This document provides an overview and requirements for BUS 119 Week 3. It outlines that students should read chapters 6, 7, and 8; complete two discussion posts and respond to two classmates; and take a quiz by certain deadlines. It also notes they should begin researching for a final assignment. The document defines key terms and concepts from the readings, including leadership skills, creating a vision, and constructive climate. Recommended readings, viewings, and resources are also included.

1. BUS 119
Week 3

2. BUS 119 – Principles of
Personal &
Organizational
Leadership

3. Overview – Suggested and Required Actions for this week
• Read Chapters 6, 7, & 8 in your text book
• 2 Discussion Questions – Original Posts – Due by Thursday, 11:59 pm
• Quiz – Due by Sunday, 11:59 pm
• Respond to at least 2 classmates for each question – Due by Monday, 11:59 pm
• Read requirements for final assignment due week 5 and
begin research.

4. Northouse, P. G. (2018). Introduction to leadership:
Concepts and practice. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage
Publications, Inc.
This textbook
is a
Constellation
textbook

5. This week students will
1. Distinguish the core leadership skills.
2. Assess the process of creating a vision.
3. Examine the relationship between effective
leadership and productive work environments.

6. Activity Due Date Format Grading %
Read Chapters 6, 7, & 8
Leadership Skills Day 3
(1st post)
Discussion 2
Respond to at least 2 classmates’
posts
Day 7 Discussion Part of 2
above
Vision Day 3
(1st post)
Discussion 2
Respond to at least 2 classmates’
posts
Day 7 Discussion Part of 2
above
Quiz Day 6 Quiz 8
Begin research for assignment 2 5 to 6 pages,
APA
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7. LEADERSHIP SKILLS
Chapter 6 Leadership Skills – Consist of 3 Types
Administrative
Managing People
Managing Resources
Showing Technical Competence
Conceptual
Creating Visions
Strategic Planning
Problem Solving
(Northouse, 2012)

8. LEADERSHIP SKILLS
Chapter 6 Leadership Skills – Consist of 3 Types (continued)
Interpersonal Skills
Being Socially Perceptive
Showing Emotional Intelligence
Managing Interpersonal Conflict
(Northouse, 2012)

9. VISION
Chapter 7 – Creating a Vision – 5 Characteristics
A Picture - an ideal image of where a group or an organization should be
going
A Change - a move toward something different; a shift away from the way
things currently are
Values - the ideas, beliefs, and modes of action that people find
worthwhile or desirable
A Map - a laid-out path to follow to direct people toward their short- and
long-term goals
A Challenge - to stimulate people to commit themselves to change
(Northouse, 2012)

10. CONSTRUCTIVE CLIMATE
Chapter 8 – Constructive Climate
The Leader
Provides Structure
Clarifies Norms
Builds Cohesiveness
Promotes Standards of Excellence
(Northouse, 2012)

11. KEY TERMS – CHAPTER 6
You may be asked to use these terms in
Discussion Board responses or your
assignment for the week.
Term Definition
Administrative Skills competencies a leader needs to run an organization in
order to carry out the organization’s purposes and goals
Conceptual Skills capabilities that involve working with concepts and
ideas, the thinking or cognitive aspects of leadership
Emotional Intelligence concerned with a person’s ability to understand his or
her own and others’ emotions, and then to apply this
understanding to life’s tasks; the ability to perceive and
express emotions, to use emotions to facilitate thinking,
to understand and reason with emotions, and to manage
emotions effectively within oneself and in relationships
with others
Interpersonal Skills people skills; those abilities that help a leader to work
effectively with subordinates, peers, and superiors to
accomplish the organization’s goals
(Northouse, 2012)

12. KEY TERMS – CHAPTER 6 (CONTINUED)
Term Definition
Problem-solving Skills one’s cognitive ability to take corrective action in a problem
situation in order to meet desired objectives
Social Perceptiveness having insight into and awareness of what is important to
others, how they are motivated, the problems they face, and
how they react to change
Strategic Planning a conceptual skill, the cognitive ability to think and consider
ideas to develop effective strategies for a group or an
organization
Technical Competence having specialized knowledge about the work we do or ask
others to do
You may be asked to use these terms in
Discussion Board responses or your
assignment for the week.
(Northouse, 2012)

13. Term Definition
Challenge to stimulate people to commit themselves to change
Change a move toward something different; a shift away from the way things
currently are
Map a laid-out path to follow to direct people toward their short- and long-
term goals
Picture an ideal image of where a group or an organization should be going
Status quo the current situation; the way things are now
Value the ideas, beliefs, and modes of action that people find worthwhile or
desirable
Vision a mental model of an ideal future state
KEY TERMS – CHAPTER 7
You may be asked to use these terms in Discussion Board
responses or your assignment for the week.
(Northouse, 2012)

14. KEY TERMS – CHAPTER 8
You may be asked to use these terms in Discussion Board
responses or your assignment for the week.
Term Definition
Cohesiveness a sense of “we-ness”; the cement that holds a group together, or the
esprit de corps that exists within a group
Mission the goal toward which a group is working, which provides organization
to the rest of its activities
Norms the rules of behavior that are established and shared by group members
Standards of
Excellence
the expressed and implied expectations for performance that exist
within a group or an organization
Structure a blueprint for the work of a particular group that gives form and
meaning to the purposes of its activities
Synergy the group energy created from two or more people working together,
which creates an outcome that is different from and better than the sum
of the individual contributions
(Northouse, 2012)

15. REFERENCES
Northouse, P. G. (2018). Introduction to leadership: Concepts and practice.
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.

16. RECOMMENDED READINGS
Chapter 6
Developing Leadership Skills
Valuable Resources
Motivating People
Technical Competence
How to Manage Conflict
Problem-Solving Story

17. RECOMMENDED READINGS
Chapter 7
Creating an Inspiring Vision
Understanding the Vision Challenge
Vision in Leadership
Inspiring Staff
Chapter 8
Positive Work Climate
Norms
Giving Great Feedback

18. RECOMMENDED VIEWINGS
Chapter 6
Recruiting and Retaining Employees
Strategic Planning
Coquese Washington
Chapter 7
How Great Leaders Inspire Action
Values-Based Leadership
Vision to Results
JFK Inaugural Speech

19. RECOMMENDED VIEWINGS (CONTINUED)
Chapter 8
Group Cohesion
Successful Groups
Performance Reviews
Meg Whitman

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ON ACADEMIC WRITING
OR APA FORMATTING?
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QUESTIONS?
Please
post your
questions
in the Ask
the
instructor
thread or
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