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One last one for the road…

On a scale of 1-5 (5 being consistently), how consistent and timely were you with submitting your blog posts and learning activities in a timely manner? 3 On a scale of 1-5 (5 being consistently), how consistent and timely were you with participation posts on your peer’s blogs, GooglePresentation Discussions and VoiceThread comments. 3 Please describe […]

The Complexity of Ethics

http://ethicsalarms.com/2014/11/13/unethical-tweet-of-the-month/ What would take for more people to engage in the ethical actions presented? What actions are needed to change the unethical behavior into ethical behavior? It is somewhat understandable to post something in response after a victory during elections to the opposing candidate. However, the post should not overstep boundaries, it should be considerate […]

Getting Real, Your Conflict Style & Experience

  Write an analysis of how your dominant and less dominant conflict styles affect your leadership abilities and outcomes.  How might using a different conflict style improve the outcomes?  Provide specific examples to support your argument. The questionnaire results labeled my conflict style as collaborative. Which I agree with, when faced with a conflict I […]

Going against the flow

The text describes that the members of the members of the out-group don’t necessarily go with the flow. They don’t necessarily agree with what everybody else is saying in regards a certain topic. For example in the short clip Bryan goes against the common perceptions of the movies that Lois mentions. The leader in this […]

Better to work hard then to have hard work…

Based on the scores you received on the Organizational Climate Questionnaire on page 190 of the text, what are your strengths and weaknesses regarding establishing a constructive climate for a group or organization? Providing structure: 20               Building cohesiveness: 21 clarifying norms: 18               […]

Celebrating one more birthday

“As the largest voluntary health organization in the United States, the American Cancer Society is passionately committed to saving lives from cancer. We’re working to create a world with less cancer and more birthdays – a world where cancer never steals another year from anyone’s life. We combine our relentless passion with the wisdom of […]

Our value

I seek first to understand as opposed to being understood. It is all about making sure that others don’t simply copy you or repeat what you are doing because you did it first, but because they find the importance behind it. Finally I seek to educate others on the value of being unique, no two […]

Blog Post #6- What you are made of…

What skill area and specific skills (discussed throughout chapter) are your strongest? The chapter covers five characteristics which in my opinion are all linked to one another. However, out of the five I feel the characteristics which I feel the strongest would be that for challenge. Thinking back I feel like the situations in which […]

Blog Post #5- Tasks and Relationships

As you reflect on what has been discussed in this chapter and your own leadership style, how would you describe your own style in relation to task and relationship orientations?What are your strengths and areas you can improve? The textbook provides a task-relationship  leadership continuum, which places both types of leadership orientation at opposite ends. […]

Blog Post #4- Assumptions and Styles

As you reflect on the assumptions of Theory X and Y, how would you describe your own philosophy of leadership? To me Theory X and Y are at opposite ends of the spectrum. I feel like my philosophy lies somewhere in between the two. Although I consider myself to be a goal oriented person, always making […]