This document provides an overview of the course content and assignments for MGT 380 Entire Course: Ashford University. It includes discussions and assignments for each of the 5 weeks covering topics like leadership theories, types of leadership, managing across cultures, vision/mission/strategy, and implementing change. The final assignment is a paper applying a leadership theory to an organization and assessing the leadership's role in vision, influence, and supporting change.

1. MGT 380 Entire Course: Ashford University:
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MGT 380 Week 1 DQ1
Week 1 DQ1
Implementing Change
After watching the Change is good movie clip, list three ways in which it can impact your
leadership at work and two ways it can impact your leadership at home or in your personal life.
What was the most important thing you learned from the clip? Respond substantively to two
other learners.
MGT 380 Week 1 DQ2
Week 1 DQ2
Leadership Theory
Select three leadership theories and explain how you will implement those theories in your
leadership style. Be sure to include specific examples and articulate how the theory influences
the outcome. Respond substantively to two other learners.
MGT 380 Week 2 Assignment World Leaders
World Leaders
Use the Ashford Library to research a prominent world leader, deceased or alive, that you
admire. Explain whether that leader’s style is transactional or transformational. What type of
leadership characteristics that does the leader demonstrate? What aspects of servant leadership
does the leader exhibit?
The paper should be three to four pages long, excluding title and reference pages, with at least
two scholarly references, a minimum of one being from the Ashford Library. The paper should
also be prepared in APA form and style and integrate resources with in-text citations to support
the writing. Vocabulary learned thus far in the course should be integrated throughout the paper.
MGT 380 Week 2 DQ1

2. Week 2 DQ1
Leadership Types
Distinguish between transactional and transformational leadership. Be sure to give specific
examples. Which one do you feel is more effective and why? Respond substantively to two other
learners
MGT 380 Week 2 DQ2
Week 2 DQ2
Ethical Leadership
Give an example of ethical leadership. What are the characteristics of ethical leadership? And
why do you think ethical leadership is important? Respond substantively to two other learners.
MGT 380 Week 3 DQ1
Week 3 DQ1
Cultural Differences
Why is it important for a leader to be able to manage across cultures? Communicate your
thoughts on the following statement: “Leaders who cannot understand cultural differences in
people cannot lead or manage them.” Respond substantively to two other students’ posts.
MGT 380 Week 3 DQ2
Week 3 DQ2
Corporate Culture
Read the information regarding Zappos in your book. Does the leader impact organizational
culture or does organizational culture impact the leader? Explain. If you were the leader of
Zappos, what new elements would you add to the corporate culture? Explain. How does the
corporate culture impact vision, mission, and strategy at Zappos? Respond substantively to two
other students’ posts.
MGT 380 Week 4 DQ1
Week 4 DQ1
Following

3. Watch The First Follower and discuss three things you learned from the video clip, providing
examples. Also, explain the chain of leadership + Why do you think it’s important that the
leader embraces the first follower as an equal? Respond substantively to two other students’
postings.
MGT 380 Week 4 DQ2
Week 4 DQ2
Vision, Mission, Strategy
What is the role of leadership as it relates to vision, mission, and strategy in an organization?
Give specific examples. Respond substantively to two other students’ postings.
MGT 380 Week 5 Assignment Final Paper Leadership Theory
For the final paper you will examine key concepts of leadership either in your place of work or in
a social organization to which you may belong that has leadership concepts (Rotary club, athletic
team, scout leader, etc). In the paper you will include the following:
Apply one of the leadership theories from the course text to the organization. Explain how the
theory works, including an example.
Explain the effect of power and influence on followers that the leader of the organization has.
Are the followers receptive? Would you recommend another strategy? Explain. If not, why not?
Evaluate the role and effectiveness of transformational and transactional leadership in the
organization. Support with examples.
Assess the traits and characteristics of an effective team leader within the organization.
Explain how the leadership supports vision, mission, and strategy in the organization.
If you were the leader in the organization, what would you change and why?
MGT 380 Week 5 DQ1
Week 5 DQ1
Team Leadership
Read the section on Wrigley in your text. What three team leadership concepts can be learned
from the company? What traits or characteristics are necessary for leaders to be effective in
running teams? Respond substantively to two other students’ postings.
MGT 380 Week 5 DQ2

4. Week 5 DQ2
Change Theory
Leaders can improve the chances for a successful change outcome by following Kotter’s eight-
step change theory. Pick three of the eight-step change theory components and give an example
for each of how leaders can implement it to effect change. Respond substantively to two other
students’ postings.