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• MGT 460 Entire Course (Ash Course)
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• MGT 460 Week 1 DQ 1 Ethical Practices
• MGT 460 Week 1 DQ 2 Need for Change
• MGT 460 Week 2 DQ 1 Training
• MGT 460 Week 2 DQ 2 Mentoring

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• MGT 460 Week 1 DQ 1 Ethical Practices (Ash
  Course)
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• Ethical Practices. Ethics are the foundation of
  successful leadership in business and the
  reputation of a business is impacted by its
  leaders ethical practices. Find two articles in
  the Ashford Library to share with the class one
  on ethical leadership practices and the other on
  unethical leadership practices. Summarize your
  findings on the impact of the respective
  business reputation on the public.

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• MGT 460 Week 1 DQ 2 Need for Change (Ash Course)
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• Need for Change. Discuss a situation (past or
  present) when a leader refused to change their
  leadership style or did not recognize a need for
  change in order to achieve desired results. What
  were the reasons for the change? What were the
  results?
• Respond to at least two of your classmates posts
  with constructive ideas, comments, or suggestions

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• MGT 460 Week 2 DQ 1 Training (Ash Course)
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• Training. Discuss an instance when you identified
  a weakness in the skill set in an employee (or in
  yourself ). If you had limited financial
  resources, where would you look for training to
  close the gap on these skill sets? How would the
  success of the training be measured?
• Respond to at least two of your classmates posts
  with constructive ideas, comments, or suggestions.

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• MGT 460 Week 2 DQ 2 Mentoring (Ash Course)
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• Mentoring. In the Nurturing Leadership video,
  Dr. Warren Bennis states Terrific organizations
  led by outstanding leaders have leadership at
  every single level of the organization. They put
  a value on mentoring and coaching. Compare and
  contrast the concepts of coach and mentor. Is one
  better suited for a particular situation than the
  other? What is your experience with coaching and
  mentoring?

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• MGT 460 Week 3 DQ 1 Building Trust (Ash Course)
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• Building Trust. A pet project of top management
  has been given the green light. You are assigned
  the task of leading a cross-functional team that
  includes a 20 year veteran to the company, a
  recent college graduate and a wage employee. What
  are the potential obstacles of your team? How
  would you ensure each individual felt like a
  vital member of the team? Summarize the steps you
  would take to build trust in leading this team.

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• MGT 460 Week 3 DQ 2 Feedback (Ash Course)
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• Feedback. A co-worker has asked four colleagues,
  including yourself, to complete a 360 degree
  feedback for them. In the past, you have had
  problems with this individuals ability to meet
  deadlines on teams you have worked on. How would
  you provide constructive feedback to this person
  without causing any ill will between the two of
  you? Evaluate your options according to what you
  feel to be your chances for success.

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• MGT 460 Week 3 Goal-Setting Framework (Ash
  Course)
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• Goal-Setting Framework. The first of six steps of
  performance management consists of goal setting,
  as detailed in Chapter Three. Assume that you
  work for the Los Angeles Tribune, a large but
  struggling newspaper publisher with distribution
  throughout the Los Angeles region. Various
  problems have arisen that need to be addressed

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• MGT 460 Week 4 DQ 1 Efficacy (Ash Course)
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• Efficacy. Discuss a time when you have been a
  member of a team that has not performed well. Why
  wasnt the team not effective? What role did the
  leader play in the teams inability to perform?
  What steps should have been taken to address the
  issues?
• Respond to at least two of your classmates posts
  with constructive ideas, comments, or suggestions

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• MGT 460 Week 4 DQ 2 Empowerment (Ash Course)
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• Empowerment. In Chapter 4, London and London
  (2007) outline eight steps to creating and
  leading a high performance team. Assume you are
  the leader of one of the case studies in this
  chapter and discuss the method you would take to
  empower your team.
• Respond to at least two of your classmates posts
  with constructive ideas, comments, or suggestions.

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• MGT 460 Week 5 DQ 1 Leading Organization Change
  (Ash Course)
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• Leading Organizational Change. As this weeks
  material points out, we are living in times of
  immense change. One of the essential tasks of an
  organizations leadership is to lead
  organizations in a way that ensures that the
  entire organization is committed to the change
  and that support mechanisms are in place to
  sustain change. Research several online
  industries that are currently stressed by
  changing marketplaces and demographics the
  newspaper and publishing Industries,
  entertainment media outlets (e.g., Blockbuster
  Video),

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• MGT 460 Week 5 DQ 2 Adaptive Leadership (Ash
  Course)
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• Adaptive Leadership. Adaptive work is
  accomplished by finding a solution to seemingly
  intractable problems facing leaders the solution
  is neither technical, nor obvious. As the
  material illustrates, leaders must motivate
  organization members to face demanding situations
  that arise from the organizations own culture
  and values. Using the organization you chose
  within this weeks first discussion, analyze an
  adaptive challenge facing this organization.

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• MGT 460 Week 5 Final Paper Leadership challenge
  resolution (Ash Course)
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• Focus of the Final Paper
• This paper will be an application of the
  leadership practice concepts learned throughout
  your degree program to a real-world situation. In
  an eight- to ten-page paper, discuss one
  significant organizational challenge, either past
  or present, within your organization or an
  organization you have researched. How did the
  leadership of the organization address the
  challenge? Could it have been done more
  effectively? How would you recommend future
  leaders strategically plan to avoid encountering
  a similar challenge within

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