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1. Assignment Details:
Your responses should show that you have given thought to
what the original post said. They should also push the
conversation forward, offering insights or (if necessary) asking
clarifying questions. While responding, please consider the
following questions:
· Is leadership style a binary choice, i.e., one or the other? Or
do all leaders have a mixture of both styles to some degree?
· Think about the worst leaders you have observed or worked
for. What are the greatest lessons you've learned from their poor
leadership traits?
Deliverable Length: 250 words (minimum) per reply
ONE:
Experiences of working with a leader.
1. Was this person an inspiring leader or more of a command-
and-control style leader?
My current leader has been my best leadership mentor. His style
is a combination of inspiring leader and command and control.
He actually describes his leadership style as tight loose tight. It
is a style that supports and develops leaders to ensure they are
set up for success by mentoring them in a closer manner in the
beginning of their leadership role and the slowly loosen so there
is no micromanagement. If the leader becomes to loosen in their
management, he mentors more closely so they feel supported
but yet move back to be what he calls the effective leader zone.
2. Lessons learned from my experience with this leader.

2. First, I learned that having an inclusive leadership style leads to
a high level of engagement throughout the organization. This
high level of engagement lets leaders’ question without fear. A
top-down approach stifles innovation and the development of all
leaders. I have many departments that report to me and this
lesson of inclusion has really led to my leaders not being afraid
to give their input. It isn’t the person with the highest title that
always has the right answers.
Second, I learned that establishing a strategic plan each year is
critical to achieving a high level of success in quality,
engagement, financial, and customer experience. It sets the
foundation for the culture needed for success.
Third, I learned to be a servant leader. Each person working for
the organization is part of making the organization successful.
They need to feel that they are part of that success through
recognition. In a hospital there can be volatile volume
fluctuations on a daily basis. I may be a leader but I have
cancelled meeting to help in overwhelmed departments.
3. What are the positive skills the leader demonstrated that you
may incorporate into a leadership training program?
Strategy:
My current leader develops a strategic plan each year to ensure
there is a structure directing the initiatives that will lead to a
successful year.
Inclusion:
Establishing a culture of Inclusion is critical for the
organization to be able to adapt to change very quickly. The

3. vision may come from the tope of an organization, but how it is
achieved may come from many sources within and outside the
organization.
Establishing a culture of Safety:
Establishing a non-punitive culture of safety is critical to
improving organization processes and improving engagement.
An employee must feel free to report a safety incident so that
the process can be looked at and hardwired so that incident
can’t be repeated. The process must be looked at before the
human element is considered. We should always assume good
intent on an employee’s part until there is reason not to.
How would you describe, in a few short sentences, the ideal
leader to work for in today’s VUCA (volatile, uncertain,
complex, and ambiguous) environment? Please provide a brief
rationale for your response.
The ideal leader to work in today’s VUCA environment must be
able to establish culture of inclusion as part of the leader’s
strategic plan to achieve goals. It gets everyone involved and
the more brain power in a VUCA environment leads to better
results. This leader must be humble and give recognition to the
entire team rather than taking credit for their organization’s
success. The leader must be forward thinking as change is
constant and what you did in one year may not give the same
results in the next year. Development of all levels within the
organization I believe will be a key for this leader in a VUCA
environment. Employee growth will help in both the long and
short term overall success of an organization.
TWO:

4. Q.1) Was this person an inspiring leader or more of a command-
and-control style leader?
The person that I will be referencing for this discussion post, is
an inspiring leader. While working for my current airline, this
leader (I will refer to him as John Doe), has always been
focused on innovation and inspiring the future of the airline,
terminal, customer and employee experience.
Q.2) What lessons did you learn from that experience?
Using a specific experience, John Doe was responsible for
generating an employee shift schedule for all check-in, gate and
baggage service office employees. Every few quarters, John Doe
would seek to find on average three-four employees to join him
on his team to create three-six-month employee schedules.
When it came to employee schedules, employees would ‘bid’ for
the shift they wanted in preference order, and it would be
assigned to each employee, based on their seniority within the
department. I worked on the team for about eight months. I have
learned so much during my time on the team; it changed my
perspective on how scheduled shifts were generated. John Doe
would thoroughly explain how the schedules would generate and
would diligently work to make as many revisions as possible to
each shift schedule, to further meet the needs of his employees
and the operation. As much as the employees would be
disappointed with the shifts that were available and the constant
revision to shift start/end times, I learned that John had to focus
on ensuring the operation was always fully staffed and shift
start/end times had to be consistent with constant changes to
departure and arrival times of all of our flight within our base.
Q.3) What are the positive skills the leader demonstrated that
you may incorporate into a leadership training program?
John Doe had a few positive skills that I would incorporate into

5. a leadership training program. Please see below.
Communication- John Doe always held a Q&A after he would
release every new shift scheduling bid. He would provide in-
depth detail on his decisions with each shift schedule and he
would share the possibility of these shifts changing or
remaining the same within future shift scheduling bids.
Employees would be less hesitant toward the new schedule,
following John Doe’s thorough information that he would
provide. Thus, communication is key to success, and leadership
should always go the extra mile to communicate as much as
effectively possible.
Critical Thinking- John Doe would continuously think of new
ways to improve the scheduling bid, based on prior feedback
from the employees. John Doe has found ways to provide the
revisions to the schedules, per the employee’s request, while
also still ensuring the operation has the staff it needs at al l
times. Thus, critical thinking can assist with solving complex
problems.
Teamwork- In my experience, it is easier to learn how to lead a
team rather than working within one. John Doe would be
involved with each task and would ensure that we are working
as a team, rather than just taking direction from him. This
would allow us to feel that we are being led by a leader that
understands the task on hand. Teamwork would be beneficial to
be learned in leadership training as it would allow leaders to
understand the importance of teamwork and not just team
leading.
Time Management- Due to operational needs, we would have
limited time to generate an entire bid for more than two-
hundred and ninety employees. However, with the due diligence
of John Doe, he would always find a solution with providing us
more than enough time to generate the bid, even when we were
limited on time. Thus, it is critical for leadership to know how

6. to manage time to ensure that tasks are completed on-time.
Problem-Solving- There has been several times when the
schedule would call for more staff than we needed at a given
time. This would create us to have more employees on shift at a
time, with no assignments for some of the employees to follow,
due to now being over-staffed. Thus, John Doe, would quickly
think of solutions, such as checking the daily schedule a day in
advance and if the operation day the following day was
overstaffed, he would offer the employees a voluntary day-off.
John Doe would do this day to day, instead of advanced time off
for a specific period of time because, if irregular weather
conditions were to occur, and we experience delays or
cancelations, having the extra staff on per day would then
benefit operation. Thus, on those days, time off would not be
offered. Problem-solving using the example above, should be
offered in leadership training, as for every problem, a solution
can be used to benefit the organization in one way or another.
Q.4) How would you describe, in a few short sentences, the
ideal leader to work for in today’s VUCA (volatile, uncertain,
complex, and ambiguous) environment? Please provide a brief
rationale for your response.
The ideal leader to work for, would be a person who can adjust
to, and encourage others to be comfortable and wiling to
experience change, where change is necessary. In addition, with
times being uncertain, the ideal leader would always be
transparent and optimistic toward the future. Their optimism
can motivate their employees toward the future. An ideal leader
would also ensure that the complexity of every situation is
clearly outlined and explained thoroughly. This can avoid
further problems from arising later in time. Despite all odds, the
leader should always ensure their expectations are clear and
their team is always aware. (“Managing in a VUCA World”,
2021). Thus, despite the VUCA environment today, an ideal

7. leader would be someone who could practice the exact opposite
trends of VUCA as outlined above. Effective and efficient
leaders contribute to the overall success of the company. If I
had to choose a leader, that could meet my above stances, I
would choose the CEO of JetBlue, Robin Hayes. He is a leader
that has been building an airline from the ground-up. Since he
had taken position, he has introduced first-class seating,
otherwise known as “Mint”, and he took the responsibility on,
of expanding into Europe. During the current global pandemic,
the odds are against him, and even with every airline
experiencing loss from these unprecedented times, he is still
opening new cities, expanding their routes and continuing with
the current plan to begin service in Europe (London, United
Kingdom). Thus, despite all odds, Robin Hayes continues to
lead his company and expanding as planned, while also
addressing the concerns of the world and global pandemic, all at
the same time.
Thank you.
References:
MindTools. (2021). Managing in a VUCA
World. https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/managing-
vuca-world.htm
Research Paper: This is a graduate course and students will be
expected to research and write papers summarizing in their own
words what they have found on current topics from the weekly

8. readings. Research is a theoretical review of relevant literature
and application of findings in the literature to a topic related to
a specific industry, field, or business problem.
The research must be conducted using peer-reviewed trade or
academic journals. While Blogs, Wikipedia, encyclopedias,
course textbooks, popular magazines, newspaper articles, online
websites, etc. are helpful for providing background information,
these resources are NOT suitable resources for this research
assignment.
Please Note: The UC Library staff are very helpful with
assisting students in using the UC Online Library journal
database. Please contact them if you have issues. In addition,
the instructor has provided additional resources, including a
research tutorial, in the “Course Resources” folder in the
“Content” area of the course.
Assignment Requirements:
i. Choose a research topic from the chapter readings or from the
list provided by your professor.
ii. Research/find a minimum at least four (4), preferably five (5)
or more, different peer-reviewed articles on your topic from the
University of the Cumberlands Library online business
database. The article(s) must be relevant and from a peer -
reviewed source. While you may use relevant articles from any
time frame, current/published within the last five (5) years are
preferred. Using literature that is irrelevant or unrelated to the
chosen topic will result in a point reduction.
iii. Write a four (4) to five (5) page double spaced paper in APA
format discussing the findings on your specific topic in your
own words. Note - paper length does not include cover page,
abstract, or references page(s).
iv. Structure your paper as follows:
a. Cover page
b. Overview describing the importance of the research topic to
current business and professional practice in your ow n words.

9. c. Purpose of Research should reflect the potential benefit of
the topic to the current business and professional practice and
the larger body of research.
d. Review of the Literature summarized in your own words.
Note that this should not be a “copy and paste” of literature
content, nor should this section be substantially filled with
direct quotes from the article. A literature review is a summary
of the major points and findings of each of the selected articles
(with appropriate citations). Direct quotations should be used
sparingly. Normally, this will be the largest section of your
paper (this is not a requirement; just a general observation).
e. Practical Application of the literature. Describe how your
findings from the relevant research literature can shape, inform,
and improve current business and professional practice related
to your chosen topic.
f. Conclusion in your own words
g. References formatted according to APA style requirements
v. Attach your paper to the Discussion board by the Thursday
due date.
vi. Read and respond to at least four (4) other student postings
by the Sunday due date.
Grading Criteria:
· Content Knowledge & Structure (15 points): All of the
requested components are completed as assigned; content is on
topic and related to managerial finance, critical thinking is
clearly demonstrated (few, if any, direct quotations from the
source in the paper); scholarly research is demonstrated; topics
and concepts gained from the assigned reading and/or from
research is evident.
· Critical Thinking (15 points): Demonstrates substantial
critical thinking about topics and solid interpretation of
materials and reflection.
· Clarity & Effective Communication (15 points):
Communication is clear, concise, and well presented; scholarly
writing is demonstrated; grammar, sentence structure, writing in
third person, and word choice is used correctly.

10. · Integration of Knowledge & Articles (15 points): Articles used
are current and relevant (preferably published within last five
(5) years and MUST be from peer-reviewed journal article
publications. At least four (4) peer-reviewed journal articles are
examined and analyzed in the paper.
· Presentation & Writing Mechanics (30 points): Cover page,
headings, in-text citations, page citations (page number
citations required for specific information such as dates, years,
list of items from article, names, numbers, statistics, and other
specific information), and references are properly formatted.
· Responses to Other Students (10 points): Substantive
responses provided to a minimum of four (4) other students.
Responses must provide substantive and meaningful discussion
of the content of the other student’s paper and provide
comments on the topic; responses must be one (1) to two (2)
paragraphs long with a minimum of three sentences per
paragraph.
Please Note: Plagiarism will not be tolerated. The paper must be
written in your own words.
Link:
ucumberlands.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/search?query=
any,contains,interest&tab=Everything&search_scope= MyInst_a
nd_CI&vid=01UOTC_INST:UOTC&offset=0
Week Eight: Research Paper – List of potential research topics
To complete the Article Research Paper due in Week 8, please
select a topic from the list
provided below or from the chapter readings.

11. nancial Markets
-backed securities
ements & Reports
-Oxley and Financial Fraud
nalysis & Trend Analysis

12. arket interest rates
on and Multi-Stock Portfolios

13. -French Three-Factor Model
m cash flows?
-Scholes Option Price Model (OPM)
apital

14. urchases and Depreciation
onitoring and Discipline by the Board of Directors
hostile takeovers
interests

15. and repurchases
-Sholes Option Pricing Model to value equity
licy

16. ing power parity
Research Paper: This is a graduate course and students will be
expected to research and write
papers summarizing in their own words what they have found on
current topics from the weekly
readings. Research is a theoretical review of relevant literature
and application of findings in the
literature to a topic related to a specific industry, field, or
business problem.
The research must be conducted using peer-reviewed trade or
academic journals. While
Blogs, Wikipedia, encyclopedias, course textbooks, popular
magazines, newspaper articles,
online websites, etc. are helpful for providing background
information, these resources
are NOT suitable resources for this research assignment.
Please Note: The UC Library staff are very helpful with
assisting students in using the UC
Online Library journal database. Please contact them if you
have issues. In addition, the
instructor has provided additional resources, including a
research tutorial, in the “Course

17. Resources” folder in the “Content” area of the course.
Assignment Requirements:
i. Choose a research topic from the chapter readings or from the
list provided by your
professor.
ii. Research/find a minimum at least four (4), preferably five (5)
or more, different peer-
reviewed articles on your topic from the University of the
Cumberlands Library online
business database. The article(s) must be relevant and from a
peer-reviewed source.
While you may use relevant articles from any time frame,
current/published within the
last five (5) years are preferred. Using literature that is
irrelevant or unrelated to the
chosen topic will result in a point reduction.
iii. Write a four (4) to five (5) page double spaced paper i n APA
format discussing the
findings on your specific topic in your own words. Note - paper
length does not include
cover page, abstract, or references page(s).

18. iv. Structure your paper as follows:
a. Cover page
b. Overview describing the importance of the research topic to
current business and
professional practice in your own words.
c. Purpose of Research should reflect the potential benefit of the
topic to the
current business and professional practice and the larger body
of research.
d. Review of the Literature summarized in your own words.
Note that this should
not be a “copy and paste” of literature content, nor should this
section be
substantially filled with direct quotes from the article. A
literature review is a
summary of the major points and findings of each of the
selected articles (with
appropriate citations). Direct quotations should be used
sparingly. Normally, this
will be the largest section of your paper (this is not a
requirement; just a general

19. observation).
e. Practical Application of the literature. Describe how your
findings from the
relevant research literature can shape, inform, and improve
current business and
professional practice related to your chosen topic.
f. Conclusion in your own words
g. References formatted according to APA style requirements
Grading Criteria:
requested components are
completed as assigned; content is on topic and related to
managerial finance, critical
thinking is clearly demonstrated (few, if any, direct quotations
from the source in the
paper); scholarly research is demonstrated; topics and concepts
gained from the assigned
reading and/or from research is evident.
): Demonstrates substantial
critical thinking about topics and
solid interpretation of materials and reflection.

20. Communication is clear, concise, and
well presented; scholarly writing is demonstrated; grammar,
sentence structure, writing in
third person, and word choice is used correctly.
used are current and relevant
(preferably published within last five (5) years and MUST be
from peer-reviewed journal
article publications. At least four (4) peer-reviewed journal
articles are examined and
analyzed in the paper.
headings, in-text citations,
page citations (page number citations required for specific
information such as dates,
years, list of items from article, names, numbers, statistics, and
other specific
information), and references are properly formatted.
responses provided to a minimum
of four (4) other students. Responses must provide substantive
and meaningful discussion

21. of the content of the other student’s paper and provide
comments on the topic; responses
must be one (1) to two (2) paragraphs long with a minimum of
three sentences per
paragraph.
Please Note: Plagiarism will not be tolerated. The paper must be
written in your own words.