Professional Development Plan LDR/531 April 7, 2014 Team Manager and Leader I was recently given the opportunity to work with a new team of people and was asked to develop a plan that will address the characteristics of my group and myself as a leader. The plan can be used to determine the needs of my team and is a tool for members to assess their skills, strengths, areas in need of improvement, and the resources needed to help reach career goals. My facilitator has taken the liberty of
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Motivation Plan Jonathan Grace LDR/531 September 23, 2014 Edythe McNickle Motivation Plan In today world every business organization has a diverse workforce and each employee has a specific motivation and emotion. Understanding the challengers involved in creating an environment that combines the employees’ motivation, satisfactions, and job performance in an organized and an effective workplace is what a good manager should understand. A manager must create a plan incorporating the
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Motivation, Performance, & Satisfaction Alisha Joseph LDR/531 October 31, 2011 David Grier Motivation, Performance, & Satisfaction Introduction Performance, motivation, and satisfaction on the job are factors that are determined by employees and their employers. The employees bring in personal beliefs, morals, education, experience, and values. The employers regulate the information supplied to employees and the employees bring values, education, experience, morals, and personal
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Affecting Change LDR/531 March 22, 2010 Every company will eventually have a restructuring phase in their operations one time during the duration of the company. This occurs for many reasons, such as new departments being formed, new procedures, economic issues, and restructuring for betterment of the company. When a company starts implementing changes, the company culture also has to make adjustments to fit the change. In the simulation for this course, Leadership in Action, Smith
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Managerial Organization LDR/531 March 23, 2013 Managerial Organization One of the world’s leading electricity companies, Enron Corporation, suffered from a financial scandal, which involved the corporation and its accounting firm. The scandal happened during the 1990s and was a result of irregular accounting procedures. This scandal caused Enron to file bankruptcy in December 2001 (Thomas, 2002). The subject of this paper will discuss how organizational behavior theories could have predicted
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Conflict Management Lisa Walters, Rachel Motley, Robert Martinez and Cody Frazier LDR/531 October 13, 2014 Luis Ramos Conflict Management Managers are tasked with various responsibilities; they are leaders, motivators, engage in managing conflict and effectively communicate with their team. In order for organizational goals to be met, managers must effectively navigate these various tasks so that employees can be successful with meeting departmental goals. Communication is one of the most
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Motivation Plan LDR 531 October 6, 2013 Strategic Development Perhaps the most important component of any organization are its people. The most successful organizations demonstrate the leadership skills necessary for nurturing maximum job satisfaction and performance in their employees and consequently ensuring high levels of motivation throughout. Effective leaders within these organizations capably develop and implement motivational strategies which elicit desired behaviors by bringing
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Professional Development Plan Jeff Simonic LDR/531 – Organizational Leadership July 14, 2014 Professional Development Plan My goal in this paper is to develop a plan that will address the characteristics of Learning Team A while designating myself as a team leader. If the plan is effective, it can be used to determine the needs of the learning team. It can also be used as a tool for the members to assess their skills, strengths, areas needing improvement, and the resources needed to help
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My Perfect Position at Good Shepherd Inc. Chuks P. Ihezue LDR/531 October 30, 2011 Shari Lane Introduction (Yukl, 2010), puts it this way, “Leading change is one of the most important and difficult leadership responsibilities…it is the essence of leadership and everything else is secondary”, and insists that for a leader to be effective, s/he needs to resuscitate the organization and be quick to adapt to this ever changing socio-economic environment we’re living in. As the founder of Good
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Benjamin Franklin John Doe University of Phoenix LDR-531/Leadership February 8, 2014 Professor: Jane Doe Benjamin Franklin According to the Franklin Institute (n.d.), “Today, America's leadership and government are found in Washington, DC. In the late 1700s, that leadership was in Philadelphia because that's where Ben Franklin was” (para. 4). I am a great admirer of Benjamin Franklin. A polymath, Franklin never stopped learning. His numerous
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