2.6 Transformational
Leadership
Boundless Management- Key
Behaviors of Transformational Leaders
Transformational leadership and organizational
change go hand-in-hand. In your journal, write at least two paragraphs listing some
connections between transformational leadership, progress, and organizations.
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Unit 3 (Week 3):Change
Management and Decision-Making
3.1 Change management
Planning
and Executing Change Effectively
As you read this section, pay very close
attention to the material on Kurt Lewin’s three-stage model of planned change.
This will be an important base of knowledge for you to have in this unit. After
reading this section, critically evaluate the reasons why concepts like
“unfreezing” and inclusion can help to bring about change in an
organization. Write your
response in your journal in the form of an essay of 350–500 words.
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Boundless Management-Managing Change for
Organizations
Read this section. Then, thinking back to what
you read about Kurt Lewin in the previous resource, discuss why Lewin’s
research on change is applicable today. You should be picking up on a theme in
this course about how the ways our concept of leadership has evolved over time
and differed among various professional environments, such as national
politics, professional athletics, and of course, business.(Approx 2-3 paragrpahs)
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Kentucky State university-Charles R Nichols-
The need for communicating change
Read this article. Can you think of a time when
you felt left in the dark about a change? How did it make you feel, and how did
you react? Respond in your journal, and consider posting your reflection in the
discussion forum. (2-3
paragraphs)
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Colin
Prices-Encouraging Organizations to Change-The Influence Model
Read this article. Colin Price describes a
square with four quadrants that represents how management is able to introduce
change. Read this information carefully and make a pictoral representation of the model Price
describes in your journal.
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3.2 Decision Making
War Resisters
International-Techniques for Consensus Decision Making in Large Groups.pdf
Large groups often
function differently than smaller, more intimate teams. As a leader, you need
to be able to navigate both types of groups. Read the article and discuss how
you have seen decision making techniques utilized by a large group of people –
either groups of which you were part or groups you have observed. If you cannot
think of a relevant experience, think about how decision making might play out
with any large group. Journal
about your experience leading or observing the leadership of large groups.(2-3
paragraphs)
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Boundless
Management- Rational and Nonrational Decision Making-(Rational)
Compare and contrast
Prospect Theory and Bounded Rationality. In your journal, discuss which theory
you believe to be more valid and why. Write at least a paragraph.
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Boundless
Management- Rational and Nonrational Decision Making(Non-Rational)
Read
this article and explain what you think is the role of emotion in decision
making. Describe what you
feel and why in a detailed essay of 350-500 words.
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link:
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Polly LaBarres- What’s Your Default
Explain whether organizations should depend more on their
leader’s strength of conviction or leaders’ overall competency to lead others. (1-2 paragraphs)
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3.3 Biases
The
Psychology of Groups by Donelson R Forsyth
Review
the article and reflect upon some past situation where you were part of a large
group. In an essay of
200–400 words, describe the tactics/strategies your group used to make
decisions. Explain whether or not the tactics/strategies were effective or not
and use information from the article to support your points.
Article
link:
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Theories
of Knowledge- Selectivity of Perception
Read
the article and identify how advertising or marketing utilizes consumer
perception to sell its products. Compare and contrast such marketing techniques
to how an individual might similarly try to persuade the room of something when
making a presentation to a group at work. Jot some notes about your reflection
in your journal.
(2-3 paragraphs)
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