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LDR 535 RANK Lifetime Success / ldr535rank.com • LDR 535 Final Exam Guide • FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT • www.ldr535rank.com • 1) According to the path-goal theory, supportive leadership contributes most to subordinate satisfaction and motivation when the task is • 2) What is a facilitating condition according to the social contagion theory of charismatic leadership?
LDR 535 RANK Lifetime Success / ldr535rank.com • LDR 535 Week 1 DQ 1 • FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT • www.ldr535rank.com • Week 1 DQ 1 • Briefly describe an organizational change you have experienced. Which leadership styles did you observe from those who implemented the change? If you also managed the change, what leadership style did you use? How did these leadership styles promote or impede the change initiative?
LDR 535 RANK Lifetime Success / ldr535rank.com • LDR 535 Week 1 DQ 2 • FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT • www.ldr535rank.com • Week 1 DQ 2 • Who is responsible for leadership during organizational change? How might the style of those leading change affect the organizational change?
LDR 535 RANK Lifetime Success / ldr535rank.com LDR 535 Week 1 Individual Assignment CAREER CONNECTION Leadership Theories Worksheet FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.ldr535rank.com Complete the Leadership Theories Worksheet with the following information: Identify five leadership theories Describe the strengths of each leadership theory Describe the weaknesses of each leadership theory Provide an example of an appropriate application of each
LDR 535 RANK Lifetime Success / ldr535rank.com • LDR 535 Week 2 DQ 1 • FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT • www.ldr535rank.com • Week 2 DQ 1 • What factors affect one’s attitude? How might one’s attitude affect one’s behavior? How do emotions influence behavior? How does the psychological contract affect one’s attitude and behavior?
LDR 535 RANK Lifetime Success / ldr535rank.com • LDR 535 Week 2 DQ 2 • FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT • www.ldr535rank.com • Week 2 DQ 2 • How might conflicting values of an employee and manager affect the employee’s behavior? How might conflicting personalities on a team influence individual behaviors? How might consultants influence those managing a change initiative when a conflict of personality or values exists?
LDR 535 RANK Lifetime Success / ldr535rank.com • LDR 535 Week 2 Team Strategic Leadership and Change Paper, Part I • FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT • www.ldr535rank.com • Select an organization that has undergone a large-scale change to use as the team's company in the profile. • Write a summary of no more than 350-words in which you include the following: • Industry and organization description
LDR 535 RANK Lifetime Success / ldr535rank.com LDR 535 Week 3 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.ldr535rank.com Week 3 DQ 1 Compare the information in Ch. 10 of Leadership in Organizations on different types of organizational change with the information in the Microsoft® PowerPoint® Layers of Organizational Change slide.
LDR 535 RANK Lifetime Success / ldr535rank.com • LDR 535 Week 3 DQ 2 • FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT • www.ldr535rank.com • Week 3 DQ 2 • Why is knowledge of the current organizational culture important during a change initiative? How might the organizational culture affect the success of a change initiative? As a consultant, what approach would you take if the client organization has a culture that resists change?
LDR 535 RANK Lifetime Success / ldr535rank.com • LDR 535 Week 3 Individual AssignmentPositive Leadership Theory and Change • FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT • www.ldr535rank.com • Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you articulate the relationship between positive leadership and change. Address the following points in your paper: • Define Positive Leadership Theory and provide examples from your readings.
LDR 535 RANK Lifetime Success / ldr535rank.com • LDR 535 Week 3 Team Assignment Strategic Leadership and Change Paper, Part II • FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT • www.ldr535rank.com • Write a 1,750- to 2,450-word draft version of the Strategic Leadership and Change paper. Include the following in the paper. • Introduction • Industry and organization description • Current executive leadership structure
LDR 535 RANK Lifetime Success / ldr535rank.com • LDR 535 Week 4 DQ 1 • FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT • www.ldr535rank.com • Week 4 DQ 1 • How might power affect the relationship between managers, peers, and subordinates? How might these relationship dynamics be affected by an organizational change? As a consultant, how might the level of the organizational change, be it technical level, infrastructure level, or value level, change how you leverage the existing power structur
LDR 535 RANK Lifetime Success / ldr535rank.com • LDR 535 Week 4 DQ 2 • FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT • www.ldr535rank.com • Week 4 DQ 2 • How is influence different from power? As a consultant, which influence tactics might you use during a change initiative? With whom would you use each influence tactic? How might you use your knowledge of the client power structure to strategically select your influence tactic?
LDR 535 RANK Lifetime Success / ldr535rank.com • LDR 535 Week 4 Team Assignment Strategic Leadership and Change Paper, Part III • FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT • www.ldr535rank.com • Write a 1,750- to 2,450-word paper in which you discuss strategic leadership and change. Include the following in the paper: • Introduction • Industry and organization description • Current executive leadership structure
LDR 535 RANK Lifetime Success / ldr535rank.com • LDR 535 Week 5 DQ 1 • FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT • www.ldr535rank.com • Week 5 DQ 1 • What are four potential barriers to change? How might these impede the success of a change initiative? As a consultant, what mitigation strategies might you propose to your client for each of the potential barriers you identified?
LDR 535 RANK Lifetime Success / ldr535rank.com • LDR 535 Week 5 DQ 2 • FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT • www.ldr535rank.com • Week 5 DQ 1 • What are four potential barriers to change? How might these impede the success of a change initiative? As a consultant, what mitigation strategies might you propose to your client for each of the potential barriers you identified?
LDR 535 RANK Lifetime Success / ldr535rank.com • LDR 535 Week 5 Individual Leadership Development Journal, Entry #5 • FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT • www.ldr535rank.com • Complete the Perceived Leader Integrity Scale. • Summarize your results in Leadership Development Journal: Entry #5. Include in the summary: • How you see yourself and your integrity • What the self-assessment indicates about you • Format consistent with APA Guidelines.
LDR 535 RANK Lifetime Success / ldr535rank.com • LDR 535 Week 5 Team Assignment Organizational Culture and Leading Change • FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT • www.ldr535rank.com • Prepare an Executive Summary of no more than 350-words. • Create a 7- to 10-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® Presentation that discusses the role culture plays in organizational change. At a minimum, include the following:
LDR 535 RANK Lifetime Success / ldr535rank.com LDR 535 Week 6 CAREER CONNECTION Leadership Development Journal – Final FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.ldr535rank.com Complete the Adaptive Leadership Questionnaire. Summarize your results in Leadership Development Journal: Entry #5. Include in the summary: How you see yourself and your strategic leadership traits What the self-assessment indicates about you
LDR 535 RANK Lifetime Success / ldr535rank.com LDR 535 Week 6 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.ldr535rank.com Week 6 DQ 1 In the article, “Mapping Out a Game Plan for Change” found in your Electronic Reserve Readings for Week Five, the author says “Plan to be wrong.” What does he mean by this? Why is it important to create a change management plan that is flexible enough for this?