...Leadership Position Fernanda Jones PSYC 305: Motivation and Leadership Week 2 Individual Assignment July 17, 2011 Leadership is critical and essential in all areas of society and at all levels of responsibility. It is very important that a leader uses his/her power effectively to meet the responsibility of the leadership position he/she assumes and while not abusing this power. I find that power of the person; more specifically charisma power is the most effective type of power. Power of the person is based on how leaders are viewed by others. A balanced blend of the four sources of power makes for a solid and successful leader. These power sources from the power of person type include expert power, referent power, rational power and charisma power. I find that charisma power is the most effective used by leaders where the leader is able to motivate and inspire others to action by force of personal traits, including optimism, sense of adventure and commitment to a cause. (Gray & Larson, 2011, p. 144). Compared to any of the power types from power of the position it is most effective since the followers/employees can identify and relate to the cause of the group or the mission of the organization. The only positive out of the power of position, which is based on what leaders can offer to others, is that of reward, known as the power of reward. I think the type of power I have is rational power, which is the capacity to influence others because of well-developed...
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...PSYC305 – Motivation and Leadership Instructor: Amy Abbot April 15, 2010 Understanding your style of communication will help create lasting impressions on others. Therefore, it is necessary to know your style of communication because this is how others perceive you and it will help prepare you to adapt more readily to others style of communicating After completing the Communication Assessment I learned that I am more of an extrovert communicator that likes to be prepared. Extrovert communicators draw energy externally and can strike up a conversation with just about anyone when given the opportunity. We’re enthusiastic and love group participation. We also prefer face to face communication. Extroverts enjoy sharing personal experiences and need contact. Finally, they say what they mean and mean what they say. In my earlier years this is not how I would have described myself; everything would have been the complete opposite. However, as I have matured I have become this person. Unfortunately, being and extrovert communicator can have a weak side. When two extroverts communicate both may say what is on their mind, therefore it may be difficult to get a word in. We can often hurt others feelings because we speak first and think later. And one that may be an introvert communicator can view an extrovert communicator as being insincere and will easily impose themselves on the quiet introvert. To improve my communication skills it is necessary that I take the time to listen;...
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...Team Leader and Member Report PSYC305 Week: 2 Team Assignment: 2 Anais Ortega | Team member Name: Javon Pablo | Team Leader’s Name: Please answer the questions below, having reflected on your experiences in the team work this week. Please provide examples to back up your claims. A. Rate your team leader and make a short comment that describes what the leader did or did not do, on the four leadership functions below, that makes you give that appraisal. 5- Good, 4-Satisfactory, 2-Could have been better, 1- Poor. Note absence of Rating 3. | Four leadership functions | Rating | Supporting comments | Quality of planning of the week’s team assignment | 5 | Javon was organized and planned out this week’s assignment well. | Communication with members and professor | 5 | Communication was open and clear. | Guidance provided to team members | 5 | Guidance was given and always responded back in a well timely matter. | Timely feedback and posting of final team product | 5 | Feedback was open and given. As well as tips and advice. | | B. If you are the Team Leader, comment in A. above and on the following: | What did you do in order to motivate your team’s contribution? | What would you try again? What would you never try again? | What did you do in order to motivate your team’s contribution? | | C. Write a short comment that describes your team members and team work during this...
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...PSYC305 “Team Situational Analysis—Leadership Style Appraisal” Week: 1 Team Member’s Name: Angela Romaniello Team Leader’s Name: John Mora We want your individual observations in order to give the team’s leader for this week a valid feedback. The same as in the corporate world, in your team there are different elements that are part of your situation and that make demands upon you as a team leader or as a team member. In the following table, we have compared the elements of the corporate world to those of this class environment. They represent the main situational elements that make demands upon a leader’s behavior. Corporate World | Class Environment | Team Leader’s Rating (from 1 to 9 where you can’t use 4, 5, or 6) | What specific behavior(s) was your rating based on? Make a short comment that describes what the leader did or did not do that makes you give that appraisal. | | | 1, 2, 3 or 7, 8, 9 | | * Superiors | * Faculty | 9 | | * Colleagues | * Other team leaders | | was late on the discussion but it was a valid reason. after he started the communication, as a leader, he did very well with communicating to the team. he was on top of everything with communication and completed all team work that needed to be done by the leader. | * Subordinates | * Team members | | | * The corporate environment (corporate culture or corporate environment) | * The class environment (schedule, shell, and syllabus)...
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...Explain how the use of substances alters a person’s state of consciousness, including Depressants, stimulants, and hallucinogens. Include in this explanation what happens to the neurotransmitters and body chemicals as well as how you might recognize if a person at work or in your family is in an altered state of consciousness due to the influence of drugs. A person’s state of consciousness depends on several factors involving external and internal ones. Intake of substances like depressants, stimulants, and hallucinogens may influence this state through transforming the chemistry of brain cells. In fact, these materials may breach the blood-brain barrier and could get access up to the brain where usual levels and or actions of neurotransmitters (such as dopamine and serotonin) might get altered by them. Such alterations in neurotransmitters may cause momentary stimulation, or relaxation which can influence the performance of body for example; reduced levels of dopamine may create depression while, excessive levels of it can lead towards psychomotor excitement. In addition to these two main components of the mind, Freudian theory also divides human personality up into three major components: the id, ego and superego. The id is the most primitive part of personality that is the source of all our most basic urges. This part of personality is entirely unconscious and serves as the source of all libidinal energy. The ego is the component of personality that is charged with dealing...
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...Psyc305 – Leadership & Motivation | | | | | | | | | | |Final Exam | | |A Day in the Life of Alex Sander: | | |Driving in the Fast Lane at Landon Care Products | | | | Prepared June 14, 2010 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. BRIEF SUMMARY - 1 - II. TOP TWO OR THREE ISSUES/PROBLEMS IN THE CASE - 2 - A. Alex Sander’s lack of Emotional Intelligence is alienating the product staff. -...
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