with an admired leader and your work with your
mentor.
Required Elements:
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines
Evaluate your chosen leader and yourself, based on the leadership
theories.
Summarize the discussion with your mentor
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Discuss and choose, as a Learning Team, the most important barrier
that you think creates a communication challenge within groups and
teams, as highlighted in the “Barriers to Effective Communication”
section in Ch. 11 of Organizational Behavior. Why did your team
choose this particular barrier and how does it create a communication
challenge? Provide real-life examples you may have experienced
regarding this particular barrier.
Prepare a 350- to 1,050-word paper detailing the findings of your
discussion.
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Worksheet.
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1) Which of the following terms best describes that occurs when two
or more parties decided how to allocate scarce resource?
2) Shirley Shands is a hard worker but Debra, her manger, is
irritated with her. While Debra concedes that Shirley’s work gives her
no cause for complaint, Debra is toured of the interruptions in her
work because of Shirley asking for repeated clarifications over what
exactly she has to say in e-mails or phone calls. She often requests
Debra to proofread her e-mails before sending them, and Debra feels

she sends too many e-mails instead of just speaking to the person
concerned. From the scenario, we can conclude that_____
3) The two general approaches to negotiation are_______
bargaining and _____ bargaining
4) Which of the following forms of communication is characterized
by the use of only body movements, intonations, facial expressions,
and physical distance to communicate?
5) Synergy Inc. has recently assigned some of its best employees to
form a cross-functional team and complete a project from a new client.
Many of the employees on his team are apprehensive about the
structure and dynamics of how they will function as a group and
accomplish this goal. To energize the employee, their immediate
manager is holding a meeting with them next week where he will
provide them some additional training in strategies and methods that
may work well for the team. The manager’s initiative to holds this
meeting fulfills the _______ function of communication
6) _______ teams are defined as groups of employees who perform
highly related or interdependent jobs and take on many of
responsibilities of their former supervisors.
7) Bonnie Patterson has been a manager for seven years at Wayne
and Watson, a legal consultancy firm. A good part of her workday
involves holding meetings and she likes to do work on a time bound
schedule. For this reason, members of her team receive the agenda at
the beginning of the meeting, followed by some time to contemplate
over the issue at hand individually, subsequently, the team members
present their ideas one after the other, the group discusses them
together, and lastly, a ranking is done to choose the most favored idea
this represents the ________ approach of group decision making

8) As a consequence of the information circulated by the grapevine
in an organization, employees experience
9) To retain its edge in the organic health food market, Natura has
established a high-priority team comprised of senior executives from
the company’s production, marketing, and research divisions. These
employees work together closely to study consumer attitudes about
organic health foods and come up with closely monitored development
and marketing strategy for new products, this ensure that each
division is informed of the specific needs, timelines, and expected
outcomes of the strategy. It also makes Natura a company that adapts
to changes in market trends swiftly. The team Natura uses here is of
the _______ type
10) Jordan is a sales officer who has been underperforming over the
last three month. At the last monthly operations cycle meeting, he was
given a warning. As the time for the next meeting draws close. Jordan
fears his boss reprimanding him. Two days before the meeting, Jordan
informs his manger that he has confirmed six deals in the last few
days, one of which involves multiple orders for their machines, he,
however, skips the detail that these are the only six orders he has been
able to obtain in the whole month, which one of the barriers to
effective communication is depicted here?
11) A collectivist Chinese manager is most likely to use which of the
following techniques for conflict management?
12) Most people assume that a police officer should behave in a lawful
manner, refrain from demonstrating favoritism to any particular
group, and do his or her best to uphold the law. Which of the following
terms best represents these beliefs?

13) When ______ is of importance in decision making, group
decisions are preferred to individual decision.
14) Peter is working on a project. He feels that the parameters need to
be changed to meet client specifications. First, he must talk to his
immediate supervisor, who will then discuss the issue with her
department director before any change can be implemented. Peter is
most likely to be a part of the ________ type of small-group
communication networks.
15) When _______ the result is role conflict.
16) Genepacorporation manufacture home appliances and other
electronic products. Genepa is planning to introduce a new
refrigerator model. The marketing manager at genepa has developed a
marketing plan for this new product and wants to communicate this
plan to all the employees in the marketing department. Which of the
following is most likely to be the best form of communication for
communicating this plan?
17) With reference to the team effectiveness model, which of the
following is one of the key components of an effective team, included
under category of contextual factors?
18) The time attendance system in the production division, at MM, an
automobile manufacturing company, was malfunctioning.
Consequently, grey hill, one of the front-level managers sent it for
repair. In the meantime, he placed a register where all workers of the
production division had to provide their time of entry and exit from the
office. At the end of the week, when looking through the time logs, he
had certain concerns about group of employees. In the next week, he
personally tracked the time logs, he had certain concerns about group
of employees spent working and realized that they were reporting a

greater number of working hours than they actually worked. This
group engaged in a barrier to communication called
19) Janica cooper has recently joined a hospital as a part of the
internship program prescribed by the nursing school she attends.
Janica, who was inspired to take up this profession by the story of
Florence nightingale, had very strong ideals about how she should
behave as a nurse, she must be gentle, pleasant, and caring at all times
so she could serve her patients well, and she often went to great
lengths as an intern by putting in extra hours at the hospital ans so on.
The scenario, reflects Janice’s
20) The ________ view of conflict focuses on productive resolution of
conflicts.
21) When one person seeks to satisfy his or her own interests
regardless of the impact on other parties to the conflict, that person is
using the conflict-handling intention of
22) Matt works as a sales representative at Tandem industries, which
manufactures and sells bicycle, he is the best salesperson on the floor,
but he also receives the highest number of customer complaints for
late deliveries. Which of the following, if true, best explains this
situation?
23) _______isdefined as a phenomenon in which the norm for
consensus overrides the realistic appraisal of alternatives courses of
action.
24) Which of the following is a unique advantage of lateral
communication?
25) Which of the following is desirable when a crucial project is
delegated to a virtual team?

26) Which of the following statements is true regarding conflict?
27) The informal communication network in an organization is
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LDR 531 Week 3 Team communication Challenges
Conversation (Mc Donalds)
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.
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How does goal setting motivate an employee to increase job
performance? Give an example.
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In what type of organization do you think your leadership style would
be most effective, and in what organization would it be least effective?
Compare and contrast these two types of organizations.
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Worksheet.
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1) Why is Maslow’s theory criticized?
2) ________ are caused by a specific event, are very brief, and
accompanied by distinct facial expressions.
3) Which of the following statements is true regarding goal-setting
theory?
4) Tiffany Crowe works as a showroom executive at a clothing
boutique in London. Today, she is in a positive mood and instantly
greets and smiles at a customer who walks into the store. The customer
feels welcomed by her response. While browsing the store, Crowe helps
the customer with product and passes on her positive mood to the
customer. The customer leaves the store feeling content with a smile
on her face. Which of the following best describes this situation?
5) Charles, Anna, Elle, and Adam are college friends and work in
New York City. Comfortable living in New York occurs at about
$40,000 a year. Charles makes $24,000 a year; Anna makes $30,000 a
year. Elle makes $50,000 a year, and Adam makes $75,000 a year.
Which of the following is most likely to be true with reference to
correlation between pay and job satisfaction?
6) If Alberta is categorized as a Theory X manager, which of the
following behaviors is she most likely to exhibit?
7) ________ refers to evaluative statements or judgments
concerning objects , people, or events.
8) The church you go to every Sunday is made up of people who
have very different lifestyles and are at different stages in their life.

Joanna is a 23-year-old, single parent who works for minimum wage
and shifts from motel to motel for accommodation. Josephine is a
single, 45-year-old woman who earns a decent salary and has few
interests and friends outside her office. Jonathan is 60 years old ,
extremely wealthy, has a loving family and enjoys his work. You have
decided o apply Maslow’s hierarchy of needs to determine what
motivates each of these individuals. Which of the following needs
would most likely motivate Joanna?
9) Which of the following statements represents the cognitive
component of attitude?
10) Employees with positive core self-evaluations believe in their
inner worth and basic competence, and are more satisfied with their
jobs than those with negative core self-evaluations. The concept of
positive core self evaluations indicates that
11) Susan Daniels works for an event management company and is
discontent with her job because she was passed over for a promotion.
She has now composed a list of concerns and plans to discuss the issue
with her supervisor. Daniels’ response to the problem is referred to as
12) Which of the following statements is true regarding the effects of
moods and emotions on decision making?
13) Which of the following is an example of deviant workplace
behavior?
14) Which of the following does cognitive dissonance indicates
between two or more attitudes or between behavior and attitudes?
15) MBO provides individual employees with

16) Gerard Yoder believes that every time he picks up his daughter.
Penny, from school, it brings him good luck. The last time he picked
up from school, he won a lottery ticket. Today, after he received her
from school, he reached his office and found out that he has been
promoted. Which of the following concepts best describes Yoder’s
belief?
17) Emotions such as relaxation, serenity and calmness comprises the
______ mood dimension
18) Which of the following statements is true regarding negotiations?
19) Self-determination theory proposes that in addition to being
driven by an need for autonomy, people seek ways to achieve
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LDR 531 Week 4 Team Assignment Conflict Resolution
(New)
As you continue to develop in your career, you will find that your
responsibilities as a leader will increase. You will be tasked with many
different jobs, such as managing conflict, handling communication

challenges among your team members, or addressing organizational
communication needs. As you know, no employee likes to speak up
only to have his or her ideas not taken seriously, or to confront others
about their working styles, or to face uncomfortable gossip among
coworkers.
View the LDR/531 Storybooks.
Develop a summary of no more than 1,050 words that includes
multiple ways to handle the three situations shown in the Storybooks.
Discuss communication styles and barriers and the conflict and
negotiation process involved in handling the three situations. For each
storybook, describe the strategy or strategies you would apply in these
situations.
Consider the following as you complete the assignment:
Storybook #1:
How would you react when a team member is being vague and trying
to spin bad news to sound more positive, thereby making it harder for
the team to actually approach and resolve the issue?
How could you encourage someone to continue to voice his or her
opinion or to share an idea when you know she is hesitant to do so?
Storybook #2:
As a manager, how would you relay an important negative message
with as little impact on your team as possible? Why would you choose
this method?
What is the best way to handle gossip before it spreads?

How might you handle your team's feelings after a negative situation
has occurred that does not directly affect your team but affects others
around them?
Storybook #3:
What strategies would you use to help your team alleviate stress
caused by deadlines before any conflict arises?
General question for all three storybooks:
Think about a personal situation from your work experience that is
similar to each storybook scenario. How would you approach the
situation differently based on the principles you learned in the
storybooks? How might the results change?
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
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How could leaders increase learning and innovation in the workplace?
Give an example.
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What are the different reasons for resisting change in the workplace
and how could leaders go about creating employee buy-in to change?
Give an example.
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LDR 531 Week 5 Individual Assignment Motivation Plan
Paper (New)

Use the DiSC assessment results from your Learning Team members.
Interview your mentor to gather information about your mentor’s
organization, the department your mentor works in, and his or her job
description.
Write a plan that may be applied to your mentor’s department and that
would increase your Learning Team members’ motivation,
satisfaction, and performance based on their personal profiles, as if
they were employees of that department.
Required Elements:
Analyze specific differences in attitudes, emotions, personalities, and
values among your Learning Team members, and address how each
difference might be used to positively influence ehaviour.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
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Complete the 360 assessment.
Discuss the benefits of using this assessment as a tool.
Prepare a 350- to 1,050-word paper detailing the findings of the 360
assessment.
Clickthe Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment
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Worksheet.
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1) Which of the following is an example of an individual source of
resistance to change?
2) Strategy of differentiation consists of which of the following?
3) Culture is most likely to be a liability when
4) Which of the following is the last step in Kotter’s eight-step plan
for implementing change?
5) A(n) ______ strategy emphasizes the introduction of major new
products and services.
6) _______ are persons who act as catalysts and assume the
responsibility for managing refinement activities.
7) Which of the following is typically a characteristic of the
mechanistic model of organization?
8) Which of the following statements is true regarding the functions
of culture in an organization?
9) A(n) _______ organization is an organization that takes on a life
of its own. Apart from its founders and members, and is valued for
itself and not for the goods or services it produces.

10) Sometimes, business finds it necessary to reconceive their core
business. Which of the following would be the less effective strategy
for doing so?
11) Which of the following is least likely to lend to a simply
organizational structure?
12) The deemphasizing of hierarchical authority and control in
organizational development is referred to as
13) It is easiest for management to deal with resistance when it is
14) Which of the following is least likely to realize a competitive
advantage for an organization?
15) Which of the following actions can extinguish risk taking and
innovation?
16) ________ is a collection of change methods that seek to improve
organizational effectiveness and employee well-being.
17) Idea champions display characteristics associated with ________
leadership.
18) Confusion in who reports to whom is a weakness of Which one of
the following organizational structures?
19) The focus of a single segmentation within a scope strategy is
known as a ______ strategy
20) Which of the following resistances to change is implicit?
21) Decision making within which one of the following organizational
structures follows a strict chain of command?
22) Which of the following factors is least likely to have an impact on
organizational structure?

23) Which of the following is the first step in Kotter’s eight-step plan
for implementing change?
24) Entering into various types of business ventures outside of the
realm of an organization’s usual type of business is an example of a
________ strategy.
25) Which of the following statements is true regarding innovation?
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