Category: Leadership

Case Study Assignment
Purpose
In this assignment, you will demonstrate your grasp of one of the general ethical theories and one of the
normative leadership ethical theories by applying the theories to a real-world case of your selection.
Objectives
To identify a case with ethical implications; to identify the relevant ethical issues; to apply recognized
ethical approaches to the case; to evaluate the case and make an argument for resolution.
Prompt
Think of yourself as an ethical consultant. Your goal is to demonstrate your ability to effectively apply
one of the general ethical theories and one of the leadership-specific theories to explain and evaluate a
real-world ethical situation. You will both evaluate the choices made by the actors in the situation and
prescribe other or additional actions they should take.
Specifics
There are two graded parts to the assignment. The proposal (40 pts) will come first, followed by the
final paper itself (100 pts.)
Look for a situation that is reasonably well documented with identifiable ethical concerns. It may be
easier to go with cases that are relatively recent, but not too recent. 3-10 years old is a good range to
look for, but that is not required.
The proposal should be 250-500 words (approximately 1-2 double-spaced pages, not including works
cited/references pages). The proposal should briefly outline the relevant details of the case and
identify the ethical issues under consideration. Look to justify the consideration of this specific case
in an extended analysis.
The final paper should be 1500-2500 words (approximately 6-10 double-spaced pages, not including
works cited/references pages). There is no minimum number of sources to include, but all relevant
information should be sourced and all sources used should be properly cited using one of the three
major style sheets (APA, MLA, or Chicago).
Evaluation
An approved proposal will receive full credit. Receiving approval on the proposal may involve several
rounds of questions, editing, and additional research.
An “A” level paper will engage with the situation thoroughly and soundly, identifying and dealing
with the relevant issues in an argumentatively sound and well-supported way while also demonstrating
proper form about spelling, grammar, and citations.
A “B” paper will have some, but not many and not egregious, errors in issue selection, argument, or
evidence, and/or will have several formal errors.
A “C” paper will have several and/or egregious errors in issue selection, argument, or evidence and/or
frequent grammatical, spelling, or citation errors.
Tips for success
As you search for a topic, I recommend balancing complexity with clarity. That is, and a topic where
you can relatively easily see the ethical issues under consideration, but also one where those ethical
issues are sufficiently complex to spend time on. As an example, in 1995, the Malden Mills textile
factory was destroyed and the CEO of the company chose to continue paying the employees despite
their being unable to work. Generally, the CEO was lauded for doing right by the workers. The ethical
issues in that case are easy to see, but there is also not much complexity to them. Other than
balancing the well-being of the workers against the company’s revenue, there is not much to dig into.
On the up side, the Supreme Court has some rules about when a justice should recuse her or himself
from a case, such as when he or she owns stock in a company that is a party. In both the 2015 and
2016 terms, a justice was discovered to have such a conviction only after the case had been heard and
discussed by the court. The ethical issues that revolve around direct stock ownership and conflicts of
interest could be sufficiently complex to work on, but the ethical concerns themselves are probably
not immediately evident unless a justice is knowingly hearing a case with a contact. Since both of
these cases were accidents and the justices in question took care to remedy the situation (one by
recusing, one by selling the stock), the concerns are almost entirely hypothetical. Both the Malden
Mills and the Supreme Court issues mentioned here would probably not make for good case studies
(though I’m open to persuasion if you think otherwise).
Your first section should outline the situation in some detail. Tell me what happened, relying on the best
sources you have available.
In the second section, be clear about what ethical frameworks you will use. Once you have identified
them, outline them to explain what they are. Then use the principles you discussed to render a
judgment; did the actors in the case behave ethically or not?
In the third section, make a prescription. If the actors in the case did not behave ethically, what should
they have done instead? If they did behave ethically, what should they do next? What could other
actors in similar situations learn from this situation?
I am available to help via email and/or Zoom conferences. Please do not hesitate to ask questions!
Here you’ll submit the proposal for your final case study for the course. The final case study assignment is attached here, so you’ll know what you’re ultimately writing toward.
For the proposal, you will need three elements:
Outline the details of the case itself. Think in terms of the 5 W’s: What, Who, Where, When, Why. Provide a summary of all of the relevant details that someone would need to grasp the case.
Identify and briefly justify the two theoretical approaches (one general approach, one normative approach) that you plan to use in the analysis.
Briefly outline what the analysis will look like. Using those theories, what are the relevant parts of the scenario? How do the two theories fit together?
With each draft proposal you submit, I will make comments and ask questions intended to clarify the argument. You will revise and resubmit the proposal until it gets approved. Once approved, the proposal will receive full credit. I don’t expect any proposal to be approved on the first draft; you will be revising. That’s a good thing because, with each new draft of the proposal, you will get closer to an easy writing process for the final case study.

Philosophy of Leadership. Your leadership philosophy will
capture most of your lessons from this course. It will answer the question,
“What do you believe to be true about leadership?” How did the readings,
team meetings, discussions, and assignments influence your understanding
of leadership? How will you use your learning to shape your future as a
leader or contributor to leadership? Use example stories. Must cite at least
3 class readings
Three pages. 
The members of the team’s meetings are Brandon, Jessica, Adam, and Antwoin
We met every Friday as a group working towards coming up with a solution on this topic: Decrease tardies and increase attendance of children attending John Gandy/Henry
Clay/Ashland Elementary. 
I uploaded the three readings from class that should be used in the journal. 
The main thing that I learned was that leadership is a group concept. There is more than one person who is the leader; Everyone in the group can lead. 
I also uploaded my peer review results to see how I contributed to the group. 

Tell a story: Inspire a vision. Leaders of organizations often tell stories from their personal       journeys that inspire employees to adopt the vision the leader has for the future of the          organization. During your life journey, you may have many fond memories of experiences      that helped you develop as an individual. Tell a specific story from your personal journey        that inspired you to pursue your degree. This can be as simple as a family activity, a school  organization, an individual, a favorite hobby, etc.  Will you include this story in your                  Commencement speech?

Referencing the article Paradise Baking and Cafe: The Challenges of Success along with the book Leadership for organizations (2019) by Waldman and O’Reilly using apa 7 citations…please write an essay on the following: 1. How should Daniel Patterson communicate his decision to hire Lori Danks to the Paradise management team, and to Tim Halverson (e.g. what should he say, who should he speak to first, etc.)? Is there additional information you would try to collect before sharing your decision with management? How would you address the possible concerns of the management team regarding her salary and equity requirements?
2. Outline a process for how Patterson will deliver the sensitive news that Paradise is being sold to Panera Bread, its biggest rival and competitor. Develop a communication plan that anticipates stakeholders’ questions and concerns. Your remarks should be specific to each audience and how you will make the announcement (email, newsletter, meeting, etc.). 3. Develop an action plan for how you, as Patterson, would address the recession’s impact on Paradise Bakery. Think through the array of options (drastic operational cuts, renegotiating the terms of the deal, etc.) within the context of the Panera acquisition and the terms of the earn-out. Be prepared to speak to the potential concerns of the different stakeholders who are affected by your decisions. Also, be sure to address the long-term implications of your approach. Minimum of 7 pages please.

Your Commander have directed you the platoon sergeant to develop two courses of action on how to mitigate civilian casualties and to analyze your course of action in order to recommend the best one. I will need a attention step to grab the audience attention.

Please talk about the below point for company Shopify
Section 4 Culture of Virtual Collaboration – Describe and assess the current culture for virtual
collaboration.

I have uploaded the Rubric/Guidelines, Module overview, reading and resources, Final Project Rubric/Guidelines (To make sure the not-for-profit organization that is chosen can complete the Final Project Guidelines), and chapters from the textbook. Please follow In your journal assignment, complete the following tasks:
Identify the not-for-profit organization that you have chosen for your final project.
Explain why you chose this not-for-profit organization. What appealed to you? Why is this organization a good candidate for the strategic analysis you will do for the final project?
Confirm there is enough information available to address all milestones and the final project.

The course culminates in a 10-page paper that analyzes an organization – outside of the student’s own organization – through the lens of Schein. To focus the final field-based project, students should analyze and make meaning of the enduring challenges of professional practice that have been experienced by members of the subject organization using Schein’s multiple organizational artifacts/beliefs and values/assumptions. Videos, pictures and relevant interviews are encouraged.
Through the final field-based project, each student will become a more skilled and informed reader of organizational settings and become more awake to how people in particular work contexts (like schools and community-based organizations) make meaning of and shape the organizations in which they work. Consider: What is the most pressing problem or problems of practice undermining the effectiveness of the subject organization?
In the final field-based project, students will use new artifacts/beliefs and values/assumptions to ask better questions and to see enduring problems of practice in the subject organization much more clearly. Students will formally and informally observe the subject organization, review its mission, purpose, goals, values, and any policy documents to see what is revealed. Students may also want to talk with administrators and teachers, or students and their parents, or people who work in or seek the help of the subject organization to understand organizational issues from other people’s perspectives. In sum, students will seek a better sense of the primary values and commitments shaping the subject organization work setting by examining the dominant artifacts/beliefs and values/assumptions shaping the policies and normative practices of the people within it. (10 pages)
Consider: Who is the subject organization serving well? Who struggles to be well-served in the subject organization? What policies and practices promote opportunity and, given what is observed, what ought to be reconsidered? In the written paper for the final field-based project, students should portray an enduring problem of practice – which means a problem that is very difficult to solve and keeps surfacing again and again in the subject organization. For example, students might consider identifying the unique problem of a group or groups of people within the subject organization whose needs are not being adequately addressed or understood. Consider: How might the student as a leader of the subject organization approach working with others to better shape the systems, values, beliefs, policies and practices within the subject organization?
The paper for the final field-based project should be divided into three distinct sections:
Section 1: Portrayal of Culture – Provide a brief overview of the subject organization, including its size and the racial, ethnic and socioeconomic status of the people the subject organization serves. In describing culture, be sure to view aspects of culture that are most relevant to the problem/s of practice addressed in this paper. Also, be sure to portray the dominant culture, subculture/s and counter cultures observed in the subject organization whenever it is relevant for understanding this context and the particular problem/s of practice the student will be focusing on in the paper. Section 2: Organizational Analysis through the Lens of Schein (and other readings assigned in the course) – With all of Schein’s artifacts/beliefs and values/assumptions in mind, students should informally observe the work setting of the subject organization. Students may also informally talk with people and observe the corridors, classrooms, offices and lunchrooms of the subject organization to get a better sense of how this workplace is structured and with what effects. Students may want to interview or talk informally with people who work there to understand what they appreciate in the subject organization, together with what concerns them. Students should pay attention to the issues/problems that arise frequently. Also, if accessible, consider looking at the subject organization’s data to better inform the student’s thinking about the nature of these problems/issues. In this section, the student should clearly articulate enduring problem/s of practice and why each one is particularly problematic. Then, using Schein’s perspectives, analyze each identified problem of practice using multiple perspectives to frame and reframe each problem/issue. Also, consider, what is likely producing each problem or concern and how that was determined (e.g., evidence). Again, students are to explicitly use Schein’s relevant theories from artifacts/beliefs and values/assumptions to achieve deeper understanding of the problem/s of practice identified. Through this section, students will demonstrate an understanding of the subject organization and an ability to frame and reframe specific problems of practice. Through this analysis, students will shed greater light on the systems, policies and everyday practices that may be contributing to each problem/issue identified.
Section 3: Rethinking Organizational Structures, Policies and Strategies – Students are to assume that they are the newly appointed Principal or Executive Director of the subject organization. Based on what was learned during the course, the student will clearly identify how, as a leader, the student would begin to address the problem(s)/issue(s) identified. Consider: How would the student/leader work with others to inspire and shape change in this work setting? What would be the student/leader’s priorities and why? How would the student/leader go about getting others to work with you? This section of the paper is the action plan and should be clearly based on good organizational theory, including relevant citations from Schein and other relevant required course readings. Demonstrated Competencies: Students will be able to: (i) analyze how dominant images of organization systems and behaviors shape our ways of interpreting problems of practice in organizations; (ii) identify cultures, subcultures and counter-cultures in organizations; (iii) understand why different people experience organizational systems, policies and procedures differently; (iv) identify the artifacts/beliefs and values/assumptions driving organizations through the organization’s structure, mission, goals, values, practices and written policies; (v) demonstrate competencies for assessing how current systems and processes enhance or undermine organizational mission, values and goals; (vi) demonstrate competencies in reading and assessing an organizational context using multiple perspectives for framing and understanding organizational problems; and (vii) demonstrate the ability to identify the systems, policies and practices that undermine educational opportunity and equity in work settings.

Creating Your Personal and Professional Leadership Philosophy
LinkedIn is a professional social network focusing on career development. You may use LinkedIn to share your resume, job-hunt, and expand your network by posting updates, sharing articles, and interacting with other professionals.
In this assignment, you will compose your personal and professional leadership philosophy statement in the form of a LinkedIn article.
Step 1. Review
Review readings and your own research to prepare for crafting your personal and professional leadership philosophy statement.
Step 2. Brainstorm
Brainstorm for your personal and professional leadership philosophy statement using the following questions to help guide your thinking:
Which leadership styles, philosophies, and frameworks align most with your personal leadership style?
How can your professional leadership philosophy benefit those you serve?
What are your core beliefs impacting your philosophy?
What are the values and mission of your organization?
What is your overall approach to leading teams?
What are your non-negotiables—the things you would be willing to be terminated for if violated?
What are your strategies for personal self-reflection and self-monitoring?
What accountability measures will you implement to ensure you are self-aware and consistent with your stated philosophy?
Step 3. Establish
Establish a free professional social networking account at LinkedIn if you do not already have an account. From your account home screen, select “Write an article.” Directions for creating an article are linked on the Learning Objects page. (WRITE IN WORD AND I CAN TRANSFER IT TO LINKEDIN)
Step 4. Organize
Organize your answers from your brainstorming in Step 2 to outline your personal and professional philosophy article. Include an introduction, organized components from Step 2, and a conclusion. List your APA-formatted references list at the end of your article.
Step 5. Compose
Compose your 1000- to 1500-word personal and professional leadership philosophy. Conform to APA style and cite at least 3-5 scholarly sources to support your position. The references listed at the bottom of the article are not reflected in the word count.
Step 6. Apply
Apply article text features such as headings, subheadings, bulleted lists, and accompanying graphics to make the article visually appealing and easy to digest.
YOUTUBE VIDEOS THAT MAY BE CITED AND/OR HELPFUL FOR COMPLETING THIS ASSIGNMENT:
Leadership Philosophy by Mr. Gregg Stevens (youtube.com)

Each of us has a predominant conflict style. We use the style to meet our needs in certain conflict situations. Based on the results of your Conflict Styles Assessment completed in week 3 (chapter 5), connect it to a workplace or personal interpersonal conflict; where you relied on the conflict style assessed. 
You are required to:
Provide the results of the Conflict Style Assessment
Discuss the pros/cons of the conflict style
Describe the conflict
What was the cause of the conflict
Provide a comprehensive analysis and formulate alternatives in resolving the conflict
Describe a plan of action to implement the recommendation(s)
In the essay, students are expected to demonstrate synthesis of their acquired knowledge gained from this course. The final essay will be about six (6) pages in length, exclusive of the reference page, double-spaced. The essay should cite at least three (3) sources in addition to the assigned textbook and supplemental readings.
The final essay requires a substantive effort and is required to successfully pass this course.