Walden WMBA6000 2021 September Assignments Latest (Full)

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Week 2 Assignment

An Evaluation of Leadership for House, Hearth and Home – Part 1

Over the next 2 weeks, you will examine a case study that demonstrates the effectiveness of different leadership approaches of two individuals in a company and will provide to the business owner/general manager a report that details your observations and recommendations. This case provides an opportunity to evaluate and contrast different leadership styles and theories in a real-world context.

Scenario

The owner/general manager of House, Hearth and Home, a large retail hardware, furniture, and building center, is facing a dilemma regarding the leadership effectiveness of his long-time yard manager and that of a newly hired assistant manager. The owner has hired you as a consultant and has asked you to investigate and then report your findings and recommendations on how he should address this situation.

For this week’s Assignment, you will prepare a business report to the company owner/GM that addresses the leadership theory or framework that Dan Boyd and Wesley Simpson each employ, the differences in their leadership style, along with a discussion on which approach you feel is more effective for this company’s situation and why. Be sure to provide specific examples from the case and relevant citations from the Learning Resources, the library, and/or other credible, appropriate academic sources to substantiate and validate your position. For more information about evaluating the credibility of sources for use in your coursework, please review the following video:

Walden University, LLC. (2021). Evaluating the credibility of sources [Video]. Walden University Blackboard. https://class.waldenu.edu

Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 9 minutes.

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To prepare for this Assignment:

Read and review the document How to Analyze a Business Case Study (PDF).

Read and review the case study House, Hearth and Home: Managing Leadership Change, found in the Learning Resources for this week.

Download the Week 2 Assignment Template (Word document).

By Day 7

Submit Part 1 of your evaluation of leadership for House, Hearth and Home, in which you address the following in a 2- to 3-page business report (excluding references):

Based on your case analysis, what leadership theory or framework do Dan Boyd and Wesley Simpson each employ? Be sure to provide specific examples from the case and other academic sources to validate your position.

What are the differences in leadership style for each of these individuals?

Which approach do you feel is more effective for this company’s situation, and why? Include the pros and cons of each approach in your assessment.

Refer to the Week 2 Assignment Rubric for specific grading elements and criteria. Your Instructor will use this grading rubric to assess your work.

Submission and Grading Information

To submit your completed Assignment for review and grading, do the following:

Please save your Assignment using the naming convention “WK2Assgn+last name+first initial.(extension)” as the name.

Click the Week 2 Assignment Rubric to review the Grading Criteria for the Assignment.

Click the Week 2 Assignment link. You will also be able to “View Rubric” for grading criteria from this area.

Next, from the Attach File area, click on the Browse My Computer button. Find the document you saved as “WK2Assgn+last name+first initial.(extension)” and click Open.

If applicable: From the Plagiarism Tools area, click the checkbox for I agree to submit my paper(s) to the Global Reference Database.

Click on the Submit button to complete your submission.

 

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Week 3 Assignment

An Evaluation of Leadership for House, Hearth and Home – Part 2

Last week, you completed a business report for the owner/GM of House, Hearth and Home in which you evaluated the leadership approach you felt was more effective for the company’s situation, including the rationale for your selection.

For this week’s Assignment, you will complete your evaluation of House, Hearth and Home by providing to the company owner/GM your recommendations on how he should address the situation. These recommendations are to be presented in the form of a business memo. Be sure to provide specific examples from the case and relevant citations from the Learning Resources, the library, and/or other credible, appropriate academic sources to substantiate and validate your position.

To prepare for this Assignment:

Read and review the case study House, Hearth and Home: Managing Leadership Change, found in this week's Learning Resources.

Download the Week 3 Assignment Template (Word document).

By Day 7

Submit Part 2 of your evaluation of leadership for House, Hearth and Home by addressing the following in the form of a 1.5- to 3-page business memo (excluding references):

Based on your evaluation of the situation and considering your assessment of which leadership approach is more effective for this company’s situation, make at least three recommendations for changes that Mr. Coglin should implement to address his concerns.

As part of your recommendations, include any risks Coglin should consider that would be associated with a) making each of the recommended changes and b) not making any changes.

Refer to the Week 3 Assignment Rubric for specific grading elements and criteria. Your Instructor will use this grading rubric to assess your work.

Submission and Grading Information

To submit your completed Assignment for review and grading, do the following:

Please save your Assignment using the naming convention “WK3Assgn+last name+first initial.(extension)” as the name.

Click the Week 3 Assignment Rubric to review the Grading Criteria for the Assignment.

Click the Week 3 Assignment link. You will also be able to “View Rubric” for grading criteria from this area.

Next, from the Attach File area, click on the Browse My Computer button. Find the document you saved as “WK3Assgn+last name+first initial.(extension)” and click Open.

If applicable: From the Plagiarism Tools area, click the checkbox for I agree to submit my paper(s) to the Global Reference Database.

Click on the Submit button to complete your submission.

 

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Week 4 Assignment

Leadership and Followership Presentation: Section 1

Note: This presentation is divided into three sections. This week, you will complete and submit Section 1. You will submit Section 2 in Week 5 and in Week 6 you will submit the completed presentation and script, which includes Section 3.

An important part of mastering any topic in social science (and leadership is such a topic) is being able to evaluate how and why an observed practice, or set of witnessed behaviors and interactions among people, led to intended outcomes or not. The key to your evaluation will be to use relevant, documented best practices and theoretical frameworks about leadership and followership to support your evaluations. For example, it is one thing to have an opinion about why someone is an effective leader; it is quite another to be able to explain how and why they are effective, using leadership knowledge to support your reasoning.

During the next 3 weeks, you will develop and formalize a presentation based on the following scenario:

You have been asked by your manager to present at this year’s annual Dynamic Leadership conference. The subject of your presentation is on followership and how it contributes to effective leadership in a business context.

The basic outline for this presentation will include three sections:

Section 1: Followership Defined

Section 2: The Leader-Follower Interaction

Section 3: Traits of Leadership and Followership

In each of the next 3 weeks, you will complete and submit one section of the presentation. Each section will include not only the slides for the presentation but a completed speaker notes section that will serve as the script for your presentation. For the final presentation, due in Week 6, you will need to provide the completed PowerPoint slide deck (with script for all three sections). The total presentation is scheduled to be 30 minutes in length. (Note: You will not actually be giving the presentation.) The PowerPoint deck should be professional looking and follow the template you have been provided for this Assignment.

For this week’s Assignment, you will begin by completing Section 1 of the PowerPoint presentation. In addition to the slide content, you will also need to include text in the speaker notes section of each slide that would serve as the script you would use to deliver this presentation to a group of people. As you prepare your presentation and script, be sure to cover all items outlined for Section 1, including the incorporation of references to appropriate academic sources, such as those found in the Learning Resources, or those in the Walden Library.

To prepare for this Assignment:

Review, as needed, the following resource, which includes links to helpful information about using Microsoft PowerPoint:

Walden University Academic Skills Center. (n.d.). Microsoft PowerPoint. https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/academic-skills-center/skills/ms-office/powerpoint

Download the Module 2 Assignment Template (PowerPoint presentation). Note: Be sure to keep a copy of your completed Assignment this week, as you will be adding to the same file for your Weeks 5 and 6 Assignments.

By Day 7

Submit Section 1 of your presentation and script. Be sure you are fully addressing the following in 3–5 slides, excluding references:

Section 1: Followership Defined

Identify the qualities and behaviors of followers who contribute to the success of an organization.

Using at least one example from your professional life, analyze how leaders can draw value from their followers.

Summarize the responsibilities of followers in an age in which the complexities of leadership and pace of change are ever increasing.

Refer to the Week 4 Assignment Rubric for specific grading elements and criteria. Your Instructor will use this grading rubric to assess your work.

Submission and Grading Information

To submit your completed Assignment for review and grading, do the following:

Please save your Assignment using the naming convention “WK4Assgn+last name+first initial.(extension)” as the name.

Click the Week 4 Assignment Rubric to review the Grading Criteria for the Assignment.

Click the Week 4 Assignment link. You will also be able to “View Rubric” for grading criteria from this area.

Next, from the Attach File area, click on the Browse My Computer button. Find the document you saved as “WK4Assgn+last name+first initial.(extension)” and click Open.

If applicable: From the Plagiarism Tools area, click the checkbox for I agree to submit my paper(s) to the Global Reference Database.

Click on the Submit button to complete your submission.

 

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Week 5 Assignment

Leadership and Followership Presentation: Section 2

Note: This week, you will complete and submit Section 2 of your Leadership and Followership Presentation. You submitted Section 1 in Week 4 and, in Week 6, you will submit the completed presentation (including the embedded script), which includes Section 3.

As you will recall from last week’s Assignment, you are developing a presentation using the following scenario:

You have been asked by your manager to present at this year’s annual Dynamic Leadership conference. The subject of your presentation is on followership and how it contributes to effective leadership in a business context.

The basic outline for this presentation will include three sections:

Section 1: Followership Defined

Section 2: The Leader-Follower Interaction

Section 3: Traits of Leadership and Followership

For this week’s Assignment, you will complete and submit Section 2 of the PowerPoint presentation. In addition to the slide content, you should also include text in the speaker notes section of each slide that would serve as the script you would use to deliver this presentation to a group of people. As you prepare your presentation and script, be sure to cover all items outlined for Section 2, including the incorporation of references to appropriate academic sources, such as those found in the Learning Resources, or those in the Walden Library.

To prepare for this Assignment:

Review, as needed, the following resource, which includes links to helpful information about using Microsoft PowerPoint:

Walden University Academic Skills Center. (n.d.). Microsoft PowerPoint. https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/academic-skills-center/skills/ms-office/powerpoint

Return to your Module 2 Assignment Template (PowerPoint presentation) to complete Section 2 of your presentation.

By Day 7

Submit Section 2 of your presentation and script. Be sure you are fully addressing the following in 3–5 slides, excluding references:

Section 2: The Leader-Follower Interaction

Analyze how followers can influence the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of leaders.

Hint: Your analysis should consider how followers empower or enable leaders’ behaviors (for good or bad).

Illustrate how followers can effectively communicate and collaborate with a leader whose style is not consistent with what they desire or with a leader they do not admire.

Propose at least three strategies for how leaders can better empower and support followers in meeting their goals.

Refer to the Week 5 Assignment Rubric for specific grading elements and criteria. Your Instructor will use this grading rubric to assess your work.

Submission and Grading Information

To submit your completed Assignment for review and grading, do the following:

Please save your Assignment using the naming convention “WK5Assgn+last name+first initial.(extension)” as the name.

Click the Week 5 Assignment Rubric to review the Grading Criteria for the Assignment.

Click the Week 5 Assignment link. You will also be able to “View Rubric” for grading criteria from this area.

Next, from the Attach File area, click on the Browse My Computer button. Find the document you saved as “WK5Assgn+last name+first initial.(extension)” and click Open.

If applicable: From the Plagiarism Tools area, click the checkbox for I agree to submit my paper(s) to the Global Reference Database.

Click on the Submit button to complete your submission.

 

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Week 6 Assignment

Leadership and Followership Presentation: Section 3

Note: This presentation is divided into three sections. This week, you will complete and submit the final presentation and script. You submitted Section 1 in Week 4 and Section 2 in Week 5.

During the past 2 weeks, you have been developing a presentation based on the following scenario:

You have been asked by your manager to present at this year’s annual Dynamic Leadership conference. The subject of your presentation is on followership and how it contributes to effective leadership in a business context.

 The basic outline for this presentation will include three sections:

Section 1: Followership Defined

Section 2: The Leader-Follower Interaction

Section 3: Traits of Leadership and Followership

For this week’s Assignment, you will conclude your presentation by completing Section 3 of the presentation and by finalizing both the PowerPoint slide deck and your accompanying script. The submitted Assignment must include the finalized slide content for all three sections as well as finalized text in the speaker notes section of each slide that would serve as the script you would use to deliver this presentation to a group of people. As you finalize your presentation and script, be sure to cover all items outlined for Section 3, including the incorporation of references to appropriate academic sources, such as those found in the Learning Resources or those in the Walden Library.

To prepare for this Assignment:

Review, as needed, the following resource, which includes links to helpful information about using Microsoft PowerPoint:

Walden University Academic Skills Center. (n.d.). Microsoft PowerPoint. https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/academic-skills-center/skills/ms-office/powerpoint

Return to your Module 2 Assignment Template (PowerPoint presentation) to complete Section 3 of your presentation. Be sure to incorporate any necessary revisions to your entire presentation and script before submitting the final version.

By Day 7

Submit your final presentation and script for Sections 1–3. Be sure that you have included the requirements for Section 3 in 4–5 slides, excluding references: 

Section 3: Traits of Leadership and Followership

Examine how personal traits influence how one leads and how one follows. Draw on professional and personal experience to provide examples.

Analyze how a follower can contribute to effective leadership in an organization. Provide at least one example to support your analysis.

Analyze how a leader can encourage effective followership in an organization. Provide at least one example to support your analysis.

Identify at least one personal trait you would like to improve upon to become a more effective leader and at least one trait you would like to improve upon to become a more effective follower. Explain why these improvements would be a benefit to you and to an organization.

As a reminder, your finalized presentation should be approximately 10–15 slides in length, with accompanying script text for each slide. Make sure that your script and PowerPoint slides follow each other and flow as a single presentation.

Refer to the Week 6 Assignment Rubric for specific grading elements and criteria. Your Instructor will use this grading rubric to assess your work.

Submission and Grading Information

To submit your completed Assignment for review and grading, do the following:

Please save your Assignment using the naming convention “WK6Assgn+last name+first initial.(extension)” as the name.

Click the Week 6 Assignment Rubric to review the Grading Criteria for the Assignment.

Click the Week 6 Assignment link. You will also be able to “View Rubric” for grading criteria from this area.

Next, from the Attach File area, click on the Browse My Computer button. Find the document you saved as “WK6Assgn+last name+first initial.(extension)” and click Open.

If applicable: From the Plagiarism Tools area, click the checkbox for I agree to submit my paper(s) to the Global Reference Database.

Click on the Submit button to complete your submission.

 

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Week 7 Assignment

Leadership for Good: Part 1

Business Skills For Good IconThis Assignment features one of the Business Skills for Good that you will learn more about and develop throughout your MBA program. This skill, emotional intelligence, includes the five components, as identified by Goleman (2004), as “self-awareness,” “self-regulation,” “motivation,” “empathy,” and “social skill.” Before beginning this Assignment, review the following media piece:

Walden University, LLC. (2021). Emotional intelligence [Video]. Walden University Blackboard. https://class.waldenu.edu

Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 1 minute.

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Note: This Assignment is divided into two parts. This week, you will complete and submit Part 1. You will complete Part 2 in Week 8 and submit your entire leadership profile in Week 8. 

Consider the following scenario:

In recognition of your growth as a leader, you have been given the opportunity to join a professional leadership network. As part of your membership, you must create a unique leadership profile that focuses on your passion and your purpose for leadership, as well as your goals. This is your opportunity to present your leadership reflections and perspectives to others in your network and to create connections that may lead to professional experiences in the future.

To prepare for this Assignment:

You should first engage in reflection. Self-reflection is an important skill in business, especially for a leader or an aspiring leader. There are a number of different models of reflection that can be utilized; however, one of the more commonly used models is the 5R Framework for Reflection (Bain, et al., 2002), which focuses on five defined stages of reflection: reporting, responding, relating, reasoning, and reconstructing. Using this framework will enable you to produce a critically engaging reflection based on your experiences. Refer to the following table for more information about the framework:

5R Stages             Description         Guidelines

Reporting

A brief descriptive account of the situation/topic

What happened, what the situation/topic is

Responding

Your emotional/personal response to the situation/topic

Your observations, feelings, questions about the situation/topic

Relating

Personal and theoretical understandings relevant to the situation/topic

Making the connections between the situation/topic and your experience, skills, knowledge, and understanding

Reasoning

Your explanation of the situation/topic

Explaining the situation/topic in terms of the significant factors, relevant theories, and experiences

Reconstruction

Drawing conclusions and developing a future actionable plan

Your deeper level of understanding about the situation/topic that is used to reframe or reconstruct your future practice and further develop your understanding of professional practice (application)

The 5R Framework of Self-Reflection

Adapted from: Bain, J. D., Ballantyne, R., Mills, C., & Lester, N. C. (2002). Reflecting on practice: Student teachers’ perspectives. Post Pressed.

Download the Module 3 Assignment Template (Word document). Note: Be sure to keep a copy of your completed Assignment this week, as you will be adding to the same file for your Week 8 Assignment.

As you reflect on your learning and experiences so far, consider your strengths, weaknesses, skills, and the knowledge you have gained as a leader and a follower—both in the classroom and beyond. With those thoughts in mind, construct Part 1 of your leadership profile, being sure to incorporate examples of personal experiences as well as citations for relevant academic resources from the classroom, the library, and other appropriate scholarly sources.

By Day 7

Submit Part 1 of your leadership profile as follows:

Part 1: Perspectives on Leadership/Leadership Values

For the first part of your leadership profile, you will describe how you can/will apply positive leadership skills in pursuit of social change, be it in your professional or personal life. Be sure to incorporate the following:

Business Skills for Good IconEmotional Intelligence

Analyze the importance of the five elements of emotional intelligence in being a strong leader: self-awareness, self-regulation, social skills, empathy, and motivation. Specifically:

How do these elements affect the leader-follower relationship?

How do they improve a leader’s ability to promote change?

Developing a Diverse and Inclusive Environment

Analyze the interdependency of diversity and inclusion.

Examine what diversity and inclusion look like in the workplace, as well as the benefits of having/developing a diverse working environment.

Summarize how you have worked/will work as a leader to promote diversity and inclusion in your work environment.

Networking IconThe Power of Networking

Based on your personal and professional experiences, examine the relationship of establishing and maintaining a professional network to your own leadership.

How can a strong network benefit both a rising leader and an established leader?

How can the use of networks enhance one’s ability to become an agent of positive social change?

Refer to the Week 7 Assignment Rubric for specific grading elements and criteria. Your Instructor will use this grading rubric to assess your work.

Submission and Grading Information

To submit your completed Assignment for review and grading, do the following:

Please save your Assignment using the naming convention “WK7Assgn+last name+first initial.(extension)” as the name.

Click the Week 7 Assignment Rubric to review the Grading Criteria for the Assignment.

Click the Week 7 Assignment link. You will also be able to “View Rubric” for grading criteria from this area.

Next, from the Attach File area, click on the Browse My Computer button. Find the document you saved as “WK7Assgn+last name+first initial.(extension)” and click Open.

If applicable: From the Plagiarism Tools area, click the checkbox for I agree to submit my paper(s) to the Global Reference Database.

Click on the Submit button to complete your submission.

 

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Week 8 Assignment

Leadership for Good: Part 2

Note: This Assignment is divided into two parts. This week, you will add to your Week 7 Assignment by completing Part 2 and submit your entire leadership profile in this week’s Assignment.

As you will recall from your Week 7 Assignment, in recognition of your growth as a leader, you have been given the opportunity to join a professional leadership network. As part of your membership, you must create a unique leadership profile that focuses on your passion and your purpose for leadership, as well as your goals. This is your opportunity to present your leadership reflections and perspectives to others in your network and to create connections that may lead to professional experiences in the future. Last week, you engaged in reflection and created the first part of your leadership profile, which focused on your perspectives on leadership and your leadership values. This week, you will focus on your passion and purpose for leadership.

To prepare for this Assignment:

Read the “Foreword” (pp. iii–viii) and “Introduction” (pp. 1–10), as well as one or more of the following excerpts to review examples of other business leaders’ stories of “passion and purpose.”

Coleman, J., Gulati, D., & Segovia, W. O. (2012). Passion and purpose: Stories from the best and brightest young business leaders. Harvard Business School Publishing.

“Interview with David Gergen: Advisor to Four Presidents, Director of Harvard’s Center for Political Leadership, and Senior Political Analyst for CNN,” pp. 47–54

“Globalization: Embracing the Global Generation,” pp. 55–60 “People: Leading in a Diverse World,” pp. 99–138

“Sustainability: Integrating Preservation and Profits,” pp. 139–170

“Learning: Educating Tomorrow’s Leaders,” pp. 197–202

“Moving Forward,” pp. 243–245

“Capstone Interview With Nitin Nohira: Dean of the Harvard Business School,” pp. 246–253

Return to your Module 3 Assignment Template (Word document) to complete Part 2 of your leadership profile. Be sure to incorporate any necessary revisions to your entire document before submitting the final version.

With those thoughts in mind, construct Part 2 of your leadership profile, being sure to incorporate examples of personal experiences, as well as citations for relevant academic resources from the classroom, the library, and other appropriate scholarly sources.

By Day 7

Submit your final leadership profile, including all requirements for Part 2 as follows:

Part 2: Passion and Purpose for Leadership

Positive Social Change IconFor the second part of your leadership profile, you will share your own “passion and purpose” story, similar to those from Passion and Purpose: Stories From the Best and Brightest Young Business Leaders. Considering your self-reflection, your personal and professional experience, and the other ideas related to leadership that you have explored in your studies so far, address the following:

Create a narrative describing your passion and the purpose you see for yourself. Be sure to address the following questions as you construct your narrative:

What is most important to you in life?

What do you want the focus of your professional life to be?

How do you plan to (or currently) incorporate social responsibility and ethical decision making into your life and work?

What kind of positive difference do you want to make in the world?

Analyze how obtaining your degree at Walden will better equip you to pursue your passion and fulfill your purpose. Be sure to address the following in your analysis:

How do your passion and purpose align to Walden’s mission of positive social change?

How does Walden’s mission impact your experience as you study here—including the knowledge and skills you will take from this program and how that knowledge and those skills will shape your future and support you to make a positive difference?

Refer to the Week 8 Assignment Rubric for specific grading elements and criteria. Your Instructor will use this grading rubric to assess your work.

Submission and Grading Information

To submit your completed Assignment for review and grading, do the following:

Please save your Assignment using the naming convention “WK8Assgn+last name+first initial.(extension)” as the name.

Click the Week 8 Assignment Rubric to review the Grading Criteria for the Assignment.

Click the Week 8 Assignment link. You will also be able to “View Rubric” for grading criteria from this area.

Next, from the Attach File area, click on the Browse My Computer button. Find the document you saved as “WK8Assgn+last name+first initial.(extension)” and click Open.

If applicable: From the Plagiarism Tools area, click the checkbox for I agree to submit my paper(s) to the Global Reference Database.

Click on the Submit button to complete your submission.