GCU HCA455 Week 3 Assignment Latest 2019 October

HCA455 Organizational Behavior
and Leadership in Health Care

Week 3 Assignment

Benchmark Assignment –
Interview a Health Care Organization Leader

Interview

Interview a leader
currently working in a health care institution or organization that interests
you. The interview should be at least 30 minutes in length. To prepare for this
interview, develop 10 questions that focus on organizational behavior that you
will ask the leader.

Ask questions that
help understand and define the person’s leadership and motivational approaches,
and how these affect organizational behavior and culture. Consider academic and
professional background, contributions to the community, problem-solving
processes, mentoring activities, employee relations, position and role in the
organization’s structure, etc.

Paper

Write 1,000-1,250 word
paper. Refer to the questions and responses from your interview. Analyze your
findings using the information on leadership styles and theories, and the
positive and negative outcomes associated with various leadership approaches,
presented in this course. Summarize the conclusions of your analysis in regard
to the following:

Describe the
leadership style, or styles (transformational, transactional, visionary,
servant, etc.) communicated by the leader. Provide examples to support your
explanation.

Describe what
motivational strategies used by the leader.

Identify
organizational behavior/cultural issues the leader has formally or informally
addressed. Describe the leader’s role in those situations, and how the leader’s
motivational strategies or models affected organizational behavior/culture.

Describe the positive
and negative outcomes that occurred as a result of the leader’s overall
approach.

Based upon the
organizational outcomes, determine the most effective strategies the leader
could implement in the future in order to improve, or continuing to improve,
organizational and individual performance.

General Requirements

Prepare this
assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide,
located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a
rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become
familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to
submit this assignment to LopesWrite. Please refer to the directions in the
Student Success Center.