Describing Organizational Culture
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Week 1 Discussion
Describing Organizational Culture
What does organizational culture mean to you? Has it been an important factor when deciding where you want to work? Has the culture of an organization ever caused you to want to leave an organization? Or is it a term that has little meaning for you or that you have not seen evidence of in the real world?
In this Discussion, you will first describe and analyze the culture of an organization you know well, using the concepts and frameworks provided in this week’s Learning Resources.
To prepare for this Discussion:
Review this week’s Learning Resources, particularly the Lochner (2020, March 5) video and the Schorin and Wilberding (2020, January 21) readings.
Identify an organization with which you are very familiar—perhaps one where you currently work (or have previously worked). As you consider this organization, think about how you would describe the culture of this organization, being sure to identify specific examples to support your description and reflecting on how this culture did or did not help the organization achieve and sustain success.
By Day 3
Post an analysis of the culture of an organization you know well, to include the following:
Briefly (in 1–2 sentences) describe the organization you have selected.
Identify one or two examples from this organization for each of the three levels of culture described by Lochner (2020, March 5): what we see, what we say, and what we believe.
Next, indicate whether the organization’s internal and external cultures matched or were different, providing supporting examples.
Finally, compare the organization’s vision and values to its actual culture and explain how managerial behaviors did or did not deliberately help shape culture for organizational success.
Refer to the Week 1 Discussion Rubric for specific grading elements and criteria. Your Instructor will use this grading rubric to assess your work.
Important Note About Discussion Rubrics: In the peer-to-peer engagement section of the Discussion, the focus of your posts and responses should be to promote quality interaction with your colleagues and Instructor, to further the dialogue on the particular topic, to deepen your mutual understanding of concepts, and to draw out new ideas. Although you are encouraged to provide support for ideas you bring in from other sources, which is appropriate for discourse within a master’s-level classroom, emphasis is placed on the quality of the engagement as noted in the Discussion rubrics, with 40% of your score based on your level of engagement in the ongoing conversation with your colleagues.
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Week 2 Discussion
Motivational Junk Food Versus Health Food
Culture and optimal motivation will ideally support and reinforce one another. Managers who resist short-term, motivational fixes and focus on more long-term approaches will create an environment, over time, that helps employees manage their own motivation effectively in ways that benefit the individual and the organization.
In the Optimal Motivation video, (2017), Susan Fowler identified several short-term “junk food” motivational approaches and several more effective, long-term “health food” approaches. In this Discussion, you will reflect on your own experience with these two types of approaches and use that reflection to define action steps you can take as a manager to use long-term motivational approaches with your employees.
To prepare for this Discussion:
Review the Optimal Motivation (2017) video from this week’s Learning Resources.
Reflect on your experiences with managers throughout your career.
By Day 3
Post an evaluation of the impact of managerial approaches on employee motivation and engagement. Specifically:
Describe one experience in which a manager used a particular “junk food” approach and one experience where a manager used a specific “health food” approach to motivating employees.
Explain the short-term and long-term results and effects of each approach on the employees, as well as on the organization, if applicable.
Formulate at least three actions you will take as a manager to ensure you are providing motivational “health food” to your employees.
Note: When using specific examples from your professional experience, be sure to disguise the names of any individuals or organizations.
Refer to the Week 2 Discussion Rubric for specific grading elements and criteria. Your Instructor will use this grading rubric to assess your work.
Read some of your colleagues’ postings.
By Day 5
Respond to two or more of your colleagues’ posts in one or more of the following ways:
Ask your colleague to expand upon the impact of the manager’s actions (either positive or negative) on the organization’s culture.
Propose one or more additional potential results of the effects of each approach your colleague described.
Suggest an additional strategy for how your colleague might use the information they identified to strengthen their own managerial approach to motivating employees.
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Week 3 Discussion
Creating a Drama-Free Workplace
The ways in which managers deal with—or fail to deal with—drama and negativity in the workplace have far-reaching effects on the overall organizational culture. The average professional spends a significant portion of their lives in the workplace, so it would be sensible to ensure that it is as enjoyable an experience as possible. Although many people “put up with” toxic work environments, they also frequently leave those environments to be treated better. For those who stay, it can be expected that they would be less committed and connected to their job. Instead of thinking of ways to innovate or cut costs, they might spend their mental energy imagining what they will be doing on their next vacation. Leaders who strive to create a drama-free workplace do their part to avoid that outcome.
In this Discussion, you will recall an instance of workplace drama or negativity you’ve observed or experienced. You will then analyze the manager’s role in the experience and develop specific, behavioral suggestions for ways that same manager could have responded to foster a more positive overall environment.
To prepare for this Discussion:
Review the resources from this week focusing on creating a drama-free workplace.
Identify an example—from your own experience—either of a workplace that was characterized by drama or negativity, or a singular incident involving drama or negativity that was poorly handled by management.
Also consider the role of the manager in the situation.
By Day 3
Post an analysis of the role of a manager in influencing workplace culture and formulate some recommended managerial action steps for addressing drama and negativity and improving the workplace culture. Specifically:
Describe, in detail, the situation involving workplace drama and/or negativity.
Interpret the manager’s role in either fueling or permitting the drama or negativity.
Explain how the manager might have behaved differently and propose some recommendations for the manager to foster a more positive, drama-free work environment going forward.
Refer to the Week 3 Discussion Rubric for specific grading elements and criteria. Your Instructor will use this grading rubric to assess your work.
Read some of your colleagues’ postings.
By Day 5
Respond to two or more of your colleagues’ posts in one or more of the following ways:
Ask a clarifying question about the described situation or the manager’s role in it.
Relate one of your own professional experiences to that of your colleague’s. How did your situation impact you and the other employees involved?
Propose one or more additional recommendations for how the manager in question might have improved their response to the situation, or how they might better support a drama-free, positive work environment in the future.
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Week 4 Discussion
Good Coach/Bad Coach
Business Skills for Good IconBoth positive and negative examples of behaviors and skill sets can be useful in helping to develop your professional skills. Take coaching in a business context, for example. If a former manager built up your knowledge and confidence, guided you through difficulties, and ensured that you had the tools to take on future challenges, then you would likely try to emulate what they did if your goal were to become a better coach. However, if a former manager set ambiguous expectations, offered little assistance, and micromanaged your daily routine, then you could also use that experience to be a better coach by vowing never to turn out like them.
In this Discussion, you will explore one positive and one negative experience you have had with being coached by a manager, coach, or other leader, including how you will use this knowledge to further your own development as a coach.
To prepare for this Discussion:
Think back across your experiences of being coached by others, specifically coaches you found particularly effective and particularly ineffective—and why.
By Day 3
Post an evaluation of your experiences being coached by others and how you will use that information to promote your own development as a coach. Specifically:
Describe one effective and one ineffective experience of being coached by others.
For the effective experience, evaluate the coach’s actions and explain how they demonstrated effective coaching. Be sure to refer to this week’s Learning Resources to support your assertion.
For the ineffective experience, evaluate the coach’s actions and explain an action they could have taken to be a better coach. Be sure to refer to this week’s Learning Resources to support your assertion.
Summarize at least three key takeaways from this evaluation for developing your own skills as a coach.
Note: When using specific examples from your professional experience, be sure to disguise the names of any individuals or organizations.
Refer to the Week 4 Discussion Rubric for specific grading elements and criteria. Your Instructor will use this grading rubric to assess your work.
Read some of your colleagues’ postings.
By Day 5
Respond to two or more of your colleagues’ posts in one or more of the following ways:
Provide a supporting or alternate perspective on your colleague’s example of an effective or ineffective coaching situation.
Share a related personal experience of effective or ineffective coaching and its impact on you individually.
Suggest one or more additional takeaways that your colleague might consider.
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Week 5 Discussion
Feedforward for Growth
If delivered effectively, feedback centers on specific recommendations for future improvement and growth. If delivered ineffectively, it focuses only on what was done wrong, with no specific path provided toward a better outcome. Goldsmith (2002) provides an alternative approach labeled “feedforward.” It shares a future orientation with effective feedback but differs from feedback in that the coachee identifies the areas for improvement and asks for ideas from others about how to change the behavior.
In this Discussion, you will initiate your own feedforward experience with your peers and practice providing specific recommendations based on their feedforward requests.
To prepare for this Discussion:
Reflect upon your own professional life, in particular, how you relate to and/or manage others in professional contexts.
Identify one or more behaviors you would want to improve as you work with and manage others.
In preparation for responding to your colleagues, consider how feedforward can help you and others improve their management practices.
By Day 3
Post a description of one behavior in your professional life that significantly impacts how you manage or relate to others and that you would like to change.
Refer to the Week 5 Discussion Rubric for specific grading elements and criteria. Your Instructor will use this grading rubric to assess your work.
Read some of your colleagues’ postings.
By Day 5
Respond to two or more colleagues, preferably ones that have yet to receive a response, in the following way:
Propose two suggestions on something your colleague can do in the future to positively change the behavior they identified. Provide a rationale for your suggestions based on your experience and the Learning Resources for the week. Note: All suggestions are to be phrased as feedforward and should not deal with the past. Do your best to provide meaningful advice and remember not to comment on the advice given to you by your colleagues, other than to thank the other party.
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Week 6 Discussion
My Best Team Experience
Nearly everyone has been part of a team during the course of their lives. Some of these team experiences may have been positive, some perhaps negative, and some neutral to the point that they are barely memorable. By working together with a team, you are offered unique opportunities for growth as other members will challenge your assumptions and present different perspectives. Think of your experiences being in teams. Which ones stand out as being most memorable?
In this Discussion, you will dissect the characteristics of a positive experience with a team. Then, you will use this analysis to develop clear takeaways for your own development as a team leader and manager.
To prepare for this Discussion:
Think about the best team experience you have ever had. This may be a work
By Day 3
Post an analysis of managerial practices that promote effective, positive, and inclusive teams. In your analysis, do the following:
Describe your best team experience and explain what made it so.
Identify at least three factors that contributed to the positive culture, inclusivity, and engagement of that team. Provide at least one specific example for each factor.
Then, identify two specific practices you could use as a manager to ensure your teams are effective, positive, and inclusive.
Be sure to use the Learning Resources to support your analysis.
Refer to the Week 6 Discussion Rubric for specific grading elements and criteria. Your Instructor will use this grading rubric to assess your work.
Read some of your colleagues’ postings.
By Day 5
Respond to two or more of your colleagues’ posts in one or more of the following ways:
Ask a clarifying question about your colleague’s description of their team experience or suggested managerial practices.
Suggest one or more additional practices your colleague could use as a manager to promote effective, positive, and inclusive teams.
Relate an example from your own experience of a positive, effective, and/or inclusive team to what your colleague shared.
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Week 7 Discussion
Exploring Personal Bias
Earlier in the course, you examined the importance of a diverse and inclusive culture. An inhibitor to this type of culture can be found through personal biases, which people often have without even realizing it. Individuals and organizations can help create a better culture by first acknowledging these biases and then taking steps to address them. It is important for managers to examine their own thoughts, behaviors, values, and biases to ensure they set a precedent for others.
In this Discussion, you will have the opportunity to analyze a time when your personal biases affected your choices. Based on this analysis, you will decide whether you would act differently if faced with a similar situation in the future.
To prepare for this Discussion:
Identify a time in your professional life when your preconceptions or biases affected your behavior or decisions.
By Day 3
Post an analysis of the impact of bias on your professional behavior. In your analysis, do the following:
Describe the situation and the assumptions you made.
Did these assumptions turn out to be accurate?
Identify the impact(s) of your assumptions on you and/or your behaviors, on others, or on the organization.
Examine what you would—and would not—do differently if faced with a similar situation in the future.
Refer to the Week 7 Discussion Rubric for specific grading elements and criteria. Your Instructor will use this grading rubric to assess your work.
Read some of your colleagues’ postings.
By Day 5
Respond to two or more of your colleagues’ posts in one or more of the following ways:
Ask a clarifying question about the situation your colleague described.
Identify one or more potential additional impacts of the assumptions your colleague made related to their described situation.
Suggest an alternative perspective on your colleague’s situation and/or how you might handle a similar situation differently in the future.
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Week 8 Discussion
Handling Tough Decisions in the Workplace
Managers make numerous decisions on a daily basis. For some, the best choice is easy or straightforward to determine. If a machine breaks down, you either need to repair it or replace it. In an increasingly interconnected and complex world, however, the best decisions can often be unclear. Consider where you would stand on the following scenario:
A company has developed a new product for which there is a great demand. The consensus of the leadership team is that the company should capitalize on this opportunity and hike up the price to generate a 300% return on each sale. They feel that, as long as the marketplace is willing to pay for it, then there is no problem, especially since this would help solve recent discussions of layoffs due to declining sales. Only one person in the leadership team voices disapproval of this approach, saying that this is a greedy action that would rip off customers and go against the company’s values. The person feels that—despite what it would mean for the business—the product should be priced to generate a 40% return, which is an average return for the company’s products.
In this Discussion, you will examine a tough decision you have had to make in the past. You will reflect on the factors you used to make that decision and determine whether you would make the same choice if faced with the same set of circumstances again.
To prepare for this Discussion:
Identify a time you had to make a tough decision related to work. This should be a time when the right course of action was not immediately apparent or clear-cut. There may have been differing points of view, each with some validity, or perhaps there were some special circumstances in the situation that made the correct and ethical choice less obvious.
Consider the values, guidelines, and rules that you used to make that decision.
By Day 3
Post a synthesis of a difficult work-related decision you had to make, including how you might approach the situation in the future. Specifically:
Describe the circumstances surrounding the difficult work-related decision you had to make. In your description, include details about the options you were weighing, why the decision was difficult, et cetera.
Explain the guidelines, rules, and values you used to make the decision.
Using the Learning Resources for support, explain how you would approach the situation if it happened again. Would you handle it differently or take a similar action, and why?
Refer to the Week 8 Discussion Rubric for specific grading elements and criteria. Your Instructor will use this grading rubric to assess your work.
Read some of your colleagues’ postings.
By Day 5
Respond to two or more of your colleagues’ posts in one or more of the following ways:
Relate your own experiences to those of your colleague, including similar or different approaches you took to address your own situation and your reasoning for your decision.
Provide an alternative viewpoint on your colleague’s situation or on how your colleague might approach the situation in the future. Include a rationale to support your response.
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Week 1 Assignment
Your Role as a Manager in Creating a Positive, Inclusive Workplace Culture: The Importance of Organizational Culture
You have been selected by the CEO of your organization (or another organization you know well) to give a series of presentations to managers aimed at helping build a positive, inclusive culture that drives employee engagement. You will develop and submit this series of presentations in Weeks 1–3.
To begin, select a specific organization that you know well. It can be one you are currently a part of, or one you have been involved with in the past. You may, if you choose, create a fictitious organization and use this for your Assignment. If you choose to do so, be sure to provide a sufficient amount of detailed information to describe the fictitious organization in your presentation. Whichever organization you choose, remember to disguise the names of the organization and any staff members you may mention in your presentation (e.g., “the CEO, whom we call Mary Smith” rather than “CEO Alice Thompson”).
This week, your goal is to ensure managers understand the organization’s culture and why it matters. The CEO is concerned that managers neither fully understand the importance of culture nor take responsibility for ensuring the organization’s culture is strong, positive, and inclusive. You are seeking not just to inform but also to analyze the existing culture and persuade managers to take specific recommended actions to improve the organization’s culture and thereby increase employee engagement and motivation and improve organizational outcomes.
You will develop a PowerPoint presentation designed to ensure that all managers have a shared understanding of the meaning of key terms; understand the importance and value of employee engagement, employee motivation, and a positive and inclusive culture; and have key takeaways in the form of specific calls to action (CTAs). These CTAs will include your recommendations for building and maintaining a positive, inclusive culture in the areas over which they have influence. In addition to the slide content, you must include an accompanying script in the Notes section of each slide that you would use if you were delivering the presentation to a group of managers.
As you prepare your presentation and script, be sure to cover all items outlined (using approximately 2–3 bullets per slide), including the incorporation of references to appropriate academic sources, such as those found in the Learning Resources or those in the Walden Library.
To prepare for this Assignment:
Review, as needed, the following resource, which includes links to helpful information about using Microsoft PowerPoint:
Walden University Academic Skills Center. (n.d.). Microsoft PowerPoint. https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/academic-skills-center/skills/ms-office/powerpoint
Download the Week 1 Assignment Template (PowerPoint presentation).
By Day 7
Submit your presentation. Using the PowerPoint template provided, address the following topics and questions in approximately 5–6 slides, excluding references:
Organizational Culture and Its Importance
Describe components of organizational culture.
Analyze why organizational culture is important.
Classify the culture of your chosen organization as a clan, adhocracy, hierarchy, or market culture (Cameron & Quinn, 2011). Be sure to include your data or evidence to support your cultural diagnosis.
Analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the culture as you have described it. Include at least one example of each.
Call to Action: Propose at least one key step that managers in your selected organization can take to strengthen its organizational culture.
Refer to the Week 1 Assignment Rubric for specific grading elements and criteria. Your Instructor will use this grading rubric to assess your work.
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Week 2 Assignment
Your Role as a Manager in Creating a Positive, Inclusive Workplace Culture: Employee Motivation and Engagement
This week, you will prepare your second presentation to the managers of the organization you described in the Week 1 Assignment. Your topic this week is employee engagement and motivation. Using the slide template, course resources, and this week’s Discussion to guide you, provide 2–3 bullet points for each slide, along with an accompanying script in the Notes section of each slide that you would use if you were delivering the presentation to a group of managers. As in Week 1, be sure your presentation ends with a clear, actionable Call to Action.
As you prepare your presentation and script, be sure to cover all items outlined, including the incorporation of references to appropriate academic sources, such as those found in the Learning Resources or those in the Walden Library.
To prepare for this Assignment:
Review, as needed, the following resource, which includes links to helpful information about using Microsoft PowerPoint:
Walden University Academic Skills Center. (n.d.). Microsoft PowerPoint. https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/academic-skills-center/skills/ms-office/powerpoint
Download the Week 2 Assignment Template (PowerPoint presentation).
By Day 7
Submit your presentation. Using the PowerPoint template provided, address the following topics and questions in approximately 4–5 slides, excluding references:
Employee Motivation and Engagement
Analyze the drivers of employee motivation and engagement.
Evaluate how the culture of your selected organization supports or inhibits the drivers of employee motivation and engagement.
Call to Action: Develop a list of at least three clear actions that could be taken by any manager and that have been demonstrated to enhance employee engagement and motivation.
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Week 3 Assignment
Your Role as a Manager in Creating a Positive, Inclusive Workplace Culture: Toward a More Positive and Inclusive Culture
Positive Social Change IconFor your final presentation to managers, you will focus on helping managers to create a more positive, inclusive culture. As in the prior 2 weeks, provide 2–3 bullet points per slide, along with an accompanying script in the Notes section of each slide that you would use if you were delivering the presentation to a group of managers. As in Weeks 1 and 2, be sure your presentation ends with a clear, actionable Call to Action.
As you prepare your presentation and script, be sure to cover all items outlined, including the incorporation of references to appropriate academic sources, such as those found in the Learning Resources or those in the Walden Library.
To prepare for this Assignment:
Review, as needed, the following resource, which includes links to helpful information about using Microsoft PowerPoint:
Walden University Academic Skills Center. (n.d.). Microsoft PowerPoint. https://academicguides.waldenu.edu/academic-skills-center/skills/ms-office/powerpoint
Download the Week 3 Assignment Template (PowerPoint presentation).
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Week 4 Assignment
Developing Individuals and Teams
Module 2 Assignment Overview
In this module, you will complete a three-part Assignment that is submitted over the course of 3 weeks. This week, you will complete and submit Part 1. You will complete and submit Part 2 in Week 5, and you will complete and submit Part 3 in Week 6.
Important Note: Please be aware that, for Part 2 of the Assignment, due in Week 5, you will be required to have completed an online simulation experience that must be scheduled for a particular time. Be sure to read the instructions thoroughly to ensure you plan ahead and fulfill all requirements for the Assignment.
In this three-part Assignment, you will play the role of a new manager who is engaging in development activities for your team. As a new manager, you are being asked to provide evidence to your senior leader of the types of activities you are engaging in to further develop individuals on your team—and the team as a whole. In line with that request, you will complete three activities and create three documents that you will present to your manager. In Part 1 this week, you will develop and submit a coaching preparation and strategy document that you will use to conduct your required simulation to be completed ideally sometime later this week or early in Week 5. In Part 2, you will use the simulation platform to conduct a one-on-one coaching session with an employee, reflect on this experience as it relates to your individual development as a manager and as a coach, and submit a coaching plan (for individual performance management). Finally, in Part 3, you will research and develop a team charter for a team you know well.
By demonstrating skills in these areas, you will develop foundational competence in helping both individuals and teams achieve results and stay motivated and engaged.
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Part 1: Coaching for Performance: Coaching Conversation Preparation and Strategy
For this part of the Assignment, you will act as a new manager who has become concerned about what appears to be declining motivation and engagement on the part of one of your employees. You have spoken to your senior leader about your concerns, and she has asked you to document your interactions with the employee so that she can support you in becoming a more seasoned coach for your team. Your task is to prepare for an appropriate and effective coaching conversation with this employee. You will conduct this conversation using an online simulation platform. This week, you will draft and submit a Coaching Conversation Preparation and Strategy document for your coaching session.
Important Note: If you have not already scheduled your required simulation experience, please do so as soon as possible by following the directions found in the Simulation Session Guide (PDF). Once you are a registered portal user, you will select a specific day and time to complete your simulation experience. Please note that you must first complete the simulation experience to answer the reflective questions in Part 2 of this Assignment, due by Day 7 of Week 5. Therefore, be sure to allow yourself enough time between the simulation experience and Assignment due date to complete your Week 5 Assignment.
To prepare for this Assignment:
Download the WMBA 6010 Simulation Preparation (PDF) document.
Download the Week 4 Assignment Template (Word document) to complete your Coaching Conversation Preparation and Strategy. Review the scenario for the simulation, as well as the points under each section that you will flesh out to develop the outline for your coaching conversation. The title for each section of the outline represents one of the challenges you will complete in the simulation.
By Day 7
Submit your completed Coaching Conversation Preparation and Strategy document as follows:
For each section of the Coaching Conversation Checklist, use the space beneath each item to take detailed notes of what you plan to say to the employee during your coaching conversation. You may choose either to compose a script (understanding that this may need to change in the moment depending on how the employee responds), or you may instead choose to include bullet points with key phrases for the ideas you want to cover and strategies for how you might help put the employee at ease, establish trust, or anticipate how he may respond to your feedback. Be sure to address all parts of each item.
Refer to the Week 4 Assignment Rubric for specific grading elements and criteria. Your Instructor will use this grading rubric to assess your work.
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Week 5 Assignment
Developing Individuals and Teams
Part 2: Coaching for Performance: Coaching Reflection and Action Plan
For this part of the Assignment, you will continue to act as a new manager who has become concerned about what appears to be declining motivation and engagement on the part of one of your employees. You have spoken to your senior leader about your concerns, and she has asked you to document your interactions with the employee so that she can support you in becoming a more seasoned coach for your team. Last week, you outlined your plan for your coaching conversation. This week, your task is to conduct an appropriate and effective coaching conversation with this employee using the simulation platform. You will then reflect on your experience by preparing a write-up of your interaction that will serve as the basis for ongoing coaching for the employee, as well as for yourself.
As you prepare your Coaching Reflection and Action Plan, be sure not only to cover all items outlined, but incorporate appropriate examples, where applicable, as well as citations for relevant academic sources, such as those found in the Learning Resources or those in the Walden Library.
Important Note: If you need more information about scheduling or logging into your required simulation session, please refer to the Simulation Session Guide (PDF). As a reminder, you must first complete the simulation experience to answer the reflective questions in this Assignment.
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To prepare for this Assignment:
Complete your scheduled live, online simulated coaching conversation using the simulation platform.
Refer to your completed Coaching Conversation Preparation and Strategy document that you submitted in Week 4, as well as any notes you made during or after your completion of the simulation experience.
Download the Week 5 Assignment Template (Word document) and use it to complete your Coaching Reflection and Action Plan.
By Day 7
Submit your 4- to 5-page (excluding references) Coaching Reflection and Action Plan, which should address the following:
After you have completed the coaching conversation with the employee, use the following outline as the basis of Part 2 of your coaching plan, in which you walk through the experience and reflect upon the following:
Did you accomplish the objectives you set out to accomplish? Explain why or why not.
What effects (positive and negative, if applicable) did your preparation have on the outcome? Provide a rationale to support your assessment.
What do you feel you did particularly well in your coaching session? If you were going to hold the coaching session again, what might you have done differently, or what improvements would you make?
How did the employee respond within the coaching session? What is your prediction for how the employee’s behavior will change (or not) as a result of this coaching session? What insights did you gain that would be helpful for future coaching sessions with the employee?
As a conclusion to your coaching plan, choose at least one specific action you will take as a result of this experience to aid you further in your development as a manager and as a coach.
Refer to the Week 5 Assignment Rubric for specific grading elements and criteria. Your Instructor will use this grading rubric to assess your work.
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Week 6 Assignment
Developing Individuals and Teams
Part 3: Developing Your Team: Draft Team Charter
In Weeks 4 and 5 of Module 2, you conducted a simulated one-on-one coaching conversation with an employee to promote individual development. This week, for Part 3 of this Assignment, you will turn your focus from developing individuals and will now focus on developing teams. You will research the team charter, often used as a way to quickly build team cohesion and commitment, and will then develop a team charter for a team you know well—either one you are currently part of or one you have been part of in the past.
As you prepare your Draft Team Charter, be sure not only to cover all items outlined, but incorporate appropriate examples, where applicable, as well as citations for relevant academic sources, such as those found in the Learning Resources or those in the Walden Library.
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To prepare for this Assignment:
Do some research to locate two team charter examples and consider their effectiveness in helping a team organize quickly for success and avoid derailment.
Identify a team you know well (either one you are currently a part of, or one you have been a part of in the past) to serve as the team you are leading (for the purpose of this exercise) and for which you will be developing the first draft of a team charter that will be shared with the team and finalized at a later date with team input and buy-in. Additionally, as part of the documentation you will share with your manager, you will identify strategies to help your team develop and will evaluate the effectiveness of the charter to meet that goal.
As you develop your Draft Team Charter, be sure to disguise the names of the organization and of any team members to protect privacy.
Download the Week 6 Assignment Template (Word document) to complete your Draft Team Charter.
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Week 7 Assignment
Being an Authentic, Equitable, and Inclusive Manager, Part 1
Positive Social Change IconNote: This module contains a two-part Assignment. You will submit Part 1 in Week 7 and Part 2 in Week 8. For this two-part Assignment, you will first reflect on your personal and professional values and will define what it means to be an authentic, emotionally intelligent, and inclusive manager. In Part 2 of the Assignment, you will analyze how your values inform your managerial ethics, develop a personal code of ethics to guide decision making and behavior in a managerial role, and explore how you will use these ethics in influencing for positive social change.
For this week’s Assignment, you will assume the role of a manager in the following scenario:
You have been selected by your organization to participate in a peer mentoring group for managers. The group has had its first meeting, during which the group moderator (i.e., the master mentor) has stressed the importance of having a clear understanding of who you are as a manager, the principles you will use to guide your managerial decision making, and how you will use your influence as a manager to be an agent of positive social change. You and your fellow mentees have each been charged with identifying your core values and beliefs and have been asked to write up a summary of these beliefs and values, as well as what authenticity, equity, and inclusivity mean to you as a manager.
As you prepare your summary, be sure to cover all items outlined, including the incorporation of references to appropriate academic sources, such as those found in the Learning Resources or those in the Walden Library.
To prepare for this Assignment:
Review this week’s Learning Resources, and consider:
How you would define the concepts of “authenticity,” “equity,” and “inclusivity” as they relate to the role of a manager and
What core beliefs and values have shaped you as a person.
Download the Week 7 Assignment Template (Word document).
By Day 7
Submit your 3- to 5-page summary, excluding references, being sure to address all components within each of the following sections:
Authenticity, Equity, and Inclusivity
Analyze what authenticity means to you as it applies to the role of a manager.
Examine what an inclusive and equitable workplace is, including a description of its features, as well as an analysis of its impact on employees and the organization as a whole. Be sure to include specific examples to support your analysis.
Summarize the role of a manager in promoting an authentic, equitable, and inclusive workplace.
Core Beliefs and Values
Analyze the key values, beliefs, and/or experiences that have shaped you and that guide your thinking and behavior.
Explain how these values, beliefs, and/or experiences have influenced your workplace behavior in the past.
Identify three specific instances where you have had to make ethical choices. For each instance:
Describe the situation and the various courses of action you could have taken;
Explain what you ultimately decided and why; and
Explain whether you would make the same decision today.
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WMBA6010 Managing People and Promoting Collaboration
Week 8 Assignment
Being an Authentic, Equitable, and Inclusive Manager, Part 2
positive social change Walden IconLast week, in Part 1 of this Assignment, you defined what it means to be an authentic, emotionally intelligent, inclusive manager and identified your core beliefs and values. This week, for Part 2 of the Assignment, you will reflect on your personal and professional values, analyze how your values inform your managerial ethics, and develop a personal code of ethics to guide decision making and behavior in a managerial role. Additionally, you will explore how you will use these ethics in influencing positive social change.
To complete Part 2 of the Assignment, you will assume the role of a manager in the following scenario:
Your peer mentoring group for managers held its first meeting last week, during which you and other managers shared your thoughts on authenticity, equity, inclusivity, and how your values and beliefs have been shaped throughout your life.
At the end of the meeting, your master mentor explained that each of you will now use these thoughts and reflections to 1) develop your personal code of ethics and 2) use your skills and abilities to influence positive social change.
As you prepare your write-up, be sure to cover all items outlined, including the incorporation of references to appropriate academic sources, such as those found in the Learning Resources or those in the Walden Library.
To prepare for this Assignment:
Reflect on the definitions you described last week, as well as the values and beliefs you identified. Consider how these ideas might combine to form your personal code of ethics as a manager.
Additionally, consider how you might use this personal code of ethics, as well as other management and leadership skills (e.g., authentic leadership, emotional intelligence) to be an effective agent for positive social change.
Locate at least two examples of personal codes of ethics (or codes of conduct) online.
By Day 7
Submit your 3- to 5-page write-up, being sure to address all components within each of the following sections:
Analyzing Others’ Personal Codes of Ethics
Analyze the personal codes of ethics of other individuals. Address the following:
Select two examples of personal codes of ethics (or codes of conduct) that you located online and attach them as appendices to your paper.
For each example, identify at least two specific aspects that resonate with you and/or that you would find helpful in guiding behavior as a manager. Additionally, for each example, provide at least one specific area that you believe could be improved.
Creating Your Personal Code of Ethics
Create your personal code of ethics. Address the following:
Identify 3–5 core beliefs, values, or principles that will guide your behavior and decision making as a manager.
Propose 2–3 specific behaviors for each belief, value, or principle to show how they are demonstrated in action. (Note: Behaviors are specific actions that are observable by others.) Begin each proposed behavior with the phrase “I will…”
Reflecting on your past experiences when you have had to make ethical choices, how will having a clearly defined personal code of ethics help you clarify your choices and make your decisions in the future?
You as a Change Agent
Propose how you will use your code of ethics to be an even more effective agent for positive social change. Be sure to include specific examples and details to support your assertion.
Describe how using your emotional intelligence, as well as other management and leadership skills, can help you be more effective as a change agent. Be sure to include specific examples and details to support your assertion.
Refer to the Week 8 Assignment Rubric for specific grading elements and criteria. Your Instructor will use this grading rubric to assess your work.
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