Reflect on the assigned readings for the week. Respond to the following prompts: “What do I feel are the most important aspects of my learning in the chapters this week?” and “What about this learning was really worthy of my time and understanding?” Then explain how important it is in society or business.
Also, provide a graduate-level response to each of the following questions:
1 If vision is so important, why do analysts and commentators sometimes criticize a new CEO’s emphasis on formulating a vision for a company that is struggling to survive? Discuss.
2 Do you think every organization needs a noble purpose in order to be successful over the long term? Discuss. Name one company that seems to reflect each category of noble purpose as defined in the chapter.
3 Some mortgage company leaders have said that providing subprime mortgages (earn a commission by making loans to people at high interest rates who may have difficulty making the payments) was based on the noble purpose of giving poor people a chance to participate in the American dream of home ownership. Discuss your opinion of this explanation.
4 Do you believe the Coronavirus pandemic will lead to any lasting changes in Organizations? What kinds of lasting changes do you envision?
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hapter 13. Creating Vision and Strategic Direction.
Learning Objectives:
1 Explain the relationship among vision, mission, strategy, and mechanisms for execution.
2 Create your personal leadership vision.
3 Use the common themes of powerful visions in your life and work.
4 Describe four basic approaches for framing a noble purpose that followers can believe in.
5 Understand how leaders formulate and implement strategy.
6 Apply the elements of effective strategy.
Chapter 14. Shaping Culture and Values.
Learning Objectives:
1 Understand why shaping culture is a vital function of leadership.
2 Recognize the characteristics of a responsive, as opposed to a resistant, culture.
3 Know how to establish a high-performance culture by paying attention to both values and results.
4 Understand and apply how leaders shape culture and values through ceremonies, stories, symbols, language, selection and socialization, and daily actions.
5 Identify the cultural values associated with adaptability, achievement, involvement, and consistency cultures and the environmental conditions associated with each.
6 Act as a values-based leader and instill healthy values in the organizational culture.
7 Apply the principles of spiritual leadership to help people find deeper life meaning and a sense of membership through work.
Chapter 15. Leading Change.
Learning Objectives:
1 Recognize the environmental forces creating a need for change in today’s organizations.
2 Describe the qualities of a change leader and how leaders can serve as role models for change.
3 Implement the eight-stage model of planned change.
4 Use appreciative inquiry to engage people in creating change by focusing on the positive and learning from success.
5 Apply techniques of enabling immersion, facilitating brainstorming, promoting lateral thinking, allowing pauses, and nurturing creative intuition to expand your own and others’ creativity and facilitate organizational innovation
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