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ABS 415 Innovative Educator

• ABS 415 Entire Course (Ash Course)
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• ABS 415 Week 1 DQ 1
• ABS 415 Week 1 DQ 2
• ABS 415 Week 2 DQ 1
• ABS 415 Week 2 DQ 2
• ABS 415 Week 3 DQ 1
• ABS 415 Week 3 DQ 2
• ABS 415 Week 4 DQ 1
• ABS 415 Week 4 DQ 2

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ABS 415 Innovative Educator

• ABS 415Week 1 DQ 1
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• Week 1 DQ 1
• Discovering Strengths in Leadership
• In a 250-300 word post, evaluate why it is
  important for leaders to know their strengths. 
  Do you think leaders should spend equal time
  learning about their weak points?  Respond to two
  classmates'  postings. 

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• ABS 415Week 1 DQ 2
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• Week 1 DQ 2
• Ethical Leadership
• After watching the Ethical Leadership Why Should
  We Care About Value Leadership video, assess why
  positive attitudes are essential for leaders.  In
  addition, share how the filters of the value
  system impact the attitude of an ethical leader. 
  Lastly, why is leadership more concerned with
  people than management.  Respond to two
  classmates' postings. 

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• ABS 415 Week 2 Assignment Case AnalysisSycamore
  Pharmaceuticals
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• Case Analysis Sycamore Pharmaceuticals
• Read the case analysis Sycamore Pharmaceuticals
  on page 189-190. Write a two- to three- page
  paper (excluding title and reference pages) that
  addresses the following questions.
• What would you advise John Blake to do? Why? What
  are reasons both for and against being honest
  with the FDA?
• Do you believe it would take courage for Blake to
  honestly reveal the timing and content of the
  scientific studies? What sources of courage might
  he call upon to help him make his decision?

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ABS 415 Innovative Educator

• ABS 415 Week 2 DQ 1
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• Week 2 DQ 1
• Developing Emotional Intelligence in Leadership
• Do you think it is appropriate for a leader to
  spend time developing a teams emotional
  intelligence (EI)? Why or why not? What would be
  the advantages/disadvantages?
• Discuss specific circumstances/influences/paramete
  rs that may impact a leaders decision to spend
  time fostering the development of EI.  Your
  initial post must contain a minimum of 250-300
  words. Respond to two of your classmates
  postings.

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• ABS 415Week 2 DQ 2
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• Week 2 DQ 2
• Elements of Emotional Intelligence in Leadership
• Evaluate which of the four elements of emotional
  intelligence (EI) you consider most essential to
  an effective leader? Why? Provide examples from
  real life in your discussion. Include a minimum
  of one APA citation from a scholarly resource.
  Your initial post must contain a minimum of
  250-300 words. Respond to two of your classmates
  postings.

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• ABS 415 week 3 Assignment Employee Motivation
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• Employee Motivation
• Write a three- to four- page paper (excluding
  title and reference pages) in which you debate
  the pros and cons of monetary incentive plans
  from an employee motivation perspective. Research
  and summarize two companies that have implemented
  successful motivation plans that did not involve
  monetary reward/compensation. Discuss why these
  practices were successful based on needs-based
  motivational theory. Include two to three APA
  citations from current scholarly sources.

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• ABS 415 Week 3 DQ 1
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• Week 3 DQ 1
• Motivational Techniques
• Given todays economic environment, some
  companies are secretly freezing pay raises or
  even cutting pay for some employees so they can
  offer substantial raises to people considered
  star performers.
• As a motivational technique, does this practice
  seem like a good one to you?
• Discuss pros/cons of this practice from various
  stakeholder perspectives e.g. employees,
  co-workers, management, tenure vs. non-tenure
  employees, etc.

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• ABS 415 Week 3 DQ 2
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• Week 3 DQ 2
• Leadership in a Crisis
• Listen to the Leadership in a (permanent) Crisis
  podcast by Harvard Business Idea Case. Think
  about a recent crisis. Here are some examples
• BP oil spill in the gulf
• Toyotas quality and safety concerns
• The decline and fall of large financial
  institutions
• The H1N1 (swine flu) scare
• The 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood Army base.

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• ABS 415 Week 4 DQ 1
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• Week 4 DQ 1
• Leadership Role in Diversity
• Evaluate how a leaders role and responsibilities
  might change as a company becomes more diverse.
  Is it important for todays leaders to develop
  cultural intelligence? Do you think a leader that
  has never had experience with people different
  from him or herself can develop the ability to
  smoothly adapt to culturally different ways of
  thinking and behaving? Support your response. 
  Respond to at least two of your classmates
  postings.

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• ABS 415 Week 4 DQ 2
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• Week 4 DQ 2
• Transformational Leadership/Transactional
  Leadership
• Evaluate what you consider the most important
  difference between transformational leadership
  and transactional leadership and between
  transformational and charismatic leadership? How
  is transformational leadership similar to
  charismatic leadership?  Respond to at least two
  of your classmates postings

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• ABS 415 week 5 Assignment Final Paper
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• Final Paper
• The final assignment for this course is a Final
  Paper. The purpose of the Final Paper is for you
  to culminate the learning achieved in the course.
  The Final Project represents 25 of the overall
  course grade.Focus of the Final PaperCreate and
  eight- to ten- page (excluding title and
  reference pages) personal leadership development
  plan. Utilizing at least five current scholarly
  sources, in addition to your course text, address
  the following components

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• ABS 415 Week 5 DQ 1
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• Week 5 DQ 1
• Vision and Mission Statements
• Contrast what the difference is between a mission
  and vision statement?  In terms of strategic
  vision and strategic action, they are both needed
  for effective leadership which do you think you
  are better at doing and why? Respond to at least
  two of your classmates postings.

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• ABS 415 Week 5 DQ 2
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• Week 5 DQ 2
• Recognizing Culture Gaps
• As a leader, how might you recognize a culture
  gap? What are some techniques leaders might use
  to influence and change cultural values  when
  necessary?  In a 250-300 word post support your
  discussion with a minimum of one APA citation
  from an academic resource.  Respond to at least
  two of your classmates postings.

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