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Multiple tactics leaders

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Leadership is a complex process that requires leaders to critically appraise the circumstances in which they find themselves to best determine how to lead and influence those around them. There are multiple tactics leaders can employ in any given circumstance to influence a situation or their followers. Compare two leaders you have dealt with in the past. Discuss the different tactics these leaders employed to influence situations or people. Provide examples of when these tactics were successful and when they were not successful. As a leader, describe how you can critically appraise situations to make sure you select appropriate tactics for influencing a given situation.

Leadership: Theory and Practice

Northouse, P. G. (2019). Leadership: Theory and practice (8th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. ISBN-13: 9781506362311

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Concepts of cultural and social intelligence

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Your company is planning on expanding its offices overseas. In anticipation of your management leading a more culturally diverse team, you have been asked to create a cultural report. Within the report, you will need to include a table or chart that lists Hofstede’s cultural dimensions and their connection to diversity management and explain the role and value of cultural and social intelligence.

Instructions

First, create a table or chart to include in the cultural report that:

Summarizes each of Hofstede’s cultural dimensions.

Includes a strategy for each of Hofstede’s cultural dimensions that could be used to effectively manage employees that are culturally diverse.

Once the table or chart is created, in the same document, continue with the cultural report.

Next, develop a cultural report that:

Defines the concepts of cultural and social intelligence with details on similarities and differences. How are they related, and what sets them apart?
Discusses the impact that social intelligence can have on success in the workplace. How will social intelligence be important to your company as they expand their offices overseas?
Be sure the cultural report displays proper grammar, spelling, punctuation, sentence structure, and credible sources cited in APA format.

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Human skills

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Assessment Description

Review “Case 3.1: A Strained Research Team,” located in Chapter 3 of the textbook, Leadership: Theory and Practice. Post a 250-300 word response to the questions located at the end of the case. In your response, be sure to address the strengths and weaknesses of the three-skill approach in this situation.

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Flexibility and adaptability traits

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The purpose of this assignment is to evaluate the application of various leadership models and approaches, specifically the path-goal theory and the situational approach to leadership, in extreme circumstances.

Review the Turn the Ship Around! (A) case. As a leader, you will be faced with responding immediately to solve issues. The Turn the Ship Around! (A) case is an example of leadership under extreme circumstances. Reflect on this example to shape how you might apply the goal-path theory and the situational leadership approach in an everyday, real-world situation.

Write a 500-750-word paper that analyzes the events outlined in the case by addressing the following questions and concepts. Be sure to support your rationale by providing specific examples. You are required to include three to five additional references to support your position.

Discuss how the leaders demonstrate flexibility and adaptability.
Describe how the leaders apply aspects of the path-goal theory to this situation.
Discuss the leader’s ability to communicate effectively with all of the stakeholders involved and how communication could have been improved.
Explain how well the leaders follow the situational approach to leadership.
Describe how this case might shape how you apply the goal-path theory and the situational approach in a real-world situation.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

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Compensation and benefits

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In preparation for this discussion, read Chapter 15 and locate a free article from the SHRM website that pertains to challenges facing compensation professionals. Then address the following:

What are two key takeaways you have learned from this course? Reflect and discuss.

How will you use the knowledge gained over this course?
Do you think the SHRM website would be valuable to you in your current or future positions? Why or why not? Explain your answer.
Share and discuss some of the pertinent knowledge you gained from the article you located.

In response to peers’ posts, engage in a conversational tone as you respond to their comments and takeaways.

To complete this assignment, review the Discussion Rubric document.

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Marketing mishap

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Select a leader you believe successfully led an organization through a crisis or challenge (e.g., public relations crisis, marketing mishap, shift in market demand, reorganization). Identify the leader and the company with which the leader is affiliated. Provide a brief context for the crisis or challenge. Identify the leadership models and approaches that were employed in the handling of the situation. Finally, explain why you think the leadership was particularly effective in this context.

Leadership: Theory and Practice

Northouse, P. G. (2019). Leadership: Theory and practice (8th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. ISBN-13: 9781506362311

Requirements: 200 words

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Employee job performance and contribution

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A performance appraisal is a regular review of employee job performance and contribution to organizational objectives. In many cases, performance appraisals are conducted at the end of the year to evaluate employee performance, as well as set performance for the next year. For this assignment, you will evaluate another function of HR and management and its contribution to effective performance management. Prior to beginning work on this assignment, read the article Adapting the Performance Appraisal Process to Meet the Needs of the Modern Workplace (Links to an external site.).

In your paper,

Discuss how performance appraisals are a function of HR and management.

Analyze the basic components of an effective performance appraisal.
Explain how performance appraisals can contribute to organizational goals and objectives.
Explain the advantages of performance appraisals and how they contribute to effective training and development.

Explain potential forms of discrimination based on labor laws and regulations when conducting a performance appraisal.

For additional support with completing this assignment, please refer to the following tools:

Finding HR Journals in the UAGC Library (Links to an external site.). This tip sheet will support you in researching through the University of Arizona Global Campus Library.
What Is CRAAP: A Guide to Evaluating Web Sources (Links to an external site.). This will assist you in determining the reliability of an HR website.
Scholarly and Popular Resources(1) (Links to an external site.). This tutorial explains the differences between scholarly and popular resources.
Human Resource Research With Library OneSearch (Links to an external site.). This tip sheet will support you in researching through the University of Arizona Global Campus Library.

The Performance Appraisal paper

Must be two to three double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Style (Links to an external site.) resource.

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Fundraising management

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This assignment must be at least one page and use citations correctly.

1. Analyze the difference between asking for and giving money.

2. Explain how a gift of money to a nonprofit or NGO can make a difference in people’s lives.

Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the Learning Resources and outside scholarly resources.

Resources provided

Cagney, P., & Ross, B. (2013). Global fundraising : How the world is changing the rules of philanthropy. John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated.

Sargeant, A., & Jay, E. (2014). Fundraising management: Analysis, planning and practice (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Routledge.

Tempel, E. R., Seiler, T. L., Aldrich, E. E., Seiler, T. L., & Aldrich, E. E. (Eds.). (2010). Achieving excellence in fundraising : Principles, strategies and methods. John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated.

Walden University, LLC. (Producer). (2009d). Resource development: Introduction to philanthropy and resource development [Video file]. Baltimore, MD: Author.

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Business organizations

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When managed well, diversity often enables companies to develop a variety of competitive advantages through the different talents and characteristics of employees. Diversity management is therefore emphasized in many business organizations.

Your assignment this week is to first watch the On-the-Job video of JetBlue that is located in the online Mind Tap content associated with this course. Watching this video will give you an excellent example of a company that effectively manages diversity. JetBlue set out to bring humanity back to air travel. Lisa Borromeo, the director of brand, advertising, and market planning at JetBlue Airways, states that the way to differentiate JetBlue from its competitors is its people. This is demonstrated in its focus on customers and crew members. Because JetBlue is based in New York City, its personnel and customers reflect the diversity of the city. The diversity of the employees helps them understand and fill the needs of the customers. Hiring is based on technical skills, knowledge, and the ability to do a specific job. Interviewers look for employees who are a good organizational fit. They match employee talents to the jobs that need to be done. JetBlue mentors employees who want to move up in the organization and promotes its employees.

After watching the video, identify another company that is effective at managing diversity and write a short, 2-page report on the company’s diversity efforts. You should focus specifically on the policies and practices that the company uses to enhance the management of employee diversity.

To identify key information, look through reputable news outlets and business publications (online and/or print) for stories about your selected company’s diversity management efforts. To better understand these efforts, you should be somewhat familiar with the company in terms of background, industry, operations, and/or culture. 

The report should be approximately 2 single-spaced pages (12-point Times New Roman font, 1-inch margins; page count does not include title page or bibliography). At least 5 credible sources (much more is preferable) should be cited that provide support for your assessment. The file submitted should be in Microsoft Word format.

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Employee training and development

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Now it’s your turn! Below is all the information given on a training program needed, called Effective Communication. You are a trainer in the given situation.

Download the Project Information Document here.

Part 1 – Paper

The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:

Write at least 5 pages summarizing how this training will be effective and how it should be evaluated using Microsoft Word in APA style, see example below.

Use font size 12 and 1” margins.

Include cover page and reference page.

At least 80% of your paper must be original content/writing.

No more than 20% of your content/information may come from references.

Use at least three references from outside the course material, one reference must be from EBSCOhost. Text book, lectures, and other materials in the course may be used, but are not counted toward the three reference requirement.

Cite all reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) in the paper and list on a reference page in APA style.

References must come from sources such as, scholarly journals found in EBSCOhost, CNN, online newspapers such as, The Wall Street Journal, government websites, etc. Sources such as, Wikis, Yahoo Answers, eHow, blogs, etc. are not acceptable for academic writing.

Part 2 – PowerPoint Presentation

Create a PowerPoint presentation and record yourself presenting the response to the assignment. The presentations should be a minimum of six minutes in length and include at least 15 slides.

TIP: If you have Office Mix, you can record a voiceover for your PowerPoint presentation. Or, you may use a free app called Screencast-o-matic to record your presentation. With Screencast-o-matic, you can record a screenshare of your PowerPoint slides while you verbally present your information. You can even select an option where you are visible in a thumbnail in the lower right-hand corner of the screen while the PowerPoint slide fills up the rest of the screen. Visit this website for the free download: http://screencast-o-matic.com/

The requirements below must be met for your presentation to be accepted and graded:

Design and format each slide for a presentation, see example below.