#1 Assignment Objectives (The Successful Leader - Assessing Your Leadership Traits) Describe and recognize organizational culture, with specific examination of organizational change models. 8 total pages Leadership is one of the essential ingredients in effectively leading and managing a project. Without excellent leadership skills, the best planned projects are at a risk for failure. In this class, you are asked to examine your leadership strengths and weaknesses and determine how to adapt them to one of the effective project management leadership styles. You will be provided with an opportunity to perform a personal leadership assessment, enhance project leadership skills, promote teamwork and innovation, determine some best practices, and build a culture to support and manage change. Throughout this course, you will be working on developing several components of your final Key Assignment. Additional information and the deliverables for each Individual Project will be provided in each Individual Project assignment description. You will also be setting up the final Key Assignment outline that you will add to each week. The combined Individual Project (IP) assignments will be your final Key Assignment deliverable. Project Selection The first step will be to select an organization of your choice in which you will implement your project. This organization will be used as the basis for each of the assignments throughout the course and should conform to the following guidelines: •Nontrivial: The selected organization candidate should reflect a real-life organization. •Domain knowledge: Students will utilize their knowledge of this organization to address assignments that are related to discussing the organization’s structure and its impact on organizational members. Select an organization that fits these requirements, and submit your proposal to your instructor before proceeding further with the assignments in the course. Approval should be sought within the first few days of the course. Your instructor will tell you how to submit this proposal and what notification will be given for project approval. Your first task in this process will be to select an organization to use as the basis of your Key Assignment. You will also create the shell document for the final project Key Assignment document deliverable that you will be working on throughout the course. As you proceed through each project phase, you will add content to each section of the final document to gradually complete the final project delivery. The project deliverables are as follows: 1. Submit a project proposal to instructor for approval 2. Key Assignment Document Shell •Use Word •Title Page 1.Course number and name 2.Project name 3.Student name 4.Date •Table of Contents 1.Use auto-generated TOC 2.Separate page 3.Maximum of three levels deep 4.Be sure to update the fields of the TOC so that it is up-to-date before submitting your project •Section Headings (create ea ...

1. #1 Assignment Objectives (The Successful Leader - Assessing
Your Leadership Traits)
Describe and recognize organizational culture, with specific
examination of organizational change models.
8 total pages
Leadership is one of the essential ingredients in effectively
leading and managing a project. Without excellent leadership
skills, the best planned projects are at a risk for failure. In this
class, you are asked to examine your leadership strengths and
weaknesses and determine how to adapt them to one of the
effective project management leadership styles. You will be
provided with an opportunity to perform a personal leadership
assessment, enhance project leadership skills, promote
teamwork and innovation, determine some best practices, and
build a culture to support and manage change.
Throughout this course, you will be working on developing
several components of your final Key Assignment. Additional
information and the deliverables for each Individual Project will
be provided in each Individual Project assignment description.
You will also be setting up the final Key Assignment outline
that you will add to each week. The combined Individual
Project (IP) assignments will be your final Key Assignment
deliverable.
Project Selection
The first step will be to select an organization of your choice in
which you will implement your project. This organization will
be used as the basis for each of the assignments throughout the
course and should conform to the following guidelines:
•Nontrivial: The selected organization candidate should reflect
a real-life organization.

2. •Domain knowledge: Students will utilize their knowledge of
this organization to address assignments that are related to
discussing the organization’s structure and its impact on
organizational members.
Select an organization that fits these requirements, and submit
your proposal to your instructor before proceeding further with
the assignments in the course. Approval should be sought within
the first few days of the course. Your instructor will tell you
how to submit this proposal and what notification will be given
for project approval.
Your first task in this process will be to select an organization
to use as the basis of your Key Assignment. You will also create
the shell document for the final project Key Assignment
document deliverable that you will be working on throughout
the course. As you proceed through each project phase, you will
add content to each section of the final document to gradually
complete the final project delivery.
The project deliverables are as follows:
1. Submit a project proposal to instructor for approval
2. Key Assignment Document Shell
•Use Word
•Title Page
1.Course number and name
2.Project name
3.Student name
4.Date
•Table of Contents
1.Use auto-generated TOC
2.Separate page
3.Maximum of three levels deep
4.Be sure to update the fields of the TOC so that it is up-to-date
before submitting your project
•Section Headings (create each heading on a new page with
TBD as content, except for sections listed under New Content
below)

3. 1.Abstract
2.Project Outline
3.Organizational Structure
4.Personality Type Assessment Results
5.Personal Leadership Strengths and Weaknesses
6.Impact Analysis on Organization Implementing Change
7.Stakeholder Management Plan
8.Communications Plan
9.Negotiation Strategy and Plan
3. New Content to be Inserted in Above Shell
•Project Outline 1.Brief description of your project and why it
is of value to the organization
2.Material can be taken from the approved proposal that was
submitted to the instructor, and this will serve as the draft for
the proposal that you will be submitting to a potential publisher
in the next IP assignment
3.Be sure this project is approved by the instructor
•Organizational Structure
1.Select an organizational structure from those described in the
PMBOK that most closely resembles the organization selected
for this project
2.Describe how it is similar to one of the structures along with
deviations
3.Draw an organization chart that defines the top role and at
least two more levels underneath
•Personality Type Assessment Results
1.Use this link to take the Keirsey Temperament Sorter for free:
www.keirsey.com/sorter/instruments2.aspx?partid=0
2.Copy and paste the results of this assessment in your overall
report
3.Analyze the results of this assessment as it relates to you
#2 Assignment Objectives (Leading People - Adapting Your
Leadership Traits)
Describe and recognize organizational culture, with specific

4. examination of organizational change models.
Identify techniques for creating a motivating environment, with
a particular focus on project stakeholder management.
900 words
For this assignment, you will be using what you discovered
about your personality temperament along with the desirable
characteristics and skills of an effective project leader to
analyze your strengths and opportunities for development.
List all of the attributes that are part of your personality type on
the left-hand side of a table such as the one shown below, and
then list across the top some of the top skills and attributes you
should possess as an effective project manager. You will place
an "x" in each of the cells that you believe your attribute would
contribute to that characteristic or skill. These are your
strengths that you would expand upon in a discussion format
below the table. Your opportunities for development are the
empty cells where you should develop your action plan to
develop these areas.
An example of a table you might develop is as follows: NB
The table is the other attached file.
Assignment Deliverables
1.Update your Key Assignment document title page with a new
date
2.Update previously completed sections based on the
instructor's feedback
3.Complete the New Content below, and copy it under the
section in the Key Assignment document called: "Personal
Leadership Strengths & Opportunities for Development"
New Content
Personal Leadership Strengths & Opportunities for Development
1.Create a table or use another method to determine your
strengths and opportunities for development to be an effective

5. project manager
2.Discuss your strengths below the table and explain why these
are such important strengths to being an effective project
manager
3.Develop an action plan that includes development activities to
address the opportunities for development
4. Be sure to update your table of contents before submissio
#3 ASSIGNMENT Objectives (Understanding Change -
Promoting Collaboration and Innovation)
Examine various models of organization change. 2000 words
Predict emotional and organizational issues related to the
implementation of change.
Identify your key stakeholders. Explain how your project might
be perceived by your stakeholders as impacting them positively
or negatively. Explain how your stakeholders might positively
or negatively influence the outcome of your project.
Now you need to further your stakeholder analysis in a manner
that will support developing a strategy for managing your
stakeholders’ engagement. To help you develop your strategy,
you have at your disposal four tools described in the PMBOK®
Guide Chapter 13, Section 13.1.2.1.
After you have completed your stakeholder analysis using these
four PMBOK® Guide tools, use the information you have
discovered and documented to develop your stakeholder
management strategy as described in the PMBOK® Guide
Chapter 13, Section 13.2, “Plan Stakeholder Management."
Assignment Deliverables
1.Update the Key Assignment document title page with a new
date
2.Update the previously completed sections based on the
instructor's feedback
3.Complete New Content below, and copy it under the sections

6. in Key Assignment document called "Impact Analysis on
Organization Implementing Change"
4.Complete your Stakeholder Register and Stakeholder Analysis
New Content
a.Stakeholder register
b.Stakeholder Analysis as follows:
i.Group your stakeholders based on their level of authority
(power) and their level of concern (interest) regarding the
outcome of your project in a Power/Interest Grid
ii.Group your stakeholders based on their level of authority
(power) and active involvement (influence) regarding your
project in a Power/Influence Grid
iii.Group your stakeholders based on their active involvement
(influence) and their ability to effect changes to the project's
planning or execution (impact) in an Influence/Impact Grid
iv.Use the Salience model to describe the classes of
stakeholders based on their power (ability to impose their will),
urgency (need for immediate attention), and legitimacy (how
appropriate their involvement is)
5.Utilize the results of your stakeholder analysis to construct
your Stakeholders Engagement Assessment Matrix as described
in PMBOK Chapter 13: Section 2 and at the link titled
"Stakeholder Analysis Matrix" below in the Phase Resources.
You will use the information you gain from your stakeholder
analysis and assessment during your Phase 4 IP assignment to
develop your Stakeholder Management Plan that identifies your
strategies for effectively engaging your stakeholders
#4 Assignment Objectives, Project Change Leadership -
Motivation and Communication
Predict emotional and organizational issues related to the
implementation of change.
Identify techniques for creating a motivating environment, with
a particular focus on project stakeholder management.

7. 2500 words
The two primary areas that you will thoroughly develop for this
assignment are a motivation strategy/campaign and a
communications management. This should be based on your
stakeholder analysis and stakeholder management strategy that
you accomplished in Phase 3. A table for identifying what
stakeholder receives a particular type of communication might
appear as a communication matrix as explained below.
Assignment Deliverables:
1.Update your Key Assignment document title page with a new
date
2.Update previously completed sections based on the
instructor's feedback
3.Complete New Content below, and copy it under the sections
in Key Assignment document called Stakeholder Management
Plan and "Communications Management Plan"
New Content
◾Stakeholder Management Plan i.Identify desired and current
engagement levels of key stakeholders
ii.Identify interrelationships and potential overlap between
stakeholders
iii.Identify at least 5 strategies you can use to engage your
stakeholders
iv.Develop a Stakeholder Management Plan that utilizes your
identified strategies to achieve your desired level of
stakeholders' engagement
v.Describe how the information you have included in your
Stakeholder Management Plan will help you manage to achieve
your desired level of stakeholders' engagement
◾Communications Management Plan i.Identify which types of
communication (such as regularly scheduled meetings, shared
media such as SharePoint, email, social media, hardcopy

8. reports, etc.) you will use to communicate project status. Be
specific on timeframes, the types of information that will be
shared, and the level of detail that will be shared with these
tools
ii.Next, discuss which stakeholder groups will receive the
specific types of communication you have identified. This can
be done via a matrix or a table by listing stakeholders in the left
column, the types of communications along the top, and an "x"
in the cells where a specific stakeholder group should receive a
particular type of communication
iii.Layout an authorization plan and who will need to sign-off
on specific communications or moving to the next phase in the
project.
iv.Include samples of some of the reports or canned
communications that will be sent
# 5 Assignment Objectives, (Negotiation & Conflict
Management: Managing Stakeholder Engagement)
Use various communication, negotiating, and leadership skills,
and understand the significance of power and influence to
project success, toward understanding and improving your
leadership capabilities 2000 words
In the previous weeks, you selected an organization to develop
your Key Assignment around. In week 1, you assessed the
organizational structure and took a personality assessment. In
week 2, you analyzed your own strengths and weaknesses as an
effective project leader and developed an action plan for the
weaknesses. In week 3, you performed an impact analysis of
implementing your project and developed strategies for
involving the stakeholders in its implementation. In week 4, you
created the motivation campaign and a detailed communication
and approval plan.
Even with the best motivational campaigns and a well-
developed and executed communications management plan,
conflict among team members and project stakeholders in

9. general can arise. You have one more tool and technique
available to help you resolve conflicts because a given conflict
can impact your project outcomes in a positive manner. This
tool is negotiating. In the final week, you are revising the Key
Assignment draft document based on feedback from your
instructor and peer. Under the last section, not yet filled in, you
will be developing a very detailed Negotiation Strategy and
Plan for unforeseen conflicts that were not resolved during the
initial Stakeholder Analysis.
Deliverables
The overall project deliverables are as follows:
1.Update previously completed sections based on the
instructor's feedback
2.Complete New Content below and copy it under the section in
Key Assignment Document called "Negotiation Strategy and
Plan" ◦New Content ◾Negotiation Strategy & Plan ◾Identify at
least 5 potential situations or risk areas where negotiation may
be required such as conflict resolution
◾Identify some of the negotiation techniques and strategies that
could prove to be useful for each of these risk areas. Explain
why
◾Identify the steps including preparation for and closure at the
end of the negotiation process
◾Identify who will have the final decision-making authority in
the negotiation session
◾Describe the negotiation process flow (you may use a
narrative description or a diagram with explanation)
3.Complete your Abstract (i.e., Section ii)
4.Update the Key Assignment title page with a new date
5.Be sure to update your table of contents before submission