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- 1. LDR 300 All Assignments (New) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com LDR 300 Week 1 Assignment Leadership Assessment (2 Papers) LDR 300 Week 2 Assignment Leadership Theories Matrix (2 Set) LDR 300 Week 2 Assignment Formulating Leadership Part I (2 Papers) LDR 300 Week 3 Assignment Interaction and Influence Among Leadership Tactics (2 Papers) LDR 300 Week 4 Assignment Formulating Leadership Part II (2 PPT) LDR 300 Week 4 Leadership Style Interview for a Company’s Newsletter (2 Papers) LDR 300 Week 5 Assignment Leadership Blog (2 Papers) ******************************************************************************** LDR 300 Final Exam For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com 1Argued that the major activities of management and leadership are played out differently; but both are essential to an organization: 2The team leadership model puts who or what in the driver's seat of team effectiveness?
- 2. 3Leadership focuses on the ________. 4Although there are clear differences between management and leadership, 5According to research, one way women can advance in leadership is 6Which of the following leadership theories expects the leader to continually be concerned about subordinate motivation? 7If your superior tells you that she will offer you a raise provided you perform additional work beyond the requirements of your job, he/she is exercising ________ power. 8How does servant leadership differ from path-goal theory? 9Which best describes the reason situational leadership is so practical for managers to use? 10During a speech given by your department director, he repeatedly emphasizes the importance of reaching goals set by the organization. He then goes on to lay out the framework to accomplish the goals. According to contingency theory, which best describes your director? 11The following traits are associated with charismatic leadership: 12Of the bases of power, research indicates that ________ power is most effective. 13What type of power did Bill Gates have when he and Paul Allen started Microsoft? 14The Ohio State studies considered the behaviors of consideration and initiating structure as: 15Liz is a team leader at a local grocery store. Recently, her boss said that she needs to address the negative attitudes of employees. To try and fix this problem, she has begun awarding gift-cards to employees who have great attitudes. What internal leadership intervention is Liz addressing? 16Contingency theory is concerned with ______ and _______. 17Questionnaires on situational leadership often ask for respondents to look at specific applications of leadership styles within situations, which may result in: 18Critical factors for developing a cultural based leadership development program may include: 19Critical life events affect authentic leadership because 20Your parents and older siblings are all successful elected officials. After graduation, it is suggested by many that you should seek office
- 3. and, in turn, offer you their support. Which best describes the leadership approach being demonstrated? 21To create change, transformational leaders______________. 22Your boss listens to employees personal problems and tries to create a positive work environment by being agreeable, eager to help, comforting, and uncontroversial. This is an example of: 23Mary has managed the mailroom for 2 years. Management views Mary as a person with special leadership talent, such as intelligence, sociability, and determination. What approach is management using in assessing Mary? 24Which type of leadership is most similar to transformational leadership? 25In the skills model, which of these is a general cognitive ability? 26In which way are leadership and power often approached? 27The leader is at the core of group change and activity, representing the backbone of the group or organization. Leadership is viewed as: 28Subordinates who have strong needs for affiliation prefer which type of leadership behavior? 29Of the Big Five personality factors, which is the most strongly associated with leadership? 30Considering a cultural approach to leadership, leadership should be conceptualized as: ******************************************************************************** LDR 300 Week 1 Assignment Leadership Assessment (2 Papers) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com This Tutorial contains 2 Papers
- 4. Resource: Leadership Assessments found on Internet Open your web browser and search for either "Leadership Legacy Assessment Test" or "Disc Personality Test." Complete one of these tests. Write a 700- to 1,050-word summary in which you articulate elements of leadership using the following criteria: · Examine your individual, essential elements of leadership and management. · Differentiate between leadership and management roles, and provide specific examples from the text, literature, or personal example. Cite at least one peer-reviewed source in addition to the course text (be certain to include the web link for your test in your citations). Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment. ******************************************************************************** LDR 300 Week 1 DQ 1, DQ 2 and DQ 3 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com LDR 300 Week 1 DQ 1, DQ 2 and DQ 3 What are some differences between leadership and management? How do these differences affect an organization? What are some decisions leaders must make? What are some decisions managers must make? What is effective leadership? What obstacles may hinder effective leadership? What tools effectively reduce leadership obstacles in an organization? When and how should these tools be used? ********************************************************************************
- 5. LDR 300 Week 1 Individual Assignment Leadership and Management Paper For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you articulate the difference between leadership and management using the following criteria: Define leadership and management. Differentiate between leadership and management with specific examples from the text, literature, or personal example. What are some of the different leadership and management roles and what are their functions? How are these roles similar? How are they different? Differentiate between Trait and Process leadership with specific examples from the readings. Provide a rationale for your answers from the course text and at least two additional peer-reviewed sources. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment. ******************************************************************************** LDR 300 Week 2 Assignment Formulating Leadership Part I (2 Papers) For more classes visit
- 6. www.snaptutorial.com This Tutorial contains 2 Papers Your company's Vice President of Human Resources has approached your team for assistance in recruiting and developing your organization's future leaders. 60% of your company consists of millennials, and your team has been charged with how to successfully increase the number of millennials as leaders in your organization. At this time, senior management is reluctant and uninformed as to how they should promote the millennials as leaders. This first step is to create a plan. Write a 525- to 700-word summary in which you: · Examine the best practices that your team can cultivate to enhance the number of millennial leaders. · Explain how you would present this information to senior managers in your organization. Cite a minimum of two references other than the text. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment. ******************************************************************************** LDR 300 Week 2 Assignment Leadership Theories Matrix (2 Set) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com
- 7. This Tutorial contains 2 Set of Answers Resources: The Art and Science of Leadership, Ch. 3 and Leadership Theories Matrix As a leader, you often need to display or clarify a concept. A matrix is a grid that contains information and offers a visual model of ideas. For this assignment, you will create a matrix that explains leadership theories. Research the following five leadership theories and include these in your matrix (use the matrix template provided): · Trait theories of leadership · Behavioral theories of leadership · Contingency models of leadership · Skills approaches to leadership · Situational methods of leadership Develop the definition and characteristics of various leadership theories and approaches to leadership (trait leadership, behavioral leadership, contingency leadership, skills leadership and situational leadership). Provide one or more examples to support the definition or characteristics of each form of leadership. Write out your explanations in each section using about 350 words for each section. Format your Leadership Theory Matrix with the template and consistent with APA guidelines. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment. ******************************************************************************** LDR 300 Week 2 DQ 1, DQ 2 and DQ 3 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com
- 8. LDR 300 Week 2 DQs Review the section on generational differences in Ch. 4 of The Art and Science of Leadership. What are some generational differences in your workplace? What effect do they have on a leader’s ability to balance values and priorities? Provide examples. When might a leader’s values and priorities conflict with those of his or her organization? What tools are available to help leaders balance competing values and priorities? What support must an organization provide to help leaders in the struggle of competing values and priorities? Provide specific examples. How does an individual’s personality affect his or her leadership traits? What traits serve a leader well? What traits do not? Explain your answer. ******************************************************************************** LDR 300 Week 2 Individual Assignment Leadership Theories Matrix For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Resources: Leadership Trait Questionnaire in the Leadership Instrument Section of Ch. 2 of Leadership: Theory and Practice; Leadership Theory Matrix Complete the Leadership Theory Matrix. Complete the Leadership Trait Questionnaire (LTQ). Write a 350-word summary of your results that includes the following: Provide a description about how you see yourself as a leader.
- 9. Provide a description of how others see you as a leader. Explain the differences and commonalities. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit both parts of your assignment. ******************************************************************************** LDR 300 Week 2 Team Assignment Leadership Profile Part I For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Your company's vice president of human resources has approached your team for assistance in recruiting and developing your organization's future leaders. The vice president has asked your team to brainstorm, research, and prepare a written profile. Select one of the following organizations to use as your company in the profile: Apple® Southwest Airlines Co.® Starbucks® National Football League® Sony Corporation of America® Harley Davidson® Write a 350-word summary of your chosen organization that includes the following: Industry and Organization description Current Leadership Structure Why you chose this organization Format your profile consistent with APA guidelines. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.
- 10. ******************************************************************************** LDR 300 Week 3 Assignment Interaction and Influence Among Leadership Tactics (2 Papers) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com This Tutorial contains 2 Papers Resource: The Art and Science of Leadership, Ch. 5 Create either a 2-4 minute podcast, a 15- to 20-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation, a 1-2 minute video, or other presentation on the interaction and influence among leadership tactics according to the following criteria: Explain power and compare how it relates to leadership Analyze the five sources of power Summarize the relationship between influence and power Determine how relationships between leaders and staff affect influence and power Cite a minimum of two references other than the text. Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment ******************************************************************************** LDR 300 Week 3 DQ 1, DQ 2
- 11. For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com LDR 300 Week 3 DQs How would you define power? How would you define influence? What are some distinctions between power and influence in an organizational setting? How may power and influence positively affect an organization? How may power and influence negatively affect an organization? Provide specific examples to support your answer. Identify a public or political leader. What kind of power does this leader possess? What Influence tactics does this leader normally use based on his or her power? Provide a specific example of an influence tactic this person has not used. What would happen if the leader used this tactic? How would his or her power be affected? ******************************************************************************** LDR 300 Week 3 Individual Assignment Leadership and Power Paper For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper on the interaction among leaders' sources of power, motives, and influence tactics according to the following criteria: Describe power and explain how it relates to leadership.
- 12. Describe the various types of power. Describe the relationship between influence and power. Cite a minimum of three references other than the text and the article. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment. ******************************************************************************** LDR 300 Week 3 Leadership and Power Presentation (2 PPT) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Resource: The Art and Science of Leadership, Ch. 5 Create either a 2- to 4-minute podcast, a 15- to 20-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation, a 1- to 2-minute video, or other presentation on the interaction and influence among leadership tactics according to the following criteria: · Explain power and compare how it relates to leadership · Analyze the five sources of power · Summarize the relationship between influence and power · Determine how relationships between leaders and staff affect influence and power Cite a minimum of two references other than the text. Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment. ********************************************************************************
- 13. LDR 300 Week 3 Team Assignment Leadership Profile Part II For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Your company's vice president of human resources has approached your team for assistance in recruiting and developing your organization's future leaders. The vice president has asked your team to brainstorm, research, and prepare a written profile. Prepare an outline of your paper using the Thesis Generator located in the Center for Writing Excellence and the Leadership Profile Part II: Outline Worksheet. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment. ******************************************************************************** LDR 300 Week 4 Assignment Formulating Leadership Part II (2 PPT) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com This Tutorial contains 2 Presentation Resources: The Art and Science of Leadership, Ch. 6 and Management Roles: Leading video
- 14. Your company's Vice President of Human Resources has approached your team for assistance in recruiting and developing your organization's future leaders. 60% of your company consists of millennials and your team has been charged with how to successfully increase the number of millennials as leaders in your organization. At this time, senior management is reluctant and disinterested in promoting the millennials to leadership roles. Your team created your plan in Week 2 -Part I of this assignment. Now, you are expected to develop a presentation for your senior leadership that will motivate them to encourage millennials as leaders in your organization. Re-examine your plan from Part 1 as a team. Create a 10- to 15-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation with speaker notes that contains the following components: · Determine how to cultivate millennials as leaders. · Include the pathway necessary to accomplish this goal by identifying the objective(s), methods of achieving the objective(s), and ways to measure success. · Evaluate how transformational leadership may assist in this process. · Include at least one video presentation within a slide. · Showcase some of the best practices needed by companies in order to prepare future leaders. Cite a minimum of three peer reviewed sources not including your text. Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment. ******************************************************************************** LDR 300 Week 4 DQ 1, DQ 2 and DQ 3 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com
- 15. LDR 300 Week 4 DQs What are the most important skills a leader may possess? How may these skills be used in an organizational setting? What methods may you use to improve your skill set to become a more effective leader? How do effective leaders build relationships with superiors and peers? What specific approaches must a leader employ when interacting with superiors and peers? What constitutes participatory management? Under what conditions would you propose participatory management? What are its advantages and disadvantages? What role must a leader assume in this managerial environment? ******************************************************************************** LDR 300 Week 4 Individual Assignment Positive Leadership Summary Table For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Complete the following: Servant Leadership Questionnaire located in Ch. 10 of Leadership: Theory and Practice Authentic Leadership Self-Assessment Questionnaire Positive Leadership Summary Table Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment. ********************************************************************************
- 16. LDR 300 Week 4 Leadership Style Interview for a Company’s Newsletter (2 Papers) For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com This Tutorial contains 2 Papers Leadership Style Interview for a Company’s Newsletter Select someone in a leadership position at your organization or at a local company where you might seek employment (your choice). This individual could be a director, manager, supervisor, or CEO of the organization. Interview an individual who has a leadership role (your choice). Create a company newsletter article (newsletter formats may vary depending upon company's style; check the internet or Microsoft® Word for templates). Newsletter article should be at least 1,050 words but no more than 1,400 words and incorporate the following areas: • Develop a profile of this individual that can be submitted to a company's newsletter. • Identify the individual, their position within the company, and briefly describe the organization. • Interpret the individual's leadership based on the Five-Factor personality model and offer one or more examples of the management and leadership roles of this individual. • Explain one incident where this individual had to solve a difficult problem or situation because things did not go as planned. What lessons did she/he learn from being able to problem-solve even when what she/he had been taught did not work.
- 17. Format your profile consistent with either the newsletter template provided or one appropriate for your interviewee's organization. Cite using APA format (No Plagiarism). ******************************************************************************** LDR 300 Week 4 Team Assignment Positive Leadership Theories Presentation For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Create an 8- to 10-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation that explains the evolution of the positive leadership theories according to the following criteria: Summarize the history of transformational leadership. Describe authentic leadership and its application to modern leadership. Define servant leadership and explain how the ethics of leadership have affected the development of this theory. Explain how transformational leadership differs from transactional leadership. Write a 350-word Executive Summary to accompany the presentation. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit both files for your assignment. ******************************************************************************** LDR 300 Week 5 Assignment Leadership Blog (2 Papers)
- 18. For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com This Tutorial contains 2 Papers Resources: Videos listed in Week 5 and Leadership Blog Template View the videos listed in this week's classroom materials. Establish an internal leadership blog based on your selected company (a blog for your company employees only) by incorporating the following criteria and using the Leadership Blog template: · Describe the Team Leadership Model. · Illustrate culture and leadership. · Appraise the effects of gender, leadership style, and leadership effectiveness. · Formulate the implications of leading in a changing global business environment. · Use at least one image, photo, chart, or graph to deliver a key concept within your blog. Write a 700- to 1,050-word blog for your company. ******************************************************************************** LDR 300 Week 5 DQ 1, DQ 2 and DQ 3 For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com LDR 300 Week 5 DQs
- 19. Provide an example of change that may take place in an organization. How may that change be perceived, based on a person’s position? What are some positive and negative results you have experienced because of organizational change? If you had been in leadership or management, how would you handle the situation differently? Provide a rationale for your answer. How would you define conflict? Is conflict always bad? How does conflict affect an organization? What conflict resolution strategies exist for organizational leaders? In what situations may these strategies be used? ******************************************************************************** LDR 300 Week 5 Individual Assignment Leading Diversity For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com You are a manager and leader in a diverse organization that includes locations in many other countries. You are asked to create a presentation to share your experiences regarding leadership Create an 8- to 10-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation including detailed speaker notes. The presentation should include the following: • The role gender plays in leadership including the effect it has on in global organizations • The role of leadership style on leadership effectiveness • The influence of the culture on leading an organization • The potential challenges in leading an organization that is global Click the Assignment Tab to submit your assignment. ********************************************************************************
- 20. LDR 300 Week 5 Team Assignment Leadership Part III For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.com Your company's vice president of human resources has approached your team for assistance in recruiting and developing your organization's future leaders. The vice president has asked your team to brainstorm, research, and prepare a written profile. Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word leadership profile including the following: A summary of your team's selected company. A description of commonly desired leadership traits in this industry. Why are they important to your chosen organization? A description of commonly desired leadership skills in this industry. Why are they important to your chosen organization? A description of commonly desired leadership styles in this industry. Why are they important to your chosen organization? A description of commonly desired leadership behaviors in this industry. Why are they important to your chosen organization? A description of commonly desired personality traits and how they fit in the 5-Factor Personality Model. Why are these traits important to your chosen organization? Discuss standard methods for developing leaders in this industry. Why are they important to your chosen organization? Describe strategies for how industry leaders balance competing values and priorities and avoid failure. Describes how does the Team Leadership Model appears to influence this organization.
- 21. Provide a word picture of the ideal candidate. Does your organization value managers or leaders? Cite a minimum of four peer reviewed sources not including your text. Format the paper consistent with APA guidelines. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment. ********************************************************************************