BSN421 Full Course Latest 2018 December Question # 00597013 Subject: Education Due on: 01/17/2019 Posted On: 01/17/2019 05:01 AM Tutorials: 1 Rating: 4.5/5

BSN421
Leadership and Strategic Planning

Module 1
Discussion

Reflect upon a decision you have made or a problem you have
solved in the past year. Apply one of
the theoretical approaches to your problem/decision. According to Marquis and Huston (2014), critical
thinking is sometimes referred to as reflective thinking (p.3). What would you have done differently, if at
all? Identify if you were in a
leadership or management position. How
would this situation be different if you were in the other position?

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Leadership and Strategic Planning

Module 2
Discussion

From your reading for this week, consider the process of
change. Since nurses often play a key
role in recognizing the need for change in the workplace, identify and describe
briefly the roles and responsibility of the change agent. Discuss the differences between planned
change and change by drift. In your
opinion, what skills and abilities are needed to be an effective change
agent? Give an example of how you have
functioned as a change agent within your workplace and discuss the outcome.

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Leadership and Strategic Planning

Module 3
Discussion

The reading assignments from the Marquis and Houston (2014)
textbook references systematic approaches to ethical problem solving, principles
of ethical reasoning, legal issues, and advocacy. For this discussion, please reflect on and
include in your discussion the following:

Compare and contrast ethical framework(s) for decision
making.

Identify the principles of ethical reasoning and discuss the
characteristics of each. From your
experience functioning as a patient advocate in nursing, elaborate and discuss
at least one principle that you have used within your practice. Describe the outcome.

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Leadership and Strategic Planning

Module 4
Discussion

This week we have the opportunity to review organizational
concepts. According to Marquis and
Huston (2014), “every organization should be viewed as being part of a
greater community of stakeholders” (p. 266). For this week’s discussion question, answer
the following:

Describe the importance of stakeholders, including external
and internal stakeholders. Examine the
organization where you currently work and identify the stakeholders. In your opinion, do you feel these
stakeholders are supportive or threatening to your organization? Identify the
source of power for each group of stakeholders.
Which groups have authority?

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Leadership and Strategic Planning

Module 5
Discussion

“To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all
different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a
guide for our communication with others” ~ Anthony Robbins

This week you will study about creating a motivating
climate, communication, delegation, and managing conflict. As leaders, these concepts are important to
understand and will serve you well in whatever position you chose. Marquis and Huston (2014) suggest “dynamic
leaders inspire followers toward participative management by how they work and
communicate in groups” (p. 438).

You have been working and constructing your change project
since week 2. This week for your
discussion question, you need to construct a memo in the form of an email to
communicate your change project. In your initial post, include the memo. Then
discuss the following:

How would you communicate this project in the upward,
downward, horizontal, and diagonal channels?

Explain your strategies and provide evidence of support from
your readings or literature.

Discuss grapevine communication networks that exist within
your organization and make recommendations of how you would ensure accurate
information is communicated through this method.

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Leadership and Strategic Planning

Module 6
Discussion

DQ1 In this discussion, please do the following:

Select 3 principles of Total Quality Management (TQM) and
discuss the importance of each. How would you ensure these principles are
integrated?

To measure outcomes, tools are used in an effort to provide
data, so that leaders can evaluate and make decisions regarding quality. Using the information gathered from the
textbook and AHRQ website; create and post an audit tool that could be used for
your change project.

DQ2 Review the Final Project details in Module 7. Then, post
a PowerPoint presentation of your final project by mid-week and include a
summary of the project and the benefits, if implemented. Your PowerPoint will include a title slide,
introduction, a minimum of one slide for each of the 9 sections of the final
project and a reference slide. The
presentation should be 12-15 slides in length.

Then, review at least two of your peers’ presentations and
provide general comments and suggestions for improvements.

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Leadership and Strategic Planning

Module 7
Discussion

Compare and contrast the leadership styles, autocratic,
democratic and laissez-faire, and the impact this has on the social learning
theory. After reviewing the leadership
theories, reveal the theory that most accurately describes your leadership
style.

BSN421
Leadership and Strategic Planning

Module 8
Discussion

Please reflect on your learning during this course. What was the most important learning area or
something that modified your thinking about an issue?

BSN421
Leadership and Strategic Planning

Module 1 Assignment
1

Review the change projects available in the Virtual
Hospital. During this course you will work with a mentor to select a change
project that management could undertake that would lead to improvement, you may
select one that is available in the Virtual Hospital or one that is suggested
by your mentor. In a 1-2 page document
to your professor, identify your practice learning site and mentor with
rationale. Identify your 6 personal learning goals for the practice experience.
For this first written assignment, APA is required in the paper. At least one
professional, peer-reviewed journal article or textbook reference is required
for this assignment. Please adhere to correct APA formatting for the rest of
the assignments in this course.

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Leadership and Strategic Planning

Module 2 Assignment
2

With input from your mentor, select a change that management
could undertake that would lead to improvement or select one that is available
in the Virtual Hospital. Using a change
process discussed in Chapter 8 of your text and detail the steps required to
initiate this change, including the role of the change agent. Complete and submit a 2-3 page paper in APA
format and submit during Week 2.

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Leadership and Strategic Planning

Module 3 Assignment
3

In a 2-3 page paper in APA format, use the MORAL
Decision-Making model to complete Learning Exercise titled “A Nagging
Uneasiness” in the course text (Marquis & Huston, 2014).

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Leadership and Strategic Planning

Module 6 Assignment
4

Your professor will assign each of you a presentation of a
peer’s to critique.

Find your assigned peer’s presentation in Discussion 6 –
Question 2 and complete a peer review of your peer’s presentation using the
Peer Review Form included in this module.

Then, upload your completed peer review to this assignment,
and email a copy to your classmate by the end of week 6 so that they can
incorporate your feedback into their final draft of the assignment.

You may write out the review in paragraph format or use
bullet points. APA format is not necessary and no reference articles are
required, but standard grammar and spelling are expected. Use the grading
rubric to complete your assignment. The peer review feedback gained from your
classmates will be incorporated into your final project. If you have any
questions regarding the assignment please contact your instructor using the
Course Help forum.

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Leadership and Strategic Planning

Module 7 Assignment

Using the paper written in Assignment 2 as a guide,
incorporate feedback from your instructor and write a 9-10 page paper expanding
on your planned change initiative and devise an implementation plan. Address the following points:

The change you wish to initiate

The rationale for the change, using supporting data

The outcomes desired from the change

The audience you need to convince

The benefits to the institution

Allocation of resources and potential budget requirements

The group to lead the initiative —why these members

The proposed timeline

Measures of success.

Use APA formatting and include at least 5 scholarly
references in addition to the textbook.