This document provides information and discussion questions for an online course about leadership and group dynamics. It includes links to supplemental materials and asks students to consider topics like leadership styles, group decision-making, power dynamics, and conflict resolution. Students are instructed to review the material, respond to prompts, and engage with other students' posts on a weekly basis over the course of 5 weeks.

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The file MGT 415 Week 3 Discussion Questions on the topic
"Effective Leadership and Leader Attributes" comprises an
answer on the following problem: " Effective Leadership.
Write a description of a time in your life when you engaged
in your most significant and effective leadership performance
that represents your standard of excellence as a leader.
Describe the details of the situation, including the place
where it occurred, when it took place, who was involved,
what was your role, what were the results, and what (if any)
recognition you received. Also, include what you learned
about leadership from this experience. Conclude with your
thoughts on what you attribute leadership to. Do you believe
that leadership success is caused by traits of individuals,
leadership styles used by leaders, the role/position one has in
a group? Respond to at least two of your fellow students'
postings. Leader Attributes. Go to YouTube and view Harvard
Professor Linda Hill
Business - Management
Week 1
Organizational Design . More than ever, groups and teams
are responsible for executing tasks in the workplace. Take a
position on the following statement: All organizations should
use the group structure as the basic building block for
designing and organizing jobs.
Provide examples to support your answer. In your responses
to classmates, take the opposite position your classmates
have presented and provide a convincing response designed

2. to change their minds. Respond to at least two of your
classmates’ posts.
The Research Project . Identify a generic organization (e.g.,
manufacturing plant, hospital, educational institution). You
will use this same organization in your Final Project. Assume
that you are part of a research team examining work groups
in the organization to determine factors that enhance or
inhibit group productivity. Identify what factors you would
examine in your research and provide a rationale for your
choice. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts.
Week 2
Group Development Process . Consider the Tuckman group
stage process schema as discussed in Chapter 3 of your text.
Identify specific actions a manager can take at each stage of
the process to best help a group reach the performing stage.
Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts.
Influence of Informal Groups . Informal groups exist in almost
every kind of organization. Answer the following questions
and provide examples to support your position
a. What types of informal groups do you belong to in your
workplace?
b. How do norms of the informal groups to which you belong
influence your behavior and that of other group members?
Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts.
Week 3
Group Cohesion and Productivity . Describe your most
positive experience in working on a group project in which
the group’s cohesiveness led to greater work productivity.
Have you experienced a situation that was just the opposite –
a situation in which group cohesiveness negatively impacted
the productivity of the project? Provide examples to support

3. your descriptions. Respond to at least two of your
classmates’ posts.
Norms and Conformity . Norms influence behavior
conformity among group members. What factors will
influence group members to conform to a group’s norms,
and when will members remain independent? Do individuals
who do not conform to the group’s norms ever succeed in
influencing the rest of the group? Provide examples to
support your analysis. Respond to at least two of your
classmates’ posts
Week 4
Group Decisions . Discuss how decisions are made in your
workgroup. Which model is used for what situation? Be sure
to provide specific examples of at least three situations and
what model was used in each situation. Critique the
effectiveness of the model, as applied to each situation.
Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts.
Power, Conflict and Resolution . Evaluate your workplace and
identify a group that has “power” in the organization.
Analyze why the group is considered powerful.
a. What are the elements that contribute to the group’s
power base?
b. Is there a perception among employees in your
organization that a disparity of power exists between the
“powerful group” and other work groups?
c. How can managers minimize the possibility of negative
reactions or conflict between groups if the perception of
power disparity exists?
Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts.
Week 5
Leadership . In a group environment, should leaders be

4. assigned at the beginning of a project or should leaders
emerge as the group is working on the project? Outline the
positives and negatives of each approach. Is there a
particular type of group that uses a particular leadership
approach? Why do you think this is the case? Respond to at
least two of your classmates’ posts.
Conflict and Competition . Discuss whether intergroup
conflict and intergroup competition are the same or
different. Provide examples to support your position. What
strategies can a leader use to ensure that there are positive
results from the conflict or competition? Respond to at least
two of your classmates’ posts.
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