Assignment: Technical or Organizational Problems

Assignment: Technical or Organizational Problems

Assignment: Technical or Organizational Problems

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Do you try to solve the tough problems (technical or organizational), rather than look to the leader to do it for you?

____ 13. Do you help out other coworkers, making them look good, even when you don’t get any credit?

____ 14. Do you help the leader or group see both the upside potential and downside risks of idea or plans, playing the devil’s advocate if need be?

____ 15. Do you understand the leader’s needs, goals, and constraints, and work hard to help meet them?

____ 16. Do you actively and honestly own up to your strengths and weaknesses rather than put off evaluation?

____ 17. Do you make a habit of internally questioning the wisdom of the leader’s decision rather than just doing what you are told?

____ 18. When the leader asks you to do something that runs contrary to your professional or personal preferences, do you say “no” rather than “yes”?

____ 19. Do you act on your own ethical standards rather than the leader’s or the group’s standards?

____ 20. Do you assert your views on important issues, even though it might mean conflict with your group or reprisals from the leader?

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58 Chapter Two

Finding Your Followership Style Use the scoring key below to score your answers to the questions.

Independent Thinking Items Active Engagement Items

Question 1. ____ Question 2. ____

5. ____ 3. ____

11. ____ 4. ____

12. ____ 6. ____

14. ____ 7. ____

16. ____ 8. ____

17. ____ 9. ____

18. ____ 10. ____

19. ____ 13. ____

20. ____ 15. ____

Total Score ____ Total Score ____

Add up your scores on the independent thinking items. Record the total on a vertical axis, as in the graph below. Repeat the procedure for the active engagement items and mark the total on a horizontal axis. Now plot your scores on the graph by drawing perpendicular lines connecting your two scores.

The juxtaposition of these two dimensions forms the basis on which people classify follower- ship styles.

Followership Style Independent Thinking Score Active Engagement Score EXEMPLARY High High ALIENATED High Low

CONFORMIST Low High PRAGMATIST Middling Middling

PASSIVE Low Low

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  Discussion Questions (DQ)

  • Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
  • Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.
  • One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
  • I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.

  Weekly Participation

  • Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.
  • In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.
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  • Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).
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  • I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.

  Use of Direct Quotes

  • I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.
  • As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.
  • It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.

   

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  • If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.
  • I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.
  • As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.

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