Structural Empowerment:
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INSTRUCTION:
Structural Empowerment Paper:
This paper continues the sage of Ted’s leadership at Southern Cross Enterprise. Therefore, students will use the first assignment as a basis for this assignment. However, students may elect to start anew with the case study provided to them.
In this assignment, students will continue to explore Ted, President of Southern Cross Enterprise, as a leader. The goal of this paper is to have students link the concepts of Ted as a social architect, change agent, and individual to Ted as a relationship builder. Think of a relationship builder as a leader who aligns people to his or her vision.
Students will expand the environment to include Ted’s role as a relationship builder. Student will create an Environmental Plan for Ted. Again, students will write from the leader’s perspective.
Remember that to determine strategic direction, the leader must look inward, outward, forward and beyond.
By completing this assignment, student will meet the following outcomes:
- use leadership theories, assessment tools, and an understanding of the role of ethics, values, and attitudes to evaluate and enhance personal leadership skills ( 12 THEORIES AND TOOLS minimum)
- develop and implement strategies that establish constructive interpersonal and group relationships that build high-performing and loyal individuals and teams (4 STRATEGIES and IMPLEMENTATION PLANS MIMINUM)
- evaluate the culture and policies of an organization to recommend and implement improvements that support its vision, success, and sustainability (4 PARAGRAPHS MINIMUM).
Students will create a Leadership Plan in which students will discuss how Ted can create structural empowerment in his environment.
- Introduction (Thesis Statement)
- Discuss the role of Ted as a leader to motivate, empower, communicate and develop teams ( 4 Paragraphs MINIMUM)
- Discuss how Ted should address cultural diversity within the organization (3 Paragraphs MINIMUM)
- Students are expected to be creative but realistic in applying the concepts from the course to expand Ted’s environment and leadership role. (5 Paragraphs MINIMUM)
- Conclusion (Restating and Affirm the Thesis Statement)