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This Tutorial contains 2 Set of Papers for each Assignment
LDR 531 Week 1 Personal Leadership Evaluation
LDR 531 Week 2 Assignment Comparing Leadership Models 1 LDR
531 Week 3 Individual Assignment Communications Challenges and
Strategies
LDR 531 Week 3 Team communication Challenges Conversation (Mc
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LDR 531 Week 4 Signature Assignment Outer Game and Inner Game 2
LDR 531 Week 5 Individual Assignment Strategic Change Case Study
Essay
LDR 531 Week 5 Team Creative Organizations and Strategic Change
LDR 531 Week 6 Individual Assignment Leading Organizational
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LDR 531 Assignment Comparing Leadership Models (2 PPT)
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This Tutorial contains 2 Presentations Product Description Purpose of
Assignment The purpose of this assignment is to provide the student
with an opportunity to understand and analyze the Universal Model of
Leadership in the text, and compare it to one other model to see the
similarities and differences. Assignment Steps Create a 10- to 12-slide
PowerPoint® presentation to compare the Universal Model of

Leadership in Mastering Leadership to one other leadership model.
Include the following: Include a graphic to compare and contrast those
two models, noting similarities and differences. Develop your
conclusions regarding the significance of those models in business. How
might they apply? Include detailed speaker notes, supporting citations,
and references. Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.
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LDR 531 Assignment Individual Change Implementation The
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LDR 531 Week 1 Quiz
LDR 531 Week 1 Discussion Question 1
LDR 531 Week 2 Mentorship Agreement Form
LDR 531 Week 2 Mentorship Meeting Worksheet
LDR 531 Week 2 Individual Assignment Professional Development
Plan
LDR 531 Week 2 LT Reflection

LDR 531 Week 2 Quiz
LDR 531 Week 3 Individual Assignment Leadership Style Paper
LDR 531 Week 3 Quiz
LDR 531 Week 4 Team Assignment Conflict Resolution
LDR 531 Week 4 Quiz
LDR 531 Week 5 Individual Assignment Motivation Plan Paper
LDR 531 Week 5 Quiz
LDR 531 Week 6 Team Assignment Failure Analysis and Change
Strategy
LDR 531 Week 6 Quiz
LDR 531 Final Exam Guide
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All leaders can accelerate their progress toward effectiveness by: 
Asking  Learning  Managing expectations  All of the
above “Fiscal responsibility, accountability, strategy, and execution.”
These leadership expectations are:  Useful  Required 
Implicit Explicit Which of these statements defines the strength
of Reactive Leadership?  This is the ability to take up membership, to
work and live co-relationally with others and within organizations. 
This is the minimum level required to create lean, engaged,
innovative, visionary, agile, high-involvement, high-fulfillment
organizations and to evolve adaptive organizational designs that can
thrive.  Leaders at this level function as global visionaries and enact
world service for the universal good. At this stage of leadership, we
can defer impulse gratification long enough to plan and organize to meet
our needs.  This interior evolution is what enables leaders to see the
whole system in a way that honors huge diversity, with many opposites
in tension, and to engage it in a way that moves toward creative
resolution. Which of the following statements describes “Caring
Connection?” Take interest in and form warm, caring relationships. 
Engage others in a manner that allows the parties involved to
discover common ground.  Foster high-performance teamwork
among team members who report to him/her. Which of the following
statements describes the Leadership Practice 2: Distilling Vision? 
It requires attention to the trail, to the minute, subtle, and detailed
clues our life is leaving as we live it (or as it lives us).  It is the
practice of opening to a deeper knowing, a higher perception, a calling,
an inner voice that says, “Stay with this,” or, “Do this now,” or, “This is
who you are, what you stand for, what you need to move toward in your

leadership.”  It requires that we distill and refine a collective sense of
purpose and through honest dialogue.  It is the willingness to be
authentic, to speak and act in ways that express and embody our vision
of greatness.  It takes courage to engage in the authentic dialogue
needed to forward the vision, find leverage, and implement fundamental
structural change.  It is to continue to give ourselves over to the pull
of purpose, distill it into vision, and then deal with the anxieties that
inevitably arise. Which of the following is NOT one of the six systems
of organizational effectiveness?  Leadership.  Metrics. 
Training and Education.  Delivery.  Communication.
Which of the following is NOT a Promise of Leadership?  Ensure
that business performance is improved.  Set the right direction and
create meaningful work.  Set the right direction and create meaningful
work.  Ensure that processes and systems facilitate focus and
execution.  Engage all stakeholders and hold them accountable.
Which of these statements defines the strength of Egocentric
Leadership?  This is the ability to take up membership, to work and
live co-relationally with others and within organizations.  At this
stage of leadership, we can defer impulse gratification long enough to
plan and organize to meet our needs. This is the minimum level
required to create lean, engaged, innovative, visionary, agile, high-
involvement, high-fulfillment organizations and to evolve adaptive
organizational designs that can thrive.  This interior evolution is
what enables leaders to see the whole system in a way that honors huge
diversity, with many opposites in tension, and to engage it in a way that
moves toward creative resolution.  Leaders at this level function as
global visionaries and enact world service for the universal good. The
best metaphor the authors created for describing our relationship to
Unity is that we are like waves on the ocean, not separate from the
ocean. Which of the following statements best supports this metaphor?

 We realize that we were always one with the Ocean, that we were
never separate, and that all waves are one; we are all each other. 
Some waves appear friendly; other waves may appear to threaten
our ability to get what we want, and so we fear them. We are separate
waves and we experience ourselves on a journey across the ocean. 
As separate waves, we experience the ups and downs of wave life.
Developing leadership effectiveness is…  An important task for the
training staff. Rarely a leadership priority.  The most important
priority of executive leadership.  Less important than recruiting
leaders. Which of the following statements describes the Creative
Mind”?  It creates an oscillating pattern of performance over time, the
natural tendency of which is to seek equilibrium and return to normal. 
It is about forming an organization that we believe in,
accomplishing outcomes that matter most, and enhancing our collective
capacity to achieve a desired future. It is about establishing
hierarchical, patriarchal structures, dynamics, and cultures. Which of the
following statements describes the Internal Operating System of the
Creative Mind?  We develop new assumptions that are structured
from the inside-out, not dependent on outside validation.  We
believe that “my future is in your hands.”  Our beliefs depend on
outside validation. Which of the following statements is true about a
company’s Leadership System?  The training staff must work very
hard to help the leadership system to be effective. They must work hard
to get leaders into leadership training programs to improve their
leadership competencies. The leadership system is the central
organizing system and the collective effectiveness of the leaders in the
system is critical to the organization’s health and success.  The CEO
must be able to control and direct individual leaders and the leadership
system for them to succeed. Which of the following statements describes
the Leadership Practice 1: Discerning Purpose? It is to continue to

give ourselves over to the pull of purpose, distill it into vision, and then
deal with the anxieties that inevitably arise.  It is the practice of
opening to a deeper knowing, a higher perception, a calling, an inner
voice that says, “Stay with this,” or, “Do this now,” or, “This is who you
are, what you stand for, what you need to move toward in your
leadership.”  It takes courage to engage in the authentic dialogue
needed to forward the vision, find leverage, and implement fundamental
structural change.  It requires attention to the trail, to the minute,
subtle, and detailed clues our life is leaving as we live it (or as it lives
us).  It requires that we distill and refine a collective sense of
purpose and through honest dialogue.  It is the willingness to be
authentic, to speak and act in ways that express and embody our vision
of greatness. Which of the following statements about “Playing on
Purpose or Playing Not to Lose” is true?  There is no safe way to be
great, and there is no great way to be safe. The safe paths have all
been taken.  The paths left to us require risk.  Leadership is
inherently risky.  All of the above. Which of the following is NOT
included in the stages of the Universal Model of Leadership? 
Pathogenic.  Unitive. Reactive.  Creative. 
Integral. Which of the following items is NOT on the path from
Patriarchy to Partnership?  CEO creating whole systems. 
Participative management.  Engagement.  Total quality
management. Self-managed teams Which of the following statements
best describes the relationship of structure to higher leadership
performance? To attain higher effectiveness, you must reach higher
performance.  When we see extraordinary leadership, we see well-
honed capability arising on a higher-order platform of competence. 
Since performance determines structure, if you want to evolve to a
higher order structure, you must reach higher performance. To
perform more masterfully, your Inner Operating System (IOS) must

evolve to a higher order mental-emotional structure. When you see
extraordinary leadership, what’s the best question to ask to understand
what makes the leader extraordinary?  What are they doing that
makes them extraordinary?  What operating system is that leader
running to achieve such mastery?  Is this leader practicing
competency, or consciousness?  Is this leader best at the inner
game or the outer game? Which of the following is the best method for a
leader to manage unproductive conflict?  Send team members to
conflict resolution training.  Hold a team building off-site to help
the team work better together.  Ask each team member the question,
“What would you do to resolve this conflict if you had freedom to act?”
Then facilitate a discussion to resolve the conflict.  Ignore the
conflict and give direction to the team. Which of the following
statements describes “Collaborator?”  Foster high-performance
teamwork among team members who report to him/her.  Engage
others in a manner that allows the parties involved to discover common
ground.  Take interest in and form warm, caring relationships.
“Competence, fair treatment, commitment, engagement, listening, acting
on suggestions, and providing inspiration, meaning, and direction.”
These leadership expectations are  Implicit Useful  Explicit 
Required Which of these statements defines the strength of
Creative Leadership?  Leaders at this level function as global
visionaries and enact world service for the universal good. This is the
minimum level required to create lean, engaged, innovative, visionary,
agile, high-involvement, high-fulfillment organizations and to evolve
adaptive organizational designs that can thrive.  This is the ability to
take up membership, to work and live co-relationally with others and
within organizations.  At this stage of leadership, we can defer
impulse gratification long enough to plan and organize to meet our
needs.  This interior evolution is what enables leaders to see the

whole system in a way that honors huge diversity, with many opposites
in tension, and to engage it in a way that moves toward creative
resolution. Which of the following is one of the three core reactive
types?  Body.  Soul  Heart. Which of the following is the
formula for the Leadership Quotient?  LQ = LE/LI  LQ =
L1/L2  LQ = L2/L1  LQ = LI/LE Which of the following
statements best describes the relevance of the inner game and outer
game to leadership behavior?  In high-pressure leadership roles, the
outer game is the only game.  The inner game runs the outer game. 
Most efforts at developing leaders only target the inner game, or
consciousness.  The outer game (competence) is all that is essential to
leadership. Which of the following statements accurately describes
Reactive Mind?  Reactive Leadership is well-equipped to lead
transformation into high-performing cultures and structures. 
Reactive mind is correlated to Leadership effectiveness.  To
evolve beyond Reactive Leadership, we must first see it and know it
deeply.  Reactive mind was formed to separate from the prevailing
culture. To fulfill the Leadership Imperative, which of the following
ideas will make us LESS likely to succeed?  We need to work
individually and collectively.  We need to work on specific skills and
do so whenever we have the time.  Our efforts need to be long-term
and systemic. We need to integrate the inner and outer game of
leadership.  We need to rethink how we develop leaders. Which of
the following statements accurately describes Integral Leaders?  It is
built for complexity, designed for leading change within complex
systems amid volatile, ambiguous, and rapidly changing environments.
 The leader is capable of working effectively with people of all
types and with people at every stage of Leadership Development. 
The Leader has the ability to hold large conflicts, opposite visions,
and redundant polarities in tension without reacting to them, trying to

problem-solve them, or turning them into win-lose battles.  The
Leader is in full possession of the entire array of gifts, strengths, and
competencies that are required to lead effectively.  All of the above.
How do we describe the Leadership System?  It is the central
organizing system.  It is one of the eight core systems within
organizations. It only consists of the CEO and the Board of Directors.
 To achieve high performance, leaders must achieve high scores on
their competency evaluations.
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1. Job dissatisfaction and antagonistic relationships with coworkers
predict a variety of behaviors organizations find undesirable, including
unionization attempts, substance abuse, undue socializing, and tardiness.
These behaviors are indicators of a broader syndrome called
2. Organizational momentum ________________.
3. Some studies indicate the best approach for transformational change
may have the chief executive officer create an atmosphere for change
4. Which of the following actions best represents Kelly’s high job
involvement?
5. The concept that some leadership attributes will work in some
situations but not in others can be described by the
6. You manage a department of four employees. You have identified that
Joe has a high need for achievement. Mary has a high need for power,
and Tim has a high need for affiliation. Sarah scored high on the need
for power and low on the need for affiliation.

Which of these four employees is most suitable for handling your
responsibilities when you are on vacation?
7. In order to make their firm a learning organization, managers should
8. Which of the following statements is true with regard to the
effectiveness of tactics?
9. Central to managing a successful organizational strategy
implementation are/is
10. Which of the following is the first step in the negotiation process?
11. ________ occurs when people within organizations use whatever
influence they can to taint the facts to support their goals and interests.
12. The ultimate source of an organization’s culture is
13. Which of the following statements is most likely to be true about
differences between men and women in relation to emotional reactions?
14. Which of the following is a desirable strategy for managers aiming
to reduce the negative consequences of rumors?
15. Adoration of a charismatic leader by followers can lead to
16. A leadership theory that describes leadership functions applicable to
some situations but not others is called
17. Dortix is a manufacturing company. At the end of every quarter, the
total production of each department is calculated, compared with the
predetermined targets, and the rewards for each set of divisional
employees is determined this way. Dortix uses a ________ plan to
incentivize its employees.
18. The degree to which a turbulent environment impacts operations
within an organization is known as
19. Determining if a strategy will be effective within its respective
business environment and still be competitive could be determined by
completing a(n) ________ test.
20. According to the job characteristics model, autonomy is defined as
the degree to which
21. Which of the following represents the acceptable standards of
behavior within a group that are shared by the group’s members?
22. During an annual review, Michel Godfrey made the following
assertion: “When I look at myself and my performance, I see that what I
have achieved is outstanding and something no one in the organization

has the capacity to undertake. Surprisingly, it has not won me the
admiration of my colleagues like it should have. I also believe that I do
not just deserve a raise, but need one, since without me, let’s face it, the
place would simply fall apart.” Which of the following personality traits
best describes Michel’s personality?
23. Which of the following dimensions of the Big Five Model indicates
a person’s ability to withstand stress?
24. The best leadership theories to describe and explain effective
leadership in teams with interactive members are
25. Which of the following is true of the baby boomer generation?
26. Low-context cultures primarily rely on ________ in communicating
with others.
27. Pragmatic leaders
28. ________ refers to an individual’s belief that he or she is capable of
performing a task.
29. Which of the following statements is true regarding a matrix
structure?
30. Which of the following steps can be taken by a manager to minimize
groupthink?
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1) Which of the following is best defined as a consciously coordinated
social unit, composed of two or more people, which functions on a
relatively continuous basis to achieve a common goal or set of goals?
A. Party
B. Unit
C. Community

D. Organization
2) Over the past 2 decades, business schools have added required
courses on organizational design to many of their curricula. Why have
they done this?
A. Managers no longer need technical skills in subjects such as
economics and accounting to succeed.
B. Managers need to understand human behavior if they are to be
effective.
C. These skills enable managers to effectively lead human resources
departments.
D. A manager with good interpersonal skills can help create a pleasant
workplace.
3) Robert Katz identified three essential skills that managers must have
to reach their goals. What are these skills?
A. Technical, decisional, and interpersonal
B. Technical, human, and conceptual
C. Interpersonal, informational, and decisional
D. Human, informational, and communication
4) __________ is a field of study that investigates the effect that
individuals, groups, and structures have on behavior within
organizations for the purpose of applying such knowledge toward
improving an organization’s effectiveness.
A. Corporate tactics
B. Human resources management
C. Organizational behavior
D. Corporate strategy
5) What do the fundamental consistencies underlying the behavior of all
individuals enable researchers to do?
A. Observe human behavior.
B. Research human behavior.
C. Predict human behavior.

D. Detect human behavior.
6) Which of the following is a generic term that covers a broad range of
feelings that people experience?
A. Affect
B. Emotions
C. Moods
D. Emotional labor
7) What term is used for intense feelings that are directed at someone or
something?
A. Affect
B. Cognition
C. Thoughts
D. Emotions
8) If personality characteristics were completely dictated by
__________, they would be fixed at birth and no amount of experience
could alter them.
A. job satisfaction
B. heredity
C. environment
D. situational factors
9) Which of the following are classifications on the Myers-Briggs Type
Indicator?
A. Extroverted, intuitive, judging, independent
B. Extroverted, sensing, judging, thinking
C. Extroverted, judging, independent, feeling
D. Sensing, perceiving, dependent, feeling
10) Maria is dissatisfied with the way that her manager treats her. She
has quit her job and found a new position with another firm. How has
she expressed her dissatisfaction?
A. Exit

B. Voice
C. Neglect
D. Loyalty
11) You quietly continue to do your work when you know things will
not improve. This is what type of response to dissatisfaction?
A. Exit
B. Voice
C. Loyalty
D. Neglect
12) A group
A. generates positive synergy through coordinated effort
B. generates greater outputs with no increase in inputs
C. is two or more individuals interacting and interdependent
D. engages in collective work that requires joint effort
13) __________ results in a level of performance that is greater than the
sum of the individual input.
A. Synergy
B. Enthusiasm
C. Energy
D. Initiative
14) What happens in the second stage of Tuckman's five stage model of
group development?
A. Close relationships are developed.
B. The group demonstrates cohesiveness.
C. Intragroup conflict often occurs.
D. Groups disband.
15) Zach is devout and very active in his church. He is also a very
dedicated employee. His manager offers him a promotion, but the new
role will require him to work Sundays. Zach would like the promotion,

but realizes that it would force him to miss some church activities. It is
likely that Zach is experiencing which of the following:
A. Role conflict
B. Role expectation
C. Role perception
D. Role identity
16) Which role focuses on bringing about order and consistency by
drawing up formal plans?
A. Leadership
B. Management
C. Task structure
D. Initiating structure
17) Which statement regarding leadership is true?
A. Formal rights enable managers to lead effectively.
B. All managers are leaders.
C. All leaders are hierarchically superior to followers.
D. Nonsanctioned leadership is as important as or more important than
formal influence.
18) What are three situational criteria identified in the Fiedler model?
A. Charisma, influence, and leader-member relations
B. Leader-member relations, task structure, and position power
C. Task structure, leadership ability, and group conflict
D. Emotional intelligence, group orientation, and employee status
19) The reconceptualization of the contingency model by Garcia and
Fiedler is called __________ theory.
A. situational
B. cognitive resource
C. evaluative
D. cognitive dissonance

20) Which path-goal leadership style leads to greater satisfaction when
tasks are ambiguous or stressful?
A. Directive
B. Supportive
C. Participative
D. Reactive
21) According the Path-Goal Theory, what leader is friendly and shows
concern for the needs of followers?
A. Achievement-oriented leader
B. Laissez-faire leader
C. Participative leader
D. Supportive leader
22) Phrases such as “more cultural diversity,” “many new entrants with
inadequate skills,” and “increase in aging workers” are all examples of
what force for change?
A. Technology
B. World politics
C. Nature of the work force
D. Competition
23) What is a goal of planned change?
A. To change the forces of change
B. To alter the agents of change
C. To change employees’ responsibilities
D. To improve the ability to adapt to the environment
24) Using covert influence to overcome resistance to change is called
what?
A. negotiation
B. education
C. coercion
D. manipulation

25) If individuals resisting change are included in making change
decisions in an attempt to gain their support, what is this approach is
called?
A. cooptation
B. exploitation
C. manipulation
D. education
26) Which of the following is a characteristic of organizational control?
A. Formality orientation
B. Decision orientation
C. Team orientation
D. Managerial orientation
27) What term describes the key characteristic of organizational control
that addresses the degree to which employees are expected to exhibit
precision?
A. accountability
B. attention to detail
C. stability
D. reactivity
28) Power is
A. a means for leaders to achieve goals
B. defined by leaders' hopes and aspirations
C. a goal in and of itself
D. not an influence on leaders' goals
29) Leaders achieve goals, and power is
A. defined by leaders’ hopes and aspirations
B. a means of achieving goals
C. a goal in and of itself
D. a strong influence on leaders’ goal
30) The most important aspect of power is probably that it _____.

A. is needed to get things done in an organization
B. is a function of dependency
C. tends to corrupt people
D. is counterproductive
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LDR 531 Individual Assignment Communications Challenges
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This Tutorial contains 2 Papers Purpose of Assignment The purpose of
this assignment is to provide students with an opportunity to apply
communications theories, research, and conversation with class
colleagues to actual business situations, through the development of
applicable strategies. Assignment Steps Read Case 2: Global Shared
Services, McDonald's Corporation located in Mastering Leadership.
Analyze in 1,050 to 1,225 words the communications and group
behavioral issues that might arise in an organization hiring employees
for their first job based on the discussion from your learning team.
Include a strategy to address these challenges. Format your assignment
consistent with APA guidelines.
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LDR 531 Individual Assignment Leading Organizational
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Purpose of Assignment The purpose of this assignment is to provide an
opportunity for the student to integrate and apply the individual and
organizational leadership learning from this course by developing a plan
for organizational change. Assignment Steps Review course assignments
for Weeks 1-5, including the results of the Mastering Leadership Self-
Assessment taken in Week 1. Select an organizational change in your
company or one you know. Develop a 1,050-word analysis designing the
action plan for you, as a leader, to address the organizational change.
Include the following, in any sequence you choose: 1. Identify the
organizational change process steps you would take and prioritize the
order in which you would take them. 2. Include both individual and
organizational leadership actions. 3. Scholarly citations must be given to
support your rationale and proposed actions. Format your assignment
consistent with APA guidelines.
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LDR 531 Individual Assignment Strategic Change Case Study
Essay (2 Papers)
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this assignment is to provide a chance for the student to examine an
existing organization and apply research to identify opportunities for
strategic change. Assignment Steps Develop a 1,050-word essay to
identify one global creative organization, as defined in Ch. 10 and 11 of
Mastering Leadership. Analyze the opportunities for strategic change
that are evident, citing evidence. Include considerations of culture and
structure in addressing those opportunities. Include the following: •
Identify one organization that could be considered creative, based on

definitions in Mastering Leadership. • Determine whether or not you
believe the organization meets those criteria. Explain why. • Discuss the
impact of organizational culture and structure on that opportunity for
strategic change. • Formulate conclusions including personal learning on
your analysis. Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines
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LDR 531 Signature Assignment Outer Game and Inner Game (2
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This Tutorial contains 2 Presentation About Your Signature Assignment
This signature assignment is designed to align with specific program
student learning outcome(s) in your program. Program Student Learning
Outcomes are broad statements that describe what students should know
and be able to do upon completion of their degree. The signature
assignments may be graded with an automated rubric that allows the
University to collect data that can be aggregated across a location or
college/school and used for program improvements. Purpose of
Assignment The purpose of this assignment is to provide students an
opportunity to apply research on motivation and satisfaction to the
analysis of their individual behavior and environment. Assignment Steps
Create an 8- to 10-slide PowerPoint® presentation describing your Outer
Game and Inner Game. See Ch. 3 of Mastering Leadership for these
concepts. Include the following: •Your leadership role and environment.
• The leadership process in your Outer Game. • The leadership
competencies in your Outer Game. • The leadership consciousness in
your Inner Game. • Insights from this analysis. • Two actions you will
take for growth and development. • Include detailed speaker notes,

supporting citations, and references. Format your assignment consistent
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Identify specific ways in which your organization acquires and shares
knowledge or information? Is this information communicated through
official or unofficial leaders?
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What is the difference between managers and leaders? Is it possible to
be an effective manager without being a leader? Be sure to support your
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LDR 531 Week 1 Personal Leadership Evaluation (2 Papers)
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this assignment is to provide students with an opportunity to reflect on
their personal leadership styles at the beginning of the class, as a basis
for class learning. Assignment Steps Resources: Mastering Leadership
Self-Assessment Take the Mastering Leadership Self-Assessment.
Create a 1,400-word analysis based on the assessment, text, video, and
any other information you wish including: Explain how you view your
strengths and weaknesses, along with a development plan to address
both. Be specific, and explain your rationale based on the text and video,
with cited evidence. You will use this assignment as a reference for the
assignments in Weeks 2-6. You will be required to take the Mastering
Leadership Self-Assessment listed in the Resources. Format your
assignment consistent with APA guidelines. Click the Assignment Files
tab to submit your assignment.
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1) Those with a ________ personality identity opportunities, show
initiative, take action, and preserver until meaningful change occurs,
compared to others who passively react to situations
2) _______ is an extrinsic means of motivation.
3) Which dimension of the Big Five Model is a measure of
reliability?
4) Which of the following is Theory X consistent with?
5) Which of the following is an instrumental value according to the
Rokeach value survey?
6) Which of the following refers to the tendency to be arrogant, have
a grandiose sense of self-importance, require excessive admiration, and
have a sense of entitlement?

7) With reference to the Hofstede’s Framework for assessing
cultures,______ emphasizes a tight social framework in which people
except others in groups of which they are a part to look after them and
protect them
8) The______ pay plan has long been popular as a means of
compensating production workers by paying a fixed sum for each unit of
production completed
9) With reference to the job characteristics model, which of the
following defines skill variety?
10) The_____ is a personality assessment model that taps basic
dimensions which encompass most of the significant variation in human
personality, namely extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness,
emotional stability and openness to experience
11) Supportive leadership is most likely to result in what outcome for
subordinates?
12) Adam Sears is an assembly-line employee with Swenson Motors.
Though Adam is popular among his supervisors and colleagues. Adam
experiences low morale and lack of motivation. He feels frustrated that
his job is restricted to fixing nuts and bolts on the car parts. He fears that
he has no chances of advancing in his career as he cannot completely
assemble a car. Which of the following is true with regards to Adam?
13) Which of the following guidelines for recognizing an employee’s
performance was recommended?
14) Which of the following terms describes basic convicts that “a
specific mode of conduct or end state of existence is personally or
socially preferable to an opposite mode of conduct?
15) Which of the following personality traits indicates the degree to
which a person is unemotional and pragmatic and believes that ends can
justify means?
16) Which of the following refers to bottom-line conclusions
individuals have about their capabilities, competence and worth as a
person?
17) Alex was send to Beijing to help local managers solve the problem
of growing worker dissatisfaction at their manufacturing facility located
in the city. As a part of his visit, he decided to have a town hall meeting

with the workers to understand the problems that they were facing and
the reasons for their discontent. The turnout at the meeting was
substantial; however, when asked for their opinions and suggestions, the
crowd fell silent. As a result, Alex was unable to determine the reason
for employee dissatisfaction. Which of the following, if true, best
explains this situation?
18) According to Blake and Mouton, effective leaders are most likely to
facilitates subordinate growth and development by having
19) Milton Rokeach created the Rokeach Value Survey (RVS) which
consisted of two sets of values, namely _______ values and
_______values
20) With reference to john Holland’s personality-job fir theory, people
belonging to the investigate type prefer
21) Which of the following statement is true regarding a merit-based
pay plan?
22) Which of the following is the least desirable approach for
developing subordinates?
23) Which of the following is most likely to be a drawback of highly
conscientious people according to the Big Five Model?
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What are the differences between people oriented and task oriented
leadership styles? Explain the similarities and differences in the
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What are the benefits of minimizing organizational politics? Give two
examples of how your organization could minimize organizational
politics.
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LDR 531 Week 2 Individual Assignment Professional
Development Plan (New)
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Assume you are the manager of your learning team and need to develop
a plan that will address the characteristics of your group and yourself as
the leader. This plan can be used to determine the needs of the learning
team and is a tool for members to assess their skills, strengths, areas
needing improvement, and the resources needed to help them reach their
career goals.
Use each Learning Team member’s DiSC assessment results completed
in Week One.
Develop a combined DiSC chart of your Learning Team members for
use in developing this paper. Based on the individual assessments, what
are the characteristics of your team?
Create a professional development plan to address the characteristics of
the Learning Team members both individually and as a group and your
ability to lead them:

Required Elements:
No more than 1400 words
Formatyour paper consistent with APA guidelines
Evaluate the individuals, including yourself, and the group based on the
DiSC assessment.
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Discuss this week’s objectives with your team. Your discussion should
include the topics you feel comfortable with, any topics you struggled
with, and how the weekly topics relate to application in your field.
Prepare a 350- to 1,050-word paper detailing the findings of your
discussion.
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1) The leadership process that describes how a group operates in an
open system with other groups is called
2) Ideological leaders will develop when the leader
3) Effective transformational leaders
4) Transformational behavior can include
5) The concept that some people are natural (born) leaders is an
attribute of which leadership approach?
6) Distant charismatic’s are often described in terms of their effect on
follower
7) Which statement about transformational and charismatic
leadership is most accurate?
8) One unique characteristic of followers in leadership theory is
9) CEOs who exhibit charismatic characteristics were noted to

10) Which statement comparing transformational and charismatic
leadership is most accurate?
11) At theory that emphasizes leader traits and skills as determinants of
leadership behavior is best categorized at what level?
12) Which characteristic of negative charismatic leadership is more
likely to lead to failure?
13) A leadership contingency theory that stresses the intelligence and
experience of the leader is
14) Most of the leadership theory and research explaining the actions of
leaders and why those actions occurred has described
15) A theory that explains the most effective pattern of leadership
behavior in a specified situation is best classified as
16) A contingency theory of leadership that depends on specific
procedure for leader behaviors and has strong support is
17) Which of the following is a characteristic of a positive charismatic?
18) Charismatic leaders add followers by
19) What level of leadership process is emphasized in most theories of
effective leadership?
20) Contingency theories may be difficult to implement because
21) A Contingency theory that contains mediating variables is
22) Most leadership theories emphasize
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How would you modify your communication style to better
accommodate team or group members with contrasting communication
styles? Be sure to provide specific examples.

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Evaluate how a company structures or uses groups or teams. Do you feel
the organization would be a good fit for you based on what you learned
through the Williams assessment? Why or why not?
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Select and describe a leader you admire. Your selected leader may be
either a real-life individual or a fictional character from television, the
movies, or a book. Using leadership theories, nalyse your selected leader
to identify characteristics and provide specific examples of leadership
qualities you think contributed to that person’s success.
Evaluate your own leadership style and work with your mentor to
identify your own leadership characteristics.
Write a paper in which you explain your leadership style and your ideas
and plans for improving your effectiveness as a leader based on your
comparison with an admired leader and your work with your mentor.
Required Elements:
No more than 1050 words
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines

Evaluate your chosen leader and yourself, based on the leadership
theories.
Summarize the discussion with your mentor
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Discuss and choose, as a Learning Team, the most important barrier that
you think creates a communication challenge within groups and teams,
as highlighted in the “Barriers to Effective Communication” section in
Ch. 11 of Organizational Behavior. Why did your team choose this
particular barrier and how does it create a communication challenge?
Provide real-life examples you may have experienced regarding this
particular barrier.
Prepare a 350- to 1,050-word paper detailing the findings of your
discussion.
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1) Which of the following terms best describes that occurs when two
or more parties decided how to allocate scarce resource?
2) Shirley Shands is a hard worker but Debra, her manger, is irritated
with her. While Debra concedes that Shirley’s work gives her no cause
for complaint, Debra is toured of the interruptions in her work because
of Shirley asking for repeated clarifications over what exactly she has to
say in e-mails or phone calls. She often requests Debra to proofread her
e-mails before sending them, and Debra feels she sends too many e-
mails instead of just speaking to the person concerned. From the
scenario, we can conclude that_____
3) The two general approaches to negotiation are_______ bargaining
and _____ bargaining
4) Which of the following forms of communication is characterized
by the use of only body movements, intonations, facial expressions, and
physical distance to communicate?
5) Synergy Inc. has recently assigned some of its best employees to
form a cross-functional team and complete a project from a new client.
Many of the employees on his team are apprehensive about the structure
and dynamics of how they will function as a group and accomplish this
goal. To energize the employee, their immediate manager is holding a
meeting with them next week where he will provide them some
additional training in strategies and methods that may work well for the
team. The manager’s initiative to holds this meeting fulfills the _______

function of communication
6) _______ teams are defined as groups of employees who perform
highly related or interdependent jobs and take on many of
responsibilities of their former supervisors.
7) Bonnie Patterson has been a manager for seven years at Wayne
and Watson, a legal consultancy firm. A good part of her workday
involves holding meetings and she likes to do work on a time bound
schedule. For this reason, members of her team receive the agenda at the
beginning of the meeting, followed by some time to contemplate over
the issue at hand individually, subsequently, the team members present
their ideas one after the other, the group discusses them together, and
lastly, a ranking is done to choose the most favored idea this represents
the ________ approach of group decision making
8) As a consequence of the information circulated by the grapevine in
an organization, employees experience
9) To retain its edge in the organic health food market, Natura has
established a high-priority team comprised of senior executives from the
company’s production, marketing, and research divisions. These
employees work together closely to study consumer attitudes about
organic health foods and come up with closely monitored development
and marketing strategy for new products, this ensure that each division is
informed of the specific needs, timelines, and expected outcomes of the
strategy. It also makes Natura a company that adapts to changes in
market trends swiftly. The team Natura uses here is of the _______ type
10) Jordan is a sales officer who has been underperforming over the last
three month. At the last monthly operations cycle meeting, he was given
a warning. As the time for the next meeting draws close. Jordan fears his
boss reprimanding him. Two days before the meeting, Jordan informs
his manger that he has confirmed six deals in the last few days, one of
which involves multiple orders for their machines, he, however, skips
the detail that these are the only six orders he has been able to obtain in
the whole month, which one of the barriers to effective communication
is depicted here?
11) A collectivist Chinese manager is most likely to use which of the
following techniques for conflict management?

12) Most people assume that a police officer should behave in a lawful
manner, refrain from demonstrating favoritism to any particular group,
and do his or her best to uphold the law. Which of the following terms
best represents these beliefs?
13) When ______ is of importance in decision making, group decisions
are preferred to individual decision.
14) Peter is working on a project. He feels that the parameters need to
be changed to meet client specifications. First, he must talk to his
immediate supervisor, who will then discuss the issue with her
department director before any change can be implemented. Peter is
most likely to be a part of the ________ type of small-group
communication networks.
15) When _______ the result is role conflict.
16) Genepacorporation manufacture home appliances and other
electronic products. Genepa is planning to introduce a new refrigerator
model. The marketing manager at genepa has developed a marketing
plan for this new product and wants to communicate this plan to all the
employees in the marketing department. Which of the following is most
likely to be the best form of communication for communicating this
plan?
17) With reference to the team effectiveness model, which of the
following is one of the key components of an effective team, included
under category of contextual factors?
18) The time attendance system in the production division, at MM, an
automobile manufacturing company, was malfunctioning. Consequently,
grey hill, one of the front-level managers sent it for repair. In the
meantime, he placed a register where all workers of the production
division had to provide their time of entry and exit from the office. At
the end of the week, when looking through the time logs, he had certain
concerns about group of employees. In the next week, he personally
tracked the time logs, he had certain concerns about group of employees
spent working and realized that they were reporting a greater number of
working hours than they actually worked. This group engaged in a
barrier to communication called
19) Janica cooper has recently joined a hospital as a part of the

internship program prescribed by the nursing school she attends. Janica,
who was inspired to take up this profession by the story of Florence
nightingale, had very strong ideals about how she should behave as a
nurse, she must be gentle, pleasant, and caring at all times so she could
serve her patients well, and she often went to great lengths as an intern
by putting in extra hours at the hospital ans so on. The scenario, reflects
Janice’s
20) The ________ view of conflict focuses on productive resolution of
conflicts.
21) When one person seeks to satisfy his or her own interests regardless
of the impact on other parties to the conflict, that person is using the
conflict-handling intention of
22) Matt works as a sales representative at Tandem industries, which
manufactures and sells bicycle, he is the best salesperson on the floor,
but he also receives the highest number of customer complaints for late
deliveries. Which of the following, if true, best explains this situation?
23) _______is defined as a phenomenon in which the norm for
consensus overrides the realistic appraisal of alternatives courses of
action.
24) Which of the following is a unique advantage of lateral
communication?
25) Which of the following is desirable when a crucial project is
delegated to a virtual team?
26) Which of the following statements is true regarding conflict?
27) The informal communication network in an organization is
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Purpose of Assignment The purpose of this assignment is to provide
students an opportunity to apply communication theories and research to
actual business situations. The discussion with other learning team
members is designed to identify and consider different perspectives.
Assignment Steps Read Case 2: Global Shared Services, McDonald's
Corporation, located in Mastering Leadership. Discuss in your learning
team the communications and group behavioral issues that might arise in
an organization that hires employees for their first job. Each member
must post at least two substantive comments (minimum 350 words each)
to the learning team discussion area. Note: Grades are awarded based
upon individual contributions to the Learning Team assignment. Each
Learning Team member receives a grade based upon his/her
contributions to the team assignment. Not all students may receive the
same grade for the team assignment.
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How does goal setting motivate an employee to increase job
performance? Give an example.
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In what type of organization do you think your leadership style would be
most effective, and in what organization would it be least effective?
Compare and contrast these two types of organizations.
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1) Why is Maslow’s theory criticized?
2) ________ are caused by a specific event, are very brief, and
accompanied by distinct facial expressions.
3) Which of the following statements is true regarding goal-setting
theory?
4) Tiffany Crowe works as a showroom executive at a clothing
boutique in London. Today, she is in a positive mood and instantly
greets and smiles at a customer who walks into the store. The customer
feels welcomed by her response. While browsing the store, Crowe helps
the customer with product and passes on her positive mood to the

customer. The customer leaves the store feeling content with a smile on
her face. Which of the following best describes this situation?
5) Charles, Anna, Elle, and Adam are college friends and work in
New York City. Comfortable living in New York occurs at about
$40,000 a year. Charles makes $24,000 a year; Anna makes $30,000 a
year. Elle makes $50,000 a year, and Adam makes $75,000 a year.
Which of the following is most likely to be true with reference to
correlation between pay and job satisfaction?
6) If Alberta is categorized as a Theory X manager, which of the
following behaviors is she most likely to exhibit?
7) ________ refers to evaluative statements or judgments concerning
objects , people, or events.
8) The church you go to every Sunday is made up of people who
have very different lifestyles and are at different stages in their life.
Joanna is a 23-year-old, single parent who works for minimum wage and
shifts from motel to motel for accommodation. Josephine is a single, 45-
year-old woman who earns a decent salary and has few interests and
friends outside her office. Jonathan is 60 years old , extremely wealthy,
has a loving family and enjoys his work. You have decided o apply
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs to determine what motivates each of these
individuals. Which of the following needs would most likely motivate
Joanna?
9) Which of the following statements represents the cognitive
component of attitude?
10) Employees with positive core self-evaluations believe in their inner
worth and basic competence, and are more satisfied with their jobs than
those with negative core self-evaluations. The concept of positive core
self evaluations indicates that
11) Susan Daniels works for an event management company and is
discontent with her job because she was passed over for a promotion.
She has now composed a list of concerns and plans to discuss the issue
with her supervisor. Daniels’ response to the problem is referred to as
12) Which of the following statements is true regarding the effects of
moods and emotions on decision making?
13) Which of the following is an example of deviant workplace

behavior?
14) Which of the following does cognitive dissonance indicates
between two or more attitudes or between behavior and attitudes?
15) MBO provides individual employees with
16) Gerard Yoder believes that every time he picks up his daughter.
Penny, from school, it brings him good luck. The last time he picked up
from school, he won a lottery ticket. Today, after he received her from
school, he reached his office and found out that he has been promoted.
Which of the following concepts best describes Yoder’s belief?
17) Emotions such as relaxation, serenity and calmness comprises the
______ mood dimension
18) Which of the following statements is true regarding negotiations?
19) Self-determination theory proposes that in addition to being driven
by an need for autonomy, people seek ways to achieve
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As you continue to develop in your career, you will find that your
responsibilities as a leader will increase. You will be tasked with many
different jobs, such as managing conflict, handling communication
challenges among your team members, or addressing organizational
communication needs. As you know, no employee likes to speak up only
to have his or her ideas not taken seriously, or to confront others about
their working styles, or to face uncomfortable gossip among coworkers.
View the LDR/531 Storybooks.
Develop a summary of no more than 1,050 words that includes multiple
ways to handle the three situations shown in the Storybooks.

Discuss communication styles and barriers and the conflict and
negotiation process involved in handling the three situations. For each
storybook, describe the strategy or strategies you would apply in these
situations.
Consider the following as you complete the assignment:
Storybook #1:
How would you react when a team member is being vague and trying to
spin bad news to sound more positive, thereby making it harder for the
team to actually approach and resolve the issue?
How could you encourage someone to continue to voice his or her
opinion or to share an idea when you know she is hesitant to do so?
Storybook #2:
As a manager, how would you relay an important negative message with
as little impact on your team as possible? Why would you choose this
method?
What is the best way to handle gossip before it spreads?
How might you handle your team's feelings after a negative situation has
occurred that does not directly affect your team but affects others around
them?
Storybook #3:
What strategies would you use to help your team alleviate stress caused
by deadlines before any conflict arises?
General question for all three storybooks:
Think about a personal situation from your work experience that is
similar to each storybook scenario. How would you approach the
situation differently based on the principles you learned in the
storybooks? How might the results change?
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How could leaders increase learning and innovation in the workplace?
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