In this assignment, you will present what you have learned about leadership and management from this course. Combine your research from Assignment 1 and Assignment 2 into a PowerPoint presentation that focuses on best practices in organizational leadership. Your presentation should highlight at least two (2) different business leaders and describe their business and philosophy. Your presentation should also include examples of leadership characteristics, traits, and behaviors of the chosen leaders. Your presentation should be detailed enough that it could provide new leaders with strategies to help them develop their own leadership and management styles.

In addition to your textbook, review the following optional articles and videos that detail creating a PowerPoint presentation for this assignment:

• “Create your first PowerPoint 2013 presentation” by Microsoft, located at http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/support/create-your-first-powerpoint-2013-presentation-RZ102925085.aspx?CTT=5&origin=HA102809627
• “Top Ten Slide Tips” by Garr Reynolds, located at http://www.garrreynolds.com/preso-tips/design/
• “Top 10 Best Practices When Using PowerPoint for Presentations” (22 min 57 s). Video Source: DNN Corp. (2012, April 9). Top 10 Best Practices When Using PowerPoint for Presentations [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtygW25vj_I

 

 

 

Create a nine to twelve (9-12) slide presentation in which you:

 

1. Develop a PowerPoint presentation in which you focus on overall best practices in organizational leadership.
2. Choose two (2) different business leaders that you learned about from the previous two assignments, and describe two to three (2-3) fundamental aspects of each of their most important business philosophies. Provide one to two (1-2) examples of the application of such philosophies to support your response.
3. Identify three to four (3-4) characteristics, three to four (3-4) traits, and three to four (3-4) behaviors that have made each of them successful leaders.
4. Provide both a title slide (see the formatting requirements below) and an introductory slide to your presentation.
5. Provide a summary slide that addresses key points of your presentation.
6. Develop narration for each of the slides. Use the speaker’s notes section of the slides to indicate what you would say if you were actually presenting in front of an audience.
7. Select three to four (3-4) relevant images, photographs, or graphs to focus your audience’s attention during your presentation.
8. Include a References slide that includes the resources used to develop your presentation.

 

 

 

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

 

• Format the PowerPoint presentation with headings on each slide and three to four (3-4) relevant graphics (photographs, graphs, clip art, etc.), ensuring that the presentation is visually appealing and readable from 18 feet away. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a title slide containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The title slide is not included in the required slide length.

 

 

 

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

 

• Explain the principal theories of leadership and motivation, and describe the fundamental considerations in managing and motivating individual and group behavior.
• Describe control systems that can improve a firm’s operations and facilitate change.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in management concepts.

 

• Write clearly and concisely about management concepts using proper writing mechanics.

 

 

1. Select from one of the following less-developed societies: Kenya, Philippines, Ghana or Malaysia. Research this country to gain a better understanding of their cultural perspectives.

2.  Select one specific cultural practice of the United States. Describe this U.S. cultural practice through the lens of the selected society. The U.S. cultural practice could relate to any of the following: transportation, food, clothing, jobs, sports, politics, government, etc. Describe the selected topic through the lens of an outsider – from the selected society, using descriptive language –  the descriptive language of the Nacirema Paper will serve as an example.

3.  Common U.S. cultural language of the selected cultural practice CANNOT be used – apply descriptive terms only  – view the topics through the lens of the selected society.

4. Be creative, write a story about an individual from the selected society and his/her first exposure to the selected U.S. cultural practice.

5. Summarize the content of your written work, as it relates to Ethnocentrism

Required: Three page paper, 12 point font, One-inch margins

How to eradicate corruption in Africa.Discuss.

Individual Reflection: Blueprint for Professional and Personal Growth

Reflect on the process of creating goals, and your ideas on becoming a more effective leader, for the BPPG in the previous courses of this program Improving Business Performance.

As in previous courses, you will now add to your Blueprint for Professional and Personal Growth. You should develop your BPPG from your learning in this course and design it to help you become a leader who can support learning organizations and who can demonstrate personal mastery and systems thinking for enhanced organizational performance.

Consider the following as you complete this Individual Reflection:

• What can you do now to integrate the experiences and insights you had in this course with your personal and professional development goals?
• What are the most important things you are taking from this course that will shape your future and enable you to make a positive difference?

All components of the Individual Reflection should be turned in as one document:

1. The executive summary: Write an Executive Summary of the course to date (2–3 paragraphs) that addresses the following questions:

• Which content and assignments in this course most helped you to better understand how to foster a culture of organizational learning and how to apply systems thinking to achieve enhanced organizational performance within your organization (or one with which you are familiar)? What impact have the assignments had (or will have) on the value you will bring to your role within an organization?
• How have the content and assignments changed the way you think of the role of systems thinking, constraint management and performance within the organization?
• How can the knowledge you gained in this course enable you to make a positive difference?
• In what ways do you think the knowledge and skills covered in this course can influence positive social change within an organization, community, or more broadly?

• How have the content and assignments continued to shape your goals?

2. In his book, The Fifth Discipline, Peter Senge talks about how important “Personal Mastery” is to the health of both you as an individual and leader and to organizations. Read Chapter 8, “Personal Mastery” from The Fifth Discipline, then respond to the prompts below. (Note: Review all of your previous BPPG entries and analysis, the concepts from Chapter 8, and the concepts from this course).

Then, complete the following:

• Present your own “personal vision” as Senge describes the term on pages 136-138. Note that this personal vision goes far beyond traditional goals and objectives.
• In what ways does your personal vision relate to your ability to lead positive social change within your organization, your community, or more broadly?

• Identify and discuss one way, at minimum, in which your experiences to date in the MBA program have helped you understand, craft or move towards your personal vision. If none have occurred, now that you have that vision more formally defined, review the course descriptions of the upcoming courses in your MBA program and identify those that you think will help contribute towards your personal vision.

3. Your action plan: Write a detailed action plan for one new goal for professional and personal development (you will continue to build on the list of goals you started in your previous course). These action plans should include the following:

• Your specific goal for professional and personal development with an explanation as to why you selected it. Be sure to provide concrete and specific examples of why the goal is important, the extent to which this goal enables you to be an agent for positive social change, and the personal or professional value you expect from achieving the goal, and how the goal relates to the resources you reviewed in the course.
• Hint: If you want to expand upon a plan or initiative you have already proposed in a previous week, feel free to so.
• At least two objectives for the goal you have identified. Provide a rationale that explains how your objectives support the goal.

Guidance on Assignment Length: Your BPPG, including the Executive Summary (which should be 2-3 paragraphs in length and no more than one page single spaced), your personal vision, and your action plan should be 3-6 pages total (1.5-3 pages total if single spaced).

1) (From the Republic Book VII) WHY SHOULD THE PHILOSOPHER RULE? EXPLAIN WHY SHE IS BEST SUITED TO RULE AND EXPLAIN WHY IT IS A DILEMMA FOR HER TO CHOOSE TO RULE. WHY DOES SHE HAVE TO BE COMPELLED AND WHAT IS THE NATURE OF THE COMPULSION? BE SURE TO COMMENT ON HOW THIS QUESTION IS RELATED TO THE ANSWER PLATO ATTEMPTS TO CONSTRUCT TO GLAUCON’S CHALLENGE?

2) From Book II of N.E. 1107a
�Excellence (Moral Virtue), then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean relative to us, this being determined by reason and in the way in which the man of practical wisdom would determine it.� Explain each clause of Aristotles definition of a moral virtue: why is it a state (a disposition) and not an action; what is a mean relative to us; what is a man of practical wisdom, i.e, a role model?

3) (From the Nicomachean Ethics, Book 3, though Book 2 has to be read and understood) WHAT IS ARISTOTLE�S ACCOUNT OF VOLUNTARY ACTION? HOW DOES VOLUNTARY ACTION DIFFER FROM FORCED ACTION, INVOLUNTARY ACTION AND NON-VOLUNTARY ACTION? WHY IS THE DISCUSSION RELEVANT TO WHAT PRECEDES AND WHAT FOLLOWS, I.E., THE ACCOUNT OF VIRTUE AND THE ACCOUNT OF DELIBERATION?

Max Weber, Karl Marx, Karl Polanyi, and Adam Smith all have different theories of the relationship between capitalism and society. Compare and contrast these theories. Which author(s) offers the most convincing explanation for the nature of capitalism? Make sure to engage with each author, and place them into conversation with one another.

The margins must be 1” all around. Lines will be double spaced. The text will be in 12 point font Times New Roman. Alignment must be justified (not left). Page numbers must be inserted at the bottom right. Cite other’s work using the Chicago Style Manual and footnotes

Answer the question well by making extensive use of the attached readings. The introduction, language mechanics, organization, conclusion, clarity and most importantly the breadth, depth, and quality of the analysis are very important.

Students are expected to conduct a case study of a cause of BP oil Spill that describing a business communication problem – as per the scenarios and principles illustrated in the text, and provide solution to that cause.
I don’t want introduction or conclusion paragraph because I will put this together with other members in my group to complete a 10 pages case study.
Just give me two paragraphs: the cause(related to business communication problem) and solution.

“Critically assess theories of Transaction Cost Economics and Resource Based View in terms of their usefulness in explaining firms’ internationalising strategies. Illustrate your answer with reference to at least two case companies.”

. It is essential that you read Prashad closely, cite information from the relevant chapter and do additional reading in Roberts “The Penguin History Of The Twentieth Century” and Wikipedia (see details below).
The Prompt

After 1945, many people from formerly colonized or impoverished nations in Africa, Asia and Latin America organized movements of national liberation and/or social reform. Select one of the nations listed below, and answer in 150-200 words each the following four prompts in order below:

(1) How did the post-1945 liberation/reform struggle develop?

(2) How did leaders of it engage international organizations?

(3) After the liberation/reform struggle, how did leaders respond to internal differences?

(4) In more recent decades, how has the government responded to the economic, environmental or political effects of globalization?

You May Choose One of the Following Countries:

Indonesia
Egypt
Argentina
Iran
Yugoslavia
Cuba
Bolivia
Venezuela
Tanzania
Jamaica

To get 100% on this, you MUST…

draw specific references from the Prashad book. (Each of these countries is discussed at length in at least one chapter.)
not discuss Algeria. (We’ve already discussed this case at length in lecture and in the films.)
draw examples from Roberts chapters on international organizations. (See Chapters 15-17.)
use in-line citations, i.e. “(Roberts, 275)”

You SHOULD…

…use the Wikipedia page for your nation.
…focus on the post-1945 history of this nation.

This time, I encourage you to begin research on a single nation by studying the Wikipedia page for your nation. This will provide you with basic details, maps, and pictures etc. Its ideal to start here, note some basic details of liberation struggles, identify key figures and events. THEN review the Prashad chapter and Roberts chapters on the post-1945 world.

ADDITIONAL POINTS:

THIS IS NOT AN ESSAY ASSIGNMENT, IT IS A RESPONSE ASSIGNMENT. You do NOT need to write an introduction or conclusion. INSTEAD focus here on responding directly to the prompts.

EVEN THOUGH IT IS A RESPONSE ASSIGNMENT, YOU MUST USE CITATIONS. We need to know where you get your evidence to support your response.

2 pages per Case Study.

CASE STUDY #1
1. Use the following case study to thoroughly address the following (from a systems perspective):

A. Presenting problem (3 pts.),
B. Patterns of interaction gleaned from the case study (3 pts.),
C. Overall treatment approach/theoretical orientation (3 pts.),
D. Goal of therapy (3 pts.),
E. Intervention strategies and estimated length of treatment (3 pts.),
F. Potential ethical issues (3 pts.), and
G. Challenges you might have in working with the couple (3 pts).
H. Finally, imagine first that the couple is European American; then imagine that the couple is Latino or African America. Does this change your conceptualization? Why or why not? (3 pts.)

CASE STUDY 1:
A stay-at-home mother has been treated for panic and anxiety with no results. Marianne�s panic attacks start early in the day, last all day, and are often accompanied by intestinal cramps and diarrhea. She broods about dying and is overwhelmed by fear. She is unable to care for the house or children so her mother-in-law and mother take turns stepping in.

Marianne�s husband Marc is asked to attend couple therapy with Marianne. The couple is attractive and charming; they�ve known each other since childhood and there is a great deal of love between them. You�ve asked how Marc has attempted to help Marianne and he describes that he has done everything in his power to help her: he�s listened to her, talked to her, reassured her, and taken care of her in every way he could think of.

CASE STUDY #2:

2. Read the following case study

Case Study 2:
Tony and Pat come to your office and explain that they�ve been happily coupled for 20 years. They are childfree and enjoy doing many things together like biking, cooking, and socializing with friends. They consider themselves best friends. When asked what brings them to therapy, they look at each other in silence, expecting the other to speak.

�Is it something to do with sex?� you ask.
�Kind of,� says Tony.
�Does it have to do with enjoying sex?� you ask Pat.
�Sort of,� Pat answers.
The conversation goes on like this for a while. �What about infidelity?� you ask. �Are one or both of you having an affair?� Tony immediately says yes at the same time Pat says no. Turning to Tony, Pat says, �I never had an affair.�
�But you had sex,� Tony responds angrily.

At this point in the case study, what are your assumptions about this couple relative to gender and race? (5 pts.)

What issues do the authors in Gurman, Lebow and Snyder (2015) alert you to where potential therapist biases are concerned? (10 pts.)

CASE STUDY CONTINUATION�
�We never had intercourse, and I never spoke to the person,� says Pat.

After some more confusing discussion, as Tony begins to cry, Pat finally explains that he�d paid a dominatrix to beat him and that the sessions had ended in masturbation. After a few of these sessions, Pat had told Tony about his newfound sexual preference. They were, after all, best friends, and he didn�t want to hide anything from Tony. Tony was considerably upset, but once the initial shock had worn off, Tony tried to help Pat by playing the role of dominatrix. Tony�s heart wasn�t in it, however, and Pat didn�t like Tony doing it. As they tell the story, Pat looks remorseful and Tony seems deeply hurt.

What specific biases and assumptions do you bring to this case relative to the presenting problem? (5 pts.)

Assume the couple is heterosexual, what intervention strategies might you use in your work with the couple? Now imagine that Tony and Pat are a gay male couple. Does your approach with the couple change? Would it change if they were a lesbian couple? Why or why not? (5 pts.)