Research has been done on the theory and correlation of emotional intelligence (EI) related to organizational success and long-term sustainability of a manager/leader in his or her career. Many leadership/management experts argue that successful manager/leaders demonstrate a sophistication of EI that differs vastly from those managers/leaders who eventually fall and fail their organizations. Some of the key factors of EI include self-awareness, impulse control, persistence, […]

Consider the following:  An important learning objective in this course is for students to critically apply leadership concepts and theories in order to analyze and present solutions to leadership challenges. Increasing your ability to accomplish this objective, is the main goal of the paper assignments. The paper assignments are designed to help you apply the assigned materials, lectures, and class discussions to specific cases. This is a critical part of your […]

  Chapter 3 discusses methods to assess the quality of simulations. You learned about three different views of simulation quality. Suppose  you lead a task force that is developing a simulation to provide  strategic planning recommendations for property use zoning for a county  of 750,000 residents. The zoning board and county commissioners want a  simulation that allows them to assess the impact of various zoning […]

  You were talking to members of your favorite local band after a recent show. The topic of software came up, and the leader said she has a love-hate relationship with it. She loves the recording software they use and is okay with QuickBooks for the band’s financial records. But, she does not like the available options to track bookings and create set lists that […]

Assignments: Each part must be 250 words and clearly labeled and in depth. Part 1: Training Discuss an instance when you identified a weakness in the skill set in an employee (or in yourself ). Consider learning opportunities that may be freely available, if you had limited financial resources, where would you look for training to close the gap on these skill sets? How would […]