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BUS520
Leadership and Organizational

Week 4 Assignment
1

ORGANIZATIONAL ISSUES AND SOLUTIONS

Leaders address issues and propose solutions. As a leader,
you’ll need to stay on top of events that may facilitate or hinder
productivity. You must create and implement solutions to address these issues.
This assignment exposes you to complex modern organizational challenges. The
solutions you devise should reflect your learning and research of
organizational and individual influences in the workplace.

INSTRUCTIONS

The new CEO has selected your consulting firm to give
him/her an analysis of the organizational efficiency.

Write a double-spaced 2 to 3 page paper in which you will
present to the

CEO your findings during your research steps. You must
propose strategic

solutions in your paper to include the following:

1) Describe the Organization and the Issue to Resolve

• Provide a brief description of the organization you
selected.

• Presentthe organizational issue that adversely affected
productivity and that you, the consultant, will review and

resolve.

2) Analyze Current Corporate Culture

• How has the current corporate culture facilitated the
development of the current issue? Research the organization,

dig into the culture, and analyze how it contributed to this
issue. Hint: Review the mission and vision statements as well as the

corporate website.

3) Identify Areas of Weakness

• What are the organization’s areas of weakness? Use your
research on organizational behavior approaches to corporate

culture, diversity, teamwork, and motivational strategies.

4) Propose Solutions

• What organizational practices would you modify? What
solutions would you recommend to management? As the

consultant you will identify the suggestions and solutions
you would present to the organization’s leadership with regard to modifying
current organizational practices to
resolve the issue.

5) References and Citations

• Provide at least 2 quality resources such as the course
textbook, company website, business websites (CNBC,

Bloomberg, etc.), resources from the Strayer Library, and/or
outside sources. Note: Wikipedia and web-based blogs do not qualify as credible
resources.

• In-text citations are required when paraphrasing or
quoting another source.

6) Formatting and Writing Standards

• Formatting and writing standards are part of your grade.
Align your formatting to the Strayer Writing Standards.

BUS520
Leadership and Organizational

Week 6
Assignment 2

ASSIGNMENT 2

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

PROGRAM PROPOSAL

As you continue your consulting role, the next task is to
deliver a professional development program to the CEO of your chosen organization.
It is important that your program’s proposal be based on your research of
emotional intelligence (EI) and specifically detail how a new incentive
program, based on an EI management approach, will:

? foster teamwork,

? strengthen interpersonal relationships,

? enhance communication,

? increase overall performance,and

? benefit not only managers but the bottom-line.

INSTRUCTIONS

Create a double-spaced 5 to 7 page proposal that includes
the following components:

1) EI and Motivation

• Which ofthe EI building blocks would impact management’s
ability to enhance employee performance and job satisfaction?

• Based on your research on motivational theory, describe
how you would utilize positive or negative reinforcement to influence the
members ofthe organization and resolve the issue. Provide examples to support
yoursolution.

2) EI and Social Skills and Decision Making

• Explain how the core concepts of emotional intelligence
would enhance the social skills and the decision-making efficacy of the management
team.

3) Effective Teams

• Describe the core attributes of an effective team and the
strategies

youwouldimplementto developteamdynamics thatwill benefit the

organization.

4) Reward Systems

• Createaneffectiverewardsystemforthisorganization.Determine

the strategies you would incorporate to motivate employees
and influence behavior.

5) References and Citations

• Provide at least 2 quality resources.

• In-textcitationsarerequiredwhenparaphrasing or
quotinganother source.

6) Formatting and Writing Standards

• Formatting and writing standards are part of your grade.
Align your formatting to the Strayer Writing Standards.

BUS520
Leadership and Organizational

Week 9
Assignment 3

POWER, POLITICS, AND CULTURE

In business, power and politics greatly influence an
organizational culture in turn hinder organizational productivity. In your role
as consultant you observed power and politics influence on the corporate
culture.

INSTRUCTIONS

Create a double-spaced 5 to 7 page report that addresses the
following:

1) Influence of Politics andPower

• Explain how politics and power-play may haveinfluenced the
organization’s culture.

2) Sources of Power

• Explore the sources of power and describe how management
could use this influence to benefit your department and improve organizational
performance.

3) Leadership Behavior and Culture

• Make recommendations that support how the study of power
and politics could influence leadership behavior and improve the organization’s
culture.

4) Leadership Influence

• Discuss the importance and complexity of leadership
behavior.

How does it influence organizational structure and
performance?

5) References and Citations

• Provide at least 2 quality resources.

• In-text citations are required when paraphrasing or
quoting another source.

6) Formatting and WritingStandards

• Formatting and writing standards are part of your grade.
Align

your formatting to the Strayer Writing Standards.