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LDR620 Leading a General Manager

Week 1 Discussion

DQ1 The
Plucknette article suggests that there are considerable differences between
being a leader and being a manager. Is it possible or desirable to be both?
Chapter 2 of the Management textbook suggests that the four functions of
management are planning, organizing, leading, and controlling. Provide one
challenge posed by serving as a leader and one challenge posed by serving as a
manager in each of these functions?

DQ2 What
roles do leadership and innovation play within each of the four management
functions? Provide an example of how to integrate leadership into at least two
management functions.

LDR620 Leading a General Manager

Week 2 Discussion

DQ1 Provide
an example of a challenge you have experienced in the workplace leading a
cross-functional team or as part of a cross-functional team. How was this
challenge solved? Would you have approached the challenge differently? If so,
how?

DQ2 Organizations
are increasingly transcending country boarders and physical space limitations.
What are some effective strategies to motivate dispersed team members in a
virtual setting? What are some emerging trends that deal with this challenge in
your field? Provide an example.

LDR620 Leading a General Manager

Week 3 Discussion

DQ1 An
individual manager’s ability to make ethical decisions is influenced by many factors,
such as individual traits and corporate culture. Applying conscious capitalism
principles typically starts with a plan from the CEO and requires the plan to
be implemented through various management levels and all employees. What role
does ethics play in conscious capitalism and how do the ethics of conscious
capitalism impact management tactics within an organization?

DQ2 Post a
draft of your Strategic Management and Socially Conscious Organization
Presentation assignment to the Main Forum. Read two classmates’ presentations
and provide feedback to your peers about their presentations. Are there areas
that need adjustments?

LDR620 Leading a General Manager

Week 4 Discussion

DQ1 What
are the major elements of strategic planning? Refer to HBS case reprint,
Southwest Airlines: In a Different World. What elements of strategic planning
are present in the case study? Based on the case study, what are the major
challenges of strategic planning, especially for large, complex organizations
like Southwest airlines? What challenges does strategic planning on such a
large scale pose for leaders?

DQ2 What
have you experienced or what do you anticipate as the most challenging aspect
of strategic planning in your field of interest? What do you think can be done
to improve strategic planning processes in your own organization or field?

LDR620 Leading a General Manager

Week 5 Discussion

DQ1 In
“Business Model Innovation in Practice,” Euchner and Ganguly (2014)
discuss the challenge of implementing innovations within organizations that are
naturally resistant to change. They present a systematic approach for
integrating innovations to increase the likelihood of acceptance and success.
Review their five-step approach and discuss how the four functions of
management (planning, organizing, leading and controlling) can be leveraged
within in their suggested approach to assist organizations in implementing
successful innovations.

DQ2 What do
you anticipate will be the greatest challenge of operationalizing strategy
across various business functions? Do you think the challenges change depending
on the circumstances? Provide an example within your field.

LDR620 Leading a General Manager

Week 6 Discussion

DQ1 Return
to HBS case reprint, “Southwest Airlines: In a Different World.” The
case study makes it clear that a significant shift in organizational strategy
requires collaboration across multiple departments, or functions, within a
business. Review the case and discuss how you think Southwest’s plan to serve
La Guardia would impact two primary business functions (e.g., marketing,
operations, human resources, finance, accounting, and IT). Consider how
coordinating efforts of the two functions to successfully serve La Guardia
might affect management and decision making. How integral is collaboration
among business functions to the success of Southwest’s plan? Cite specifics
from the case in your response.

DQ2 Provide
an example in which managerial decision making has positively or negatively
affected you? How did the personal decision-making styles used by managers
apply to the situation? What is your take away from the example you provided
after your reading about managerial decision making in this topic?

LDR620 Leading a General Manager

Week 7 Discussion

DQ1 An
organization’s landscape can be expansive and complex. Most organizations rely
heavily upon information technology as a way to achieve outcomes. Conduct a
needs assessment on your current organization or a familiar organization.
Evaluate the cross-functionality of departments to identify gaps or
opportunities for more effectively utilizing information technology to improve
collaboration, efficiency, and communication. Recommend improvements based on
your assessment. Include an explanation of the benefits in your proposal.

DQ2 Respond
to the “Apply Your Skills: Case for Critical Analysis: Email
Adventure,” located at the end of Chapter 17 in the Management textbook.

LDR620 Leading a General Manager

Week 8 Discussion

DQ1 From
the perspective of a general manager in your field, which of the organizational
control methods outlined in Chapter 19 of the Management textbook do you think
would be the most universal? What does organizational control look like in your
sphere of influence?

DQ2 Consider
your Strategic Plan: Presentation video assignment. Write a brief description
on how you plan to organize and present your Strategic Plan or share a draft of
your video. Provide feedback to your peers about their initial plans for their
videos. Are there areas that need adjustments?

LDR620 Leading a General Manager

Week 3 Assignment

Strategic
Management and Socially Conscious Organization Presentation

Create a
7-10 slide presentation with speaker notes on an organization that exhibits
characteristics of a socially conscience organization. Cite the mission and
vision in your presentation. Explain how the mission and vision are translated
into implementation of strategy. Be sure to provide specific examples.

As a
manager, your role is to carry out the mission and vision of the organization
in daily life, ensuring alignment between managerial tactics and the
organization’s mission and vision. Examine the organization’s alignment through
the following concepts: corporate social responsibility, corporate culture,
personal ethics, leadership, followership, and competitive advantage.

APA format
is required for essays only. Solid academic writing is always expected. For all
assignment delivery options, documentation of sources should be presented using
APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located
in the Student Success Center.

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

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Week 4 Assignment

Strategic
Planning: SWOT Analysis and Goals

Strategic
planning within organizations provides a plethora of benefits to the
organization including meeting goals specified in the plan and contributing to
the long-term success of an organization. Refer to Exhibit 8.3: The Strategic
Management Process, located in Chapter 8 of the Management textbook.

For this
assignment, select either your own organization or one you know enough about to
complete a series of assignments related to strategic planning for a proposal
you would like to implement. The same organization will be used in the
following assignments:

Strategic
Planning: Strategy Map (Topic 4)

Strategic
Planning: Action Plan (Topic 5)

Strategic
Planning: Communication Plan (Topic 7)

Strategic
Planning: Evaluation (Topic 8)

Strategic
Planning: Presentation (Topic 8)

Once you
have selected the organization, identify a strategic goal through preforming a
SWOT analysis within your sphere of influence. For example, if you are not
currently in a management or leadership position, it is acceptable to focus on
a more focused area of your organization you are currently in a position to
impact. If you are a classroom teacher, perhaps you see opportunities for
improving access to technology in your district. If you are a nurse, perhaps
you see opportunities to improve communication processes in your department,
etc.

A SWOT
analysis is part of strategy formulation that leads to goal setting and then
progresses to the development of a strategic plan. Be sure to follow the
criteria for effective goals as illustrated to Exhibit 7.5, located in Chapter
7 of the Management textbook.

Complete a
SWOT analysis using the “SWOT Analysis” template. Consider the
following guiding questions as you complete the SWOT Analysis:

What are
the recognized strengths of your identified area?

What does
your identified area do better than other companies?

What unique
capabilities or resources does you identified area possess?

What do
other companies consider to be your strength?

What are
the recognized weaknesses of your identified area?

What do
competitors do better than your identified area?

What areas
can be improved at your current position?

What do
other companies consider to be your weakness?

What trends
or conditions impact the company in a positive way?

What
opportunities exist for the identified area?

What trends
or conditions impact the identified area in a negative way?

What is the
competition doing that may have an impact on your identified area?

Does your
identified area have solid financial support?

What impact
does your weakness have on the threats your identified area faces?

These
questions are samples of what you may need to address in your SWOT Analysis.
Using the SWOT analysis results, develop at least one strategic goal. Submit
both the completed SWOT analysis document and the strategic goal.

APA format
is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

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.

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Week 5 Assignment

Strategic
Planning: Strategy Map

The
Strategic Planning: SWOT Analysis assignment completed in Topic 4 helped you
identify a strategic goal within your sphere of influence. This assignment asks
you to visually represent the cause-and-effect relationship among goals,
operations, and stakeholders. In addition, this assignment seeks to examine the
impact on various operational processes within the selected organization

According
to your Management textbook, a strategy map “is a visual representation of
the key drivers of an organization’s success, showing the cause-and-effect
relationship among goals and plans.” Refer to Exhibit 7.4 in the textbook.
A strategy map seeks to align organizational goals into strategy and provide
clear direction for the organization.

Review the
mission statement of your selected organization. Prior to creating a strategy
map, identify your stakeholders. Complete a stakeholder analysis to identify
and prioritize the various stakeholders. Refer to the “Stakeholder
Analysis” resource from Mindtools and complete all steps.

Based on
your strategic goal, create a strategy map using Microsoft Word, Microsoft
PowerPoint, Microsoft Visio, or other software. Include only the required
perspectives (financial, customer, internal, and learning and growth) that
pertain to the strategic goal in your map. The cause-and-effect relationships
are described by connecting arrows.

APA format
is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

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 not
required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.

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Week 6 Assignment

Benchmark –
Strategic Planning: Action Plan

Use your
completed strategy map to formulate functional-level strategy for the primary
business functions included in your plan. Functional-level strategies are the
action plans used by departments within organizations to support the execution
of business-level strategy at the managerial level. Create a 500-750 word
action plan that addresses the following:

Identify
which management tactics and strategies you will implement to meet your
strategic goals for each of the stakeholders, departments, or business
functions impacted by your plan: MBO, MBM, single-use or standing plans,
competitive advantage, contingency planning, building scenarios, crisis
planning, and innovation.

Provide an
explanation of how you will apply managerial decision-making methods throughout
your action plan.

Which
business functions will be impacted by your action plan? What tactics will you
use to manage implementation across business functions? What can you do to
enhance collaboration/cross-functionality to ensure the success of your plan?

Identify
leadership strategies you plan to implement throughout the execution of your
action plan. In particular, explain which strategies you would implement to
foster team collaboration among the multiple stakeholders who must collaborate
to successfully implement the plan. Why do you think these will be successful?

While APA
format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing
is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA
formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in
the Student Success Center.

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.

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Week 7 Assignment

Benchmark –
Strategic Planning: Communication Plan

Using your
completed action plan, create a 500-750 word communication plan for
disseminating your action plan to all of the stakeholders. Which strategies do
you plan to utilize and why? Your plan should demonstrate how you plan to use
formal and informal communication channels to implement the plan.

In
addition, explain how the communication plan addresses what you are hoping to
achieve with your strategic goal. What leadership or managerial skills will you
draw upon in implementing this plan?

While APA
format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing
is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA
formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in
the Student Success Center.

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.

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Week 8 Assignment

Strategic
Plan: Evaluation

In order to
complete your strategic plan, select the methods you will use to evaluate how
your strategic goal is being met. Include specific metrics that will be used to
evaluate the success of the implementation of the plan. What types of controls
will you use? Provide your response in 250-500 words.

APA format
is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

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

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Week 8 Assignment

Strategic
Plan: Presentation

Effective
oral communication is essential in the business setting, especially when it
comes to achieving buy-in for significant, complex, or costly change. To
practice your oral communication skills, create a 5-7 minute oral presentation
of your strategic plan for your manager or director or other essential
stakeholders whose approval you would require. Be sure to address the
“why” and “how” for your strategic plan in the
presentation, providing all the necessary details your audience needs to make
an informed decision. Record yourself presenting the plan using YouTube or any
other video site that allows you to post your video. Adhere to the following:

Be sure to
demonstrate appropriate and meaningful professionalism for the intended
audience which include proper pace, tone, inflection, pronunciation, and
meaningful gestures that convey clarity.

Be sure the
audio included in the video is clear and free of technological glitches that
diminish the audio quality.

Be sure the
visual appearance of the video is free of technological glitches that diminish
the visual quality.

Please
refer to the “How to Share a Private YouTube Video” if you are
concerned with privacy issues.

APA format
is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

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 not
required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.