LDR531 Complete Course

LDR531 Week 1 Personal Leadership Evaluation

Purpose of Assignment
The purpose of this assignment is to provide students with an opportunity to reflect on their personal leadership styles at the beginning of the class, as a basis for class learning.
Assignment Steps
Resources: Mastering Leadership Self-Assessment
Take the Mastering Leadership Self-Assessment.
Create a 1,400-word analysis based on the assessment, text, video, and any other information you wish including:
• Explain how you view your strengths and weaknesses, along with a development plan to address both.
• Be specific, and explain your rationale based on the text and video, with cited evidence.
You will use this assignment as a reference for the assignments in Weeks 2-6. You will be required to take the Mastering Leadership Self-Assessment listed in the Resources.

LDR531 Week 2 Comparing Leadership Models
Purpose of Assignment

The purpose of this assignment is to provide the student with an opportunity to understand and analyze the Universal Model of Leadership in the text, and compare it to one other model to see the similarities and differences.
Assignment Steps

Create a 10- to 12-slide PowerPoint® presentation to compare the Universal Model of Leadership in Mastering Leadership to one other leadership model.
Include the following:
• Include a graphic to compare and contrast those two models, noting similarities and differences.
• Develop your conclusions regarding the significance of those models in business. How might they apply?
• Include detailed speaker notes, supporting citations, and references.



LDR531 Week 3 Communications Challenges and Strategies
Purpose of Assignment
The purpose of this assignment is to provide students with an opportunity to apply communications theories, research, and conversation with class colleagues to actual business situations, through the development of applicable strategies.
Assignment Steps
Read Case 2: Global Shared Services, McDonald's Corporation located in Mastering Leadership.
Analyze in 1,050 to 1,225 words the communications and group behavioral issues that might arise in an organization hiring employees for their first job based on the discussion from your learning team.
Include a strategy to address these challenges.


LDR531 Week 3 Learning Team Communication Challenges Conversation

Purpose of Assignment
The purpose of this assignment is to provide students an opportunity to apply communication theories and research to actual business situations. The discussion with other learning team members is designed to identify and consider different perspectives.
Assignment Steps
Read Case 2: Global Shared Services, McDonald's Corporation, located in Mastering Leadership.
Discuss in your learning team the communications and group behavioral issues that might arise in an organization that hires employees for their first job.

LDR531 Week 4 - Signature Assignment
About Your Signature Assignment
This signature assignment is designed to align with specific program student learning outcome(s) in your program. Program Student Learning Outcomes are broad statements that describe what students should know and be able to do upon completion of their degree. The signature assignments may be graded with an automated rubric that allows the University to collect data that can be aggregated across a location or college/school and used for program improvements.
Purpose of Assignment
The purpose of this assignment is to provide students an opportunity to apply research on motivation and satisfaction to the analysis of their individual behavior and environment.
Assignment Steps
Create an 8- to 10-slide PowerPoint® presentation describing your Outer Game and Inner Game. See Ch. 3 of Mastering Leadership for these concepts.
Include the following:
• Your leadership role and environment.
• The leadership process in your Outer Game.
• The leadership competencies in your Outer Game.
• The leadership consciousness in your Inner Game.
• Insights from this analysis.
• Two actions you will take for growth and development.
• Include detailed speaker notes, supporting citations, and references.


LDR531 Week 5 Creative Organizations and Strategic Change
Identify and discuss several global creative organizations using the criteria and descriptions in Ch. 10 and 11 of Mastering Leadership.


Include the strategic opportunities for change the organizations have. Each team member must write at least two substantive responses (with a minimum 350 words each)that include the following before submitting them via the Assignment Files tab:
• Discuss why those organizations could be considered creative.
• Explore alternative views.

LDR531 Week 5 Strategic Change Case Study
Purpose of Assignment
The purpose of this assignment is to provide a chance for the student to examine an existing organization and apply research to identify opportunities for strategic change.
Assignment Steps
Develop a 1,050-word essay to identify one global creative organization, as defined in Ch. 10 and 11 of Mastering Leadership.
Analyze the opportunities for strategic change that are evident, citing evidence.
Include considerations of culture and structure in addressing those opportunities.
Include the following:
• Identify one organization that could be considered creative, based on definitions in Mastering Leadership.
• Determine whether or not you believe the organization meets those criteria. Explain why.
• Discuss the impact of organizational culture and structure on that opportunity for strategic change.
• Formulate conclusions including personal learning on your analysis.

LDR531 Week 6 Leading Organizational Change
Purpose of Assignment
The purpose of this assignment is to provide an opportunity for the student to integrate and apply the individual and organizational leadership learning from this course by developing a plan for organizational change.
Assignment Steps
Review course assignments for Weeks 1-5, including the results of the Mastering Leadership Self-Assessment taken in Week 1.
Select an organizational change in your company or one you know.
Develop a 1,050-word analysis designing the action plan for you, as a leader, to address the organizational change.
Include the following, in any sequence you choose:
• Identify the organizational change process steps you would take and prioritize the order in which you would take them.
• Include both individual and organizational leadership actions.
• Scholarly citations must be given to support your rationale and proposed actions.

LDR531 Week 6 Final Exam SCORE 90 PERCENT

Question 1
“Fiscal responsibility, accountability, strategy, and execution.” These leadership expectations are:


Question 2
Which of the following items is NOT on the path from Patriarchy to Partnership?


Question 3
All leaders can accelerate their progress toward effectiveness by:

Question 4
Which of the following statements best describes the relevance of the inner game and outer game to leadership behavior?

Question 5
Which of the following statements about “Playing on Purpose or Playing Not to Lose” is true?


Question 6
To fulfill the Leadership Imperative, which of the following ideas will make us LESS likely to succeed?


Question 7
Which of the following statements describes the Internal Operating System of the Creative Mind?



Question 8
Which of the following statements describes “Collaborator?”



Question 9
Which of the following is the best method for a leader to manage unproductive conflict?


Question 10
The best metaphor the authors created for describing our relationship to Unity is that we are like waves on the ocean, not separate from the ocean. Which of the following statements best supports this metaphor?


Question 11
Which of the following statements describes the Leadership Practice 1: Discerning Purpose?


Question 12
Which of the following statements best describes the relationship of structure to higher leadership performance?

Question 13
Which of the following is NOT a Promise of Leadership?



Question 14
Which of the following statements describes the Leadership Practice 2: Distilling Vision?

Question 15
Which of these statements defines the strength of Reactive Leadership?


Question 16
Which of the following statements describes the Creative Mind”?


Question 17
Which of the following is one of the three core reactive types?


Question 18
Which of these statements defines the strength of Creative Leadership?


Question 19
When you see extraordinary leadership, what’s the best question to ask to understand what makes the leader extraordinary?


Question 20
Developing leadership effectiveness is…



Question 21
Which of the following is the formula for the Leadership Quotient?


Question 22
Which of these statements defines the strength of Egocentric Leadership?


Question 23
“Competence, fair treatment, commitment, engagement, listening, acting on suggestions, and providing inspiration, meaning, and direction.” These leadership expectations are


Question 24
Which of the following is NOT included in the stages of the Universal Model of Leadership?

Question 25
How do we describe the Leadership System?

Question 26
Which of the following statements accurately describes Reactive Mind?

Question 27
Which of the following statements describes “Caring Connection?”

Question 28
Which of the following is NOT one of the six systems of organizational effectiveness?

Question 29
Which of the following statements is true about a company’s Leadership System?


Question 30
Which of the following statements accurately describes Integral Leaders?