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LDR 531 Final Exam Guide
LDR 531 Entire Course
    LDR 531 Week 1 Quiz   LDR 531 Week 1
Discussion Question 1   LDR 531 Week 1 Discussion
Question 2   LDR 531 Week 2 Mentorship Agreement
Form   LDR 531 Week 2 Mentorship Meeting
Worksheet   LDR 531 Week 2 Individual Assignment
Professional Development Plan   LDR 531 Week 2 LT
Reflection   LDR 531 Week 2 Quiz  
Which of the following is best defined as a
consciously coordinated social unit, composed of
two or more people, which functions on a
relatively continuous basis to achieve a common
goal or set of goals? A. Party B. Unit C.
Community D. Organization   2) Over the past 2
decades, business schools have added required
courses on organizational design to many of their
curricula. Why have they done this? A. Managers
no longer need technical skills in subjects such
as economics and accounting to succeed. B.
Managers need to understand human behavior if
they are to be effective. C
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LDR 531 Week 1 Discussion Question 1
LDR 531 Final Exam Guide1
) Which of the following is best defined as a
consciously coordinated social unit, composed of
two or more people, which functions on a
relatively continuous basis to achieve a common
goal or set of goals? A. Party B. Unit C.
Community D. Organization   2) Over the past 2
decades, business schools have added required
courses on organizational design to many of their
curricula. Why have they done this? A. Managers
no longer need technical skills in subjects such
as economics and accounting to succeed.
Identify specific ways in which your
organization acquires and shares knowledge or
information? Is this information communicated
through official or unofficial leaders?
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LDR 531 Week 1 Quiz
LDR 531 Week 1 Discussion Question 2
  What is the difference between managers and
leaders? Is it possible to be an effective
manager without being a leader? Be sure to
support your answer
1) Those with a ________ personality
identity opportunities, show initiative, take
action, and preserver until meaningful change
occurs, compared to others who passively react to
situations   2) _______ is an extrinsic
means of motivation.   3) Which dimension of
the Big Five Model is a measure of
reliability?   4) Which of the following is
Theory X consistent with?   5) Which of the
following is an instrumental value according to
the Rokeach value survey?   6) Which of the
following refers to the tendency to be arrogant,
have
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LDR 531 Week 2 Discussion Question 2
LDR 531 Week 2 Discussion Question 1
What are the differences between people
oriented and task oriented leadership styles?
Explain the similarities and differences in the
leadership styles of women and men. Be sure to
support your reasons.
What are the benefits of minimizing
organizational politics? Give two examples of how
your organization could minimize organizational
politics.
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LDR 531 Week 2 LT Reflection
LDR 531 Week 2 Individual Assignment
Assume you are the manager of your learning
team and need to develop a plan that will address
the characteristics of your group and yourself as
the leader. This plan can be used to determine
the needs of the learning team and is a tool for
members to assess their skills, strengths, areas
needing improvement, and the resources needed to
help them reach their career goals.   Use each
Learning Team members Disc assessment results
completed in Week One.  
Discuss this weeks objectives with your team.
Your discussion should include the topics you
feel comfortable with, any topics you struggled
with, and how the weekly topics relate to
application in your field.   Prepare a 350- to
1,050-word paper detailing the findings of your
discussion.   Click the Assignment Files tab to
submit your assignment.
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LDR 531 Week 2 Mentorship Meeting Worksheet
LDR 531 Week 2 Mentorship Agreement Form
Complete the University Material Mentorship
Agreement Form.   Click the Assignment Files tab
to submit your assignment.
Complete the University Material Week 2
Mentorship Meeting Worksheet. Click the
Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.
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LDR 531 Week 3 Discussion Question 1
LDR 531 Week 2 Quiz
1) The leadership process that describes
how a group operates in an open system with other
groups is called   2) Ideological leaders
will develop when the leader   3) Effective
transformational leaders   4)
Transformational behavior can include   5)
The concept that some people are natural (born)
leaders is an attribute of which leadership
approach?   6) Distant charismatics are
often described in terms of their effect on
follower    
How would you modify your communication style
to better accommodate team or group members with
contrasting communication styles? Be sure to
provide specific examples.
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LDR 531 Week 3 Individual Assignment Leadership
Style Paper
LDR 531 Week 3 Discussion Question 2
Evaluate how a company structures or uses
groups or teams. Do you feel the organization
would be a good fit for you based on what you
learned through the Williams assessment? Why or
why not?
Select and describe a leader you admire. Your
selected leader may be either a real-life
individual or a fictional character from
television, the movies, or a book. Using
leadership theories, nalyse your selected leader
to identify characteristics and provide specific
examples of leadership qualities you think
contributed to that persons success.   Evaluate
your own leadership style and work with your
mentor to identify your own leadership
characteristics.   Write a paper in which you
explain your leadership
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LDR 531 Week 3 Mentorship Meeting Worksheet
LDR 531 Week 3 LT Reflection
Discuss and choose, as a Learning Team, the
most important barrier that you think creates a
communication challenge within groups and teams,
as highlighted in the Barriers to Effective
Communication section in Ch. 11 of
Organizational Behavior. Why did your team choose
this particular barrier and how does it create a
communication challenge? Provide real-life
examples you may have experienced regarding this
particular barrier.   Prepare a 350- to
1,050-word paper detailing the findings of your
discussion.   Click the Assignment Files tab to
submit your assignment.
Complete the University Material Week 3
Mentorship Meeting Worksheet. Click the
Assignment Files tab to submit your as
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LDR 531 Week 4 Discussion Question 1
LDR 531 Week 3 Quiz
1) Which of the following terms best
describes that occurs when two or more parties
decided how to allocate scarce resource?   2)
Shirley Shands is a hard worker but Debra, her
manger, is irritated with her. While Debra
concedes that Shirleys work gives her no cause
for complaint, Debra is toured of the
interruptions in her work because of Shirley
asking for repeated clarifications over what
exactly she has to say in e-mails or phone calls
How does goal setting motivate an employee to
increase job performance? Give an example.
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LDR 531 Week 4 Mentorship Meeting Worksheet
LDR 531 Week 4 Discussion Question 2
In what type of organization do you think your
leadership style would be most effective, and in
what organization would it be least effective?
Compare and contrast these two types of
organizations.
Complete the University Material Week 4
Mentorship Meeting Worksheet. Click the
Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.
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LDR 531 Week 4 Team Assignment Conflict Resolution
LDR 531 Week 4 Quiz
) Why is Maslows theory criticized?   2)
________ are caused by a specific event, are
very brief, and accompanied by distinct facial
expressions.   3) Which of the following
statements is true regarding goal-setting
theory?   4) Tiffany Crowe works as a
showroom executive at a clothing boutique in
London. Today, she is in a positive mood and
instantly greets and smiles at a customer who
walks into the store. The customer feels welcomed
by her response. While browsing the store, Crowe
helps the customer with product and passes on her
positive mood to the customer. The customer
leaves the store feeling content with a smile on
her face. Which of the following best describes
this situation?  
As you continue to develop in your career, you
will find that your responsibilities as a leader
will increase. You will be tasked with many
different jobs, such as managing conflict,
handling communication challenges among your team
members, or addressing organizational
communication needs. As you know, no employee
likes to speak up only to have his or her ideas
not taken seriously, or to confront others about
their working styles, or to face uncomfortable
gossip among coworkers.
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LDR 531 Week 5 Discussion Question 2
LDR 531 Week 5 Discussion Question 1
How could leaders increase learning and
innovation in the workplace? Give an example.
What are the different reasons for resisting
change in the workplace and how could leaders go
about creating employee buy-in to change? Give an
example.
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LDR 531 Week 5 LT Reflection
LDR 531 Week 5 Individual Assignment Motivation
Plan Paper
Use the Disc assessment results from your
Learning Team members.   Interview your mentor to
gather information about your mentors
organization, the department your mentor works
in, and his or her job description.   Write a
plan that may be applied to your mentors
department and that would increase your Learning
Team members motivation, satisfaction, and
performance based on their personal profiles, as
if they were employees of that department.   Requi
red Elements  
Complete the 360 assessment.   Discuss the
benefits of using this assessment as a
tool.   Prepare a 350- to 1,050-word paper
detailing the findings of the 360
assessment.   Click the Assignment Files tab to
submit your assignment.
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LDR 531 Week 5 Quiz
LDR 531 Week 5 Mentorship Meeting Worksheet
Complete the University Material Week 5
Mentorship Meeting Worksheet. Click the
Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.
1) Which of the following is an example of
an individual source of resistance to
change?   2) Strategy of differentiation
consists of which of the following?   3)
Culture is most likely to be a liability
when   4) Which of the following is the last
step in Kotters eight-step plan for implementing
change?   5) A(n) ______ strategy emphasizes
the introduction of major new products and
services.   6) _______ are persons who act
as catalysts and assume the responsibility for
managing refinement activities.  
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LDR 531 Week 6 Discussion Question 2
LDR 531 Week 6 Discussion Question 1
How has the structure of todays archetypal,
large organization changed from the typical
organization of the past? What is the most
significant event in the evolution of
organizational structure? Be sure to support your
answer.
How could socialization be compared to
brainwashing and how can socialization be used
ethically within an organization? Give an example.
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LDR 531 Week 6 Quiz
LDR 531 Week 6 Mentorship Meeting Worksheet
Complete the University Material Week 6
Mentorship Meeting Worksheet. Click the
Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.
) Transformational change in an
organization   2) Political behavior in the
work place   3) Hard power tactics best
influence those with which following
characteristic?   4) A person likely to
participate in political behavior   5) Buck
passing and scapegoating when politics is
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LDR 531 Week 6 Team Assignment Failure Analysis
and Change Strategy
While there is no blueprint or checklist that
one can follow to guarantee the success of a
business, much can be learned from analyzing
those that have failed and those that have
flourished during the same time period and under
similar circumstances.   Write a paper of no more
than 2,000 words.   Part 1 Business Failure
Analysis  

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