Week 1 individual Assignment
Individual Assignment 1 (due Week 1)
Individual assignment: McFarlane Case, p. 65 (Manning &
Curtis): âPart One Video Case, Toying with Success: The McFarlane Companiesâ
After reading the case, answer âQuestions for Discussionâ 1
and 2, providing evidence for points you make.
Then, include a well thought-out and reflective 6 to 10-line
personal conclusion.
Submit your assignment AS A MICROSOFT WORD DOCUMENT in the
Week 1 Individual Assignment Dropbox. See the Syllabus section “Due Dates
for Assignments & Exams” for due date information.
Rubric (professor has the discretion to award points as
deemed reasonable):
Complete, well thought-out responses tapping into required
content, arguments well presented, all parts responded to adequately, no
significant errors – 40/40
Many points made, but some connection to content missing,
one part not answered, not complete discussion- 34/40
Some points made, but some connection to content missing,
incomplete and/or limited discussion – 26/40
Limited discussion, limited points â 18/40
Poor in every way – 5-10/40
For grammatical and spelling errors, student may lose
additional points
Week 2 Team Assignment
Team Assignment 1 (due Week 2)
Please read the page âTeam Assignments Approach and
Overviewâ located in Course Home for an overview of approach and requirements
for Team Assignments, and the following detailed instructions for Team
Assignment 1 to be started in Week 1, and completed in Week 2.
As you know, to develop leadership skills, hands-on in this
course, you are being put in virtual teams of 4. With your team members, you
will complete 4 team assignments, one in each of weeks 2, 3, 5, and 6. You will
do this by each team member having the opportunity to be the Leader in at least
one of the Team Assignments (while others take on other specific roles that
week).
Objectives of Team Assignment 1 (due Week 2)
To become aware of your leadership qualities, where and how
they were developed, areas that need development, and how you could start
developing your leadership qualities; and
In order to work together virtually, you will share
information with your team about how and when you are available for
communication with your team, and your leadership and course goals as stated in
1) above.
Tasks and deliverables for the team assignment of Weeks 1
and 2 â to be completed in week 2:
Instructions: Team Assignment 1 requires you to
Get started in Week 1 to
Individually, analyze your leadership strengths, and areas
to develop and improve, based on the personal Leadership development and Course
goals document (LDCG) in Doc Sharing,
Indicate your program, experience with online courses, day
and time availability, contact information (phone, chat, e-mail address), and
time zones, etc⦠using the Communication Preferences (CP) document in Doc
Sharing.
Communicate and share the above information in LDCG and CP
documents, with your team members, by posting in Team Discussions.
Continue in Week 2 to
Share the above information with each other,
As a team, using the above information, plan out team roles,
such as leader, motivator, communicator, facilitator, etcâ¦, for all team
members, for all 4 team assignment weeks 2, 3, 5 and 6, as suggested in Team
Roles document in Doc Sharing.
Collate all team membersâ Leadership Development and Course
goals and Communication Preferences information with Team roles, in ONE Word
document. You may create a table in Word, or an Excel worksheet to represent
the information on Leadership and Course Goals (LDCG) summary and Communication
Preferences (CP) summary, and submit with the Team Roles information, all in
ONE Word document.
Team assignment deliverable must be submitted in three
places: at the end of the Team discussions by Team Leader, in Doc Sharing by
the leader, and in your own Week 2 Team Assignment Dropbox by each team member.
To ensure productivity by each member of your team, a Team
Leader and Member Report (TLMR), available in Doc Sharing, will be completed by
each member of the team and posted by each member in the Team discussions
between Friday and Saturday midnight, and in their own Team Assignment drop box
along with their Team assignment deliverable/ product by Sunday 11:59pm.
If the TLMR is not posted in Team discussions and own drop
box by Sunday 11:59pm, up to 20% points may be deducted from the full points of
the Team assignment.
If the TLMR is not posted in Team discussions and own drop
box by Sunday 11:59pm, up to 20% points may be deducted from the full points of
the Team assignment.
Rubric
In general, for the weekly Team Assignment, marks will be
given on the following basis:
Quality of Team deliverable/ product: 50%
Creativity in Team deliverable/product: 10%
Individual Participation: 40%
For Team Assignment 1 (due Week 2), 65 points will be
awarded as follows:
Quality of Team deliverable/ Product: 50%. 33/65
Leadership Development and Course Goals summary for all team
members (LDCG for all): 10
Communication Preferences summary for all team members (CP
for all): 10
Team roles for all for all 4 Team assignment weeks: 13
Creativity in Team deliverable/product: 10%. 6/65
Individual Participation in Team discussions (at least 4
times fair contribution): 40%. 26/65
Submissions Due
In addition to the individual information (LDCG and CP), to
be shared in Week 1 in Team Discussions by team members (see Instructions under
Task and Deliverables above), team assignment deliverable/product (LDCG
summary, CP summary, and Team Roles as ONE document) must be submitted in three
places: at the end of the Team discussions by the Team Leader, in Doc Sharing
by the leader, and in your own Dropboxes by each team member.
Team assignment deliverable / product must be submitted as
one submission for grades, the same final document by each member of the team,
by the end of Week 2 (Sunday 11:59pm) in your own drop boxes.
Team Leader and Member Report (TLMR), available in Doc
Sharing, must be posted by each member in the Team discussions between Friday
and Saturday 11:59pm, and in their own Team Assignment Dropbox along with their
Team assignment deliverable/ product.
Week 3 individual Assignment
Take the Big 5 Personality Inventory on p. 387 in our book.
Write a 400- to 600-word summary of your personality, as described by the Big 5
Inventory. Discuss the upsides and the downsides of the pattern of the five
dimensions or traits of your personality. We know that three of the Big
5âconscientiousness, openness, and extroversionâare closely associated with
leadership effectiveness. How do your scores reflect your readiness to become a
leader? Include a reflection about how your personality shapes your behavior
toward work, school, and teamwork.
Submit your assignment to the Dropbox, located at the top of
this page. For instructions on how to use the Dropbox, read these step-by-step
instructions.
See the Syllabus section “Due Dates for Assignments
& Exams” for due date information.
Rubric (professor has the discretion to award points as
deemed reasonable)
Complete, well thought-out answer tapping into required
content, arguments well presented, all parts responded to adequately, no
significant errors: 40/40
Many points made, but some connection to content missing,
one part not answered, incomplete discussion: 34/40
Some points made, but some connection to content missing,
incomplete and/or limited discussion: 26/40
Limited discussion, limited points: 18/40
Poor in every way: 5-10/40
For grammatical and spelling errors, student may lose
additional points.
Week 3 Team assignment
Objectives of Team Assignment 2
1) to continue to
work in your team with a new leader and members in other roles, all that were
specified in Week 2 assignment, for Week 3, and
2) to participate
fully in completing a PowerPoint based on research conducted by your team on a
top company to work for, to examine its original and current leadership, values
and profitability, and to create and submit a PowerPoint according to criteria
and suggestions provided.
Tasks and Deliverables for the Team Assignment 2 of Week 3:
Select one of the top 10 companies from 2013 or 2014 to
investigate, researching the names from the site below, and as mentioned in
Week 3 lecture:
http://www.greatplacetowork.com/best-companies/100-best-companies-to-work-for
Create a PowerPoint presentation with graphics about the
company you selected Ensure that the following information has been researched
and represented in the PowerPoint:
What is the company known for? What does it do right? What
are its mission and values? Does it work toward social responsibility?
What is the company’s backgroundâwhat is the source of its
leadership, conscience and approach to social responsibility? What is the
rationale for employee-friendly endeavors? What is the history behind its good
governance?
Who leads this company toward excellence presently? What are
that person’s values? Are the values stated by the leader(s)? Do those values
drive the company and carry over to its employees? What are the leadership
qualities of the people responsible for its success?
Is the company profitable? Can you be a caring organization
and still be profitable? (You may need to look in Hooverâs library database for
a financial report.)
PowerPoint advice: Every slide should have clear, readable
text no smaller than 28 point font; remember to limit your use of full
sentences. Each slide should also have some kind of visual to enhance the
communication of that content. Using APA guidelines cite your sources,
including in-text citations. The professional team product includes an
introduction, multiple content slides, and a conclusion, as well as a reference
slide. Better products usually have about 15 to 20 slides (four or five from
each student). You may need more for more complex products. More detailed guidelines on presentation
techniques is provided in a document âPowerPoint dos and donâtsâ in Doc
sharing.
Submit your team assignment deliverable/product to the team
discussion, Doc Sharing for all to see, and to the Team Assignment Dropbox
located at the top of this page. The presentation is posted in the team
discussions so that you can all work on it, and the team leader or designee
should post a final copy in Doc Sharing so other teams can see it. Each
participating team member should post the same final copy in his or her own
Week 3 Team Assignment Dropbox so that it can be graded.
Remember to post the TLMR (Team Leader and Member Report) in
Team discussions, and in your own Dropbox along with the deliverable/ product
(PowerPoint).
In-class students must be ready to present your product to
the class at the beginning of next weekâs class.
Rubric
For Team Assignments 2, 3, and 4, marks will be given on the
following basis:
Quality of Team deliverable/ Product: 40%
Creativity in Team deliverable/product: 20%
Participation: 40%
For Team Assignment 2 (due Week 3), 55 points will be
awarded as follows:
Quality of Team deliverable/ Product: 40%. 22/55
Accuracy and completeness of Content â 10/28 (Four parts â
the 4 questions- a to d)
Format â number of slides, consistent appropriate font and
size, cover, intro, conclusion slides, not too crowded, more bullets than
paragraphs, professional looking â 6/20
Bibliography â APA Referencing style, at least 1 good
reference â per member â 6/20
Creativity in Team deliverable/product: 20%. 11/55
Presentation style, format, content, ⦠looks professional,
not over-fancy
Participation in Team discussions (at least 4 times fair
contribution): 40%. 22/55
Fair participation on at least 4 different days a week for
the student to get a full mark.
Week 5 individual assignment
Read the case study âPart Five Video CaseâHot Topic:
Employees with Passionâ on p. 281 of your textbook and answer the âQuestions
for Discussionâ 1 and 2, providing evidence for points you make. For full
points, ensure substantive responses to the questions. See rubric below for
criteria for full points.
Submit your assignment to the Dropbox, located at the top of
this page. For instructions on how to use the Dropbox, read these step-by-step
instructions.
See the Syllabus section “Due Dates for Assignments
& Exams” for due date information.
Rubric (professor has the discretion to change award points
as deemed reasonable)
Complete, well thought-out answer tapping into required
content, arguments well presented, all parts responded to adequately, no
significant errors – 40/40
Many points made, but some connection to content missing,
one part not answered, not complete discussion- 34/40
Some points made, but some connection to content missing,
incomplete and/or limited discussion – 26/40
Limited discussion, limited points â 18/40
Poor in every way –
5-10/40
For grammatical and spelling errors, student may lose
additional points.
Week 5 team assignment
Objectives of Team Assignment 3
to continue to work in your team with a new leader and
members in other roles, all that were specified in Week 2 assignment, for Week
5, and
to participate fully in completing a PowerPoint based on
research conducted by your team on the phenomenon of groupthink and at least 3
scenarios/examples in which groupthink has had significant negative
consequence.
Tasks and Deliverables
Read the section on âAvoiding groupthinkâ in the Manning and
Curtis book, pp. 256â258. With your team, investigate multiple examples of
groupthink and present information about the phenomenon and at least 3
scenarios / examples (other than the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster) in a
PowerPoint presentation. Your presentation must cover examples/ scenarios in
which groupthink has had a significant consequence.
PowerPoint advice: Every slide should have clear, readable
text no smaller than 28 point font; remember to limit your use of full
sentences. Each slide should also have some kind of visual to enhance the
communication of that content. Using APA guidelines cite your sources,
including in-text citations. The professional team product includes an
introduction, multiple content slides, and a conclusion, as well as a reference
slide. Better products usually have about 15 to 20 slides (four or five from
each student). You may need more for more complex products. More detailed
guidelines on presentation techniques is provided in a document âPowerPoint dos
and donâtsâ in Doc sharing.
Submit your team assignment deliverable/product to the team
discussion, Doc Sharing for all to see, and to the Team Assignment Dropbox
located at the top of this page. The presentation is posted in the team
discussions so that you can all work on it, and the team leader or designee
should post a final copy in Doc Sharing so other teams can see it. Each
participating team member should post the same final copy in his or her own
Week 5 Team Assignment Dropbox so that it can be graded.
Remember to post the TLMR (Team Leader and Member Report) in
Team discussions, and in your own Dropbox along with the deliverable/ product
(PowerPoint).
In-class students must be ready to present your product to
the class at the beginning of next weekâs class.
Submit your assignment to the Dropbox, located at the top of
this page. For instructions on how to use the Dropbox, read these step-by-step
instructions.
See the Syllabus section “Due Dates for Assignments
& Exams” for due date information.
Rubric
For Team Assignments 2, 3, and 4, marks will be given on the
following basis:
Quality of Team deliverable/ Product: 40%
Creativity in Team deliverable/product: 20%
Participation: 40%
For Team Assignment 3 (due Week 5), 55 points will be
awarded as follows:
Quality of Team deliverable/ Product: 40%. 22/55
Accuracy and completeness of Content (Groupthink, symptoms,
other conditions, outcomes, isolation of forces of groupthink, at least 3
scenarios)â 10/22
Format â number of slides, consistent appropriate font and
size, cover, intro, conclusion slides, not too crowded, more bullets than
paragraphs, professional looking â 6/22
Bibliography – APA Referencing style, at least 1 good
reference â per member – 6/22
Creativity in Team deliverable/product: 20%. 11/55
Presentation style, format, content, ⦠looks professional,
not over-fancy
Participation in Team discussions (at least 4 times fair
contribution): 40%. 22/55
Fair participation on at least 4 different days a week for
the student to get a full mark
Week 6 team assignment
Objectives of Team Assignment 4
1) to continue to work in your team with a new leader and
members in other roles, as specified in week 2 assignment, for week 6, and
2) to participate fully in completing a PowerPoint on an
enlightened organization, as described on p. 87- 91 in Manning and Curtis, by
assessing its organizational climate and highlighting characteristics of
loyalty, consideration for others, motivation, communication, and leadership in
that organization.
Tasks and Deliverables
Each team: Find an organization that has an enlightened
organizational culture, as described on p. 87- 91 in our Manning-Curtis book.
Research their culture and climate via the Web or other resources, and create a
PowerPoint presentation, based on the Organizational Climate assessment and
highlighting the characteristics of loyalty, consideration for others,
motivation, communication, and leadership in that organization. Some examples
for you to consider include: SAS, Google, Nugget Markets, and World Famous Pike
Place Fish Market. There are many others, so have fun exploring the world of
exceptional organizations and their enlightened culture.
PowerPoint advice. Every slide should have clear, readable
text no smaller than 28 point font; remember to limit your use of full
sentences. Each slide should also have some kind of visual to enhance the
communication of that content. Using APA guidelines cite your sources,
including in-text citations. The professional team product includes an
introduction, multiple content slides, and a conclusion, as well as a reference
slide. Better products usually have about 15 to 20 slides (four or five from
each student). You may need more for more complex products. More detailed
guidelines on presentation techniques is provided in a document âPowerPoint dos
and donâtsâ in Doc sharing.
Submit your team assignment deliverable/product to the team
discussion, Doc Sharing for all to see, and to the Team Assignment Dropbox
located at the top of this page. The presentation is posted in the team
discussions so that you can all work on it, and the team leader or designee
should post a final copy in Doc Sharing so other teams can see it. Each
participating team member should post the same final copy in his or her own
Week 6 Team Assignment Dropbox so that it can be graded.
Remember to post the TLMR (Team Leader and Member Report) in
Team discussions, and in your own Dropbox along with the deliverable/ product
(PowerPoint).
In-class students must be ready to present your product to
the class at the beginning of next weekâs class.
Submit your assignment to the Dropbox, located at the top of
this page. For instructions on how to use the Dropbox, read these step-by-step
instructions.
See the Syllabus section “Due Dates for Assignments
& Exams” for due date information.
Rubric
For Team Assignments 2, 3, and 4, marks will be given on the
following basis:
Quality of Team deliverable/ Product: 40%
Creativity in Team deliverable/product: 20%
Participation: 40%
For Team Assignment 4 (due Week 6), 55 points will be
awarded as follows:
Quality of Team deliverable/ Product: 40%. 22/55
Accuracy and completeness of Content (Organizational climate
assessment, characteristics of loyalty, consideration for others, motivation,
communication, and leadership)â 10/22
Format â number of slides, consistent appropriate font and
size, cover, intro, conclusion slides, not too crowded, more bullets than
paragraphs, professional looking â 6/22
Bibliography – APA Referencing style, at least 1 good
reference â per member – 6/22
Creativity in Team deliverable/product: 20%. 11/55
Presentation style, format, content, ⦠looks professional,
not over-fancy
Participation in Team discussions (at least 4 times fair
contribution): 40%. 22/55
Fair participation on at least 4 different days a week for
the student to get a full mark
Week 7 individual assignment
Cross-Cultural Realities at Work (individual interview
report)
In this individual assignment, you are required to interview
someone who is different from you (see criteria below) so that you may learn
from the interviewee and be able to adequately reflect on the questions for
analysis as given below. Please make yourself aware of questions for interview
and for analysis before conducting the interview.
This interview is designed for students who are learning
about diversity.
Preparation
Find someone who meets all three criteria:
at least 7 years older or younger than you are;
doing work that you may not imagine yourself doing; and
culturally distinctly different from you.
Conducting the Interview
Your goal is to get the person talking. Listen for what is
said, what is implied, and what is not said. Try not to insert your opinions
and experience. Use the sample interview questions as below; please feel free
to add your own.
Start the interview by explaining who you are and why you
are interviewing him or her. Thank the person sincerely for giving you his or
her time and thoughts. Be sensitive throughout the interview regarding whether
the person wants to continue.
Sample Interview Questions
Start with questions that are easy and comfortable to
answer.
What kind of work do you do?
How long have you been doing it?
Can you describe a typical workday?
Then move to questions that require more thought and rapport
with the interviewer.
Why did you end up doing this work? What kind of person
often does this sort of work? (And would you consider yourself typical?)
What do you like about this work?
What is difficult about this work?
How do [customers, others in the company, etc.] treat you?
What do they think about the job you do? [Adapt this question to fit your
particular interviewâtry to get at how the person thinks he or she is treated
based on his or her work.]
How does being a [fill in the blank with a salient cultural
category: man, older person, African-American, 20-something, etc.] play into
the work you do?
Has this work changed the way you think about yourself and
about the world?
What are some cultural values that are important to you? [It
can be family, work, or interpersonal.] Do you think these are similar to or
different from mainstream American culture? Please explain your ideas.
What do you like best about American culture? What do you
like least? [Even if the person is American, he or she will have an opinion
about this question that gives you some insight about how he or she views
things from his or her perspective.]
Thank him or her again.
Analysis of Your Interview and Writing Your Report
Think about your interview, the person, and his or her work.
Please consider these questions as you write your report for this assignment.
Make sure to present a well thought response based on your interview and these
questions.
First, state who the interviewee is and how does he or she
meet the three criteria (all three should be met).
What aspects of this person’s work determine or indicate his
or her status relative to others?
What are some of the connections between this person’s work
experience and gender, race, age, and/or ethnicity, etc.?
What kinds of attitudes, values, and behaviors does this
person’s work culture encourage?
What attitudes and values held by this person are similar to
your own, and which are different?
From this interview, what can give us insight into
communicating across cultures or across work cultures?
Submit your assignment to the Dropbox, located at the top of
this page. For instructions on how to use the Dropbox, read these step-by-step
instructions.
See the Syllabus section “Due Dates for Assignments
& Exams” for due date information.
Rubric (professor has the discretion to award points as
deemed reasonable)
Complete, well thought-out responses to the questions posed
for analysis of interview, arguments and support well-presented, no significant
errors. All criteria met for choice of interviewee – 40/40
Good, but only one question or part is not reflective,
substantive, complete, or clear enough. All criteria met for choice of
interviewee – 34/40
Quite good, but a few questions or parts are not reflective,
substantive, complete, or clear OR a criteria for choice of interviewee is not
met- 26/40
Limited responses, criteria not met, but interview and
analysis are conducted adequatelyâ 18/40
Poor in every way –
5-10/40
For grammatical and spelling errors, student may lose
additional points.
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