Many people frequently use the terms leader and manager interchangeably, but these roles involve two different sets of skills. According to Steven Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Leaders and managers are two different things. Leadership is not management. Leadership has to come first. Management is a bottom-line focus: How can I best accomplish certain things?
Many people frequently use the terms leader and manager interchangeably, but these roles involve two different sets of skills. According to Steven Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Leaders and managers are two different things. Leadership is not management. Leadership has to come first. Management is a bottom-line focus: How can I best accomplish certain things? Leadership deals with the top line: What are the things I want to accomplish? (2017, p. 107).
The roles of leader and manager are both fundamentally important to an organization. Managers are required to keep things running smoothly and leaders are needed to provide direction and motivation and to produce change. A person can be both a good manager and a good leader, but this is not always the case. For this Discussion, you will examine the leadership skills and management skills of the leaders with whom you have worked.
To prepare for this Discussion:
Reflect on your professional experience with leaders with whom you have interacted as a follower, colleague, or supervisor. Consider the strengths and weaknesses these professionals had with regard to leadership and management skills. How well did they perform their roles as managers and as leaders?
Then, drawing from your professional experience, identify a leader with whom you have interacted as a follower, colleague, or supervisor that matches only one of the following descriptions:
They are a good leader lacking effective managing skills.
They are a good manager lacking effective leadership skills.
They are an effective leader and manager.
They are neither a good leader nor manager.
Post an analysis of leadership versus management in business, being sure to address the following:
Without giving the actual name of the leader you have selected, identify their strengths and weaknesses as a leader and as a manager. Then distinguish the individuals leadership skills from their management skills.
Analyze the effect the leader had on the business environment where you worked at the time. Was there a need for both management and leadership from this individual? Explain why or why not.
Identify two lessons learned from working with this leader that you could apply to your own professional practice as a leader and/or manager.
Refer to the Week 1 Discussion 2 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 masters-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.
Read some of your colleagues postings.
BY DAY 7
Describe the 3 AACN DNP Essentials that most align to the completion of a Doctoral Project.
To prepare: Review the AACN DNP Essentials linked below and reflect on how the completion of the Doctoral Project and the completion of a Practicum/Field experience may align to these Essentials.
Select at least 3 AACN DNP Essentials to focus on for this Assignment.
https://www.aacnnursing.org/Portals/42/Publications/DNPEssentials.pdf
The assingment: 2-3 pages, APA format, 3 references, template of the assingment is attached
Describe the 3 AACN DNP Essentials that most align to the completion of a Doctoral Project.
Note: This is in general terms, not in relation to a particular quality improvement or organizational goal. And Explain how the AACN DNP Essentials will relate to the completion of a Practicum/Field Experience. Be specific.
How can Blockchain increase human resource management efficiencies? 2. What are the stages of Blockchain maturity and explain which stages have the most potential for human resource management application?
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How did the Bill of Rights encourage immigrants to come to the US? What year was it written? Who wrote it? When was it ratified?2. How did the Native Americans get to the Americas? How did they settle throughout both continents? What put them at a disadvantage in fighting the Europeans?
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Explain the types of intellectual property rights today pursuant to the chapter reading.Discuss one lawsuit involving intellectual property within the last three years. Summarize the facts, the law in dispute, and the decision/reasoning by the court.Did you agree with the decision? Why or why not?
Business Intellectual Property Refer to Chapter 15 in your course textbook for this discussion.Respond to the following:Explain the types of intellectual property rights today pursuant to the chapter reading.Discuss one lawsuit involving intellectual property within the last three years. Summarize the facts, the law in dispute, and the decision/reasoning by the court.Did you agree with the decision? Why or why not?
Read this short article on sexual behavior among adolescents.2. Create a word document and answer the following questions and submit them.3. What are 3 problems that can result from hook-ups?4. Different parts of the world have different views on casual sex, what are your views? Sexual HealthMisinformatin about sexual orientation can contribute to homophobia. Think about your school and discuss whether you think it is a safe and accepting space for members of the LGBT community. What could you and your peers do to make your community more accepting?
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write an essay talking about How did the physical and human world change in response to the Columbian Exchange?
I’m working on a writing question and need the explanation and answer to help me learn. write an essay talking about How did the physical and human world change in response to the Columbian Exchange?
What changes have you witnessed occurring in the Business World since the start of the Pandemic in March 2020? Do you view these changes as positive or negative? Why?
I’m working on a communications discussion question and need the explanation and answer to help me learn. What changes have you witnessed occurring in the Business World since the start of the Pandemic in March 2020? Do you view these changes as positive or negative? Why?
Review your prior assignments, and research scholarly definitions of OB, and then define the study of OB in your own words. What do you feel is the most important aspect of the study of OB? Why do you feel this is the most important aspect?
Part 1: Organizational Behavior Field
Throughout this course, you had an opportunity to identify and study the field of Organizational Behavior and evaluate OB techniques. Now you will focus on OB positions that are used successfully in business.
Review your prior assignments, and research scholarly definitions of OB, and then define the study of OB in your own words.
What do you feel is the most important aspect of the study of OB?
Why do you feel this is the most important aspect?
Select an organization, and identify 3 types of OB career opportunities that are available in this company. Give a brief job description of each one.
Some of the career opportunities that you identify may include the following:
Human resource planner
Career planning specialist
Affirmative action planner
Performance appraiser
Recruiter
Safety manager
Trainer
Select 1 of the 3 career opportunities that you identified, and describe the specific education, training, skills, and background that are needed for that particular career opportunity.
What aspects and activities of that career opportunity appeal to you the most?
Identify the tools and skills that are regularly used by OB practitioners to help improve organizations and address workplace issues. Which specific tools and skills are currently used by your organization?
Part 2: Complete the following tasks:
Complete the following statements based on your experience in your current job, or interview someone who is currently employed, and have them fill in the blanks:
My happiest time on this job is __________.
My fears regarding my job or employment include __________.
As an employee of an organization, I like __________.
Now, look at the responses from the point of view of an OB specialist, and answer the following:
How would you use this qualitative information to improve the work environment and implement changes?
What quantitative metrics could you put in place to measure the improvements and success of the change you implemented?
Obtain the latest two Ford and General Motors Annual Reports online, like you have been doing for other companies in previous Module discussions. Please make sure the Annual Report you obtain is the latest two years. A particularly important financial accounting and financial statement measure is a companys ability to use its assets efficiently and effectively to generate sales. Calculate the total asset turnover for both Ford and General Motors for the latest two fiscal years ending. Show the bases for your calculation at the start of your initial response for both companies. Answer the following questions as part of your initial response: What is Fords trend for the total asset turnover ratio the past two years? What is General Motors’ trend for the total asset turnover ratio the past two years?
Obtain the latest two Ford and General Motors Annual Reports online, like you have been doing for other companies in previous Module discussions. Please make sure the Annual Report you obtain is the latest two years.
A particularly important financial accounting and financial statement measure is a companys ability to use its assets efficiently and effectively to generate sales.
Calculate the total asset turnover for both Ford and General Motors for the latest two fiscal years ending. Show the bases for your calculation at the start of your initial response for both companies. Answer the following questions as part of your initial response:
What is Fords trend for the total asset turnover ratio the past two years?
What is General Motors’ trend for the total asset turnover ratio the past two years?
Comparing the trend in the total asset turnover for Ford and General Motors to each other the past two years, what do the trends tell us? Is there any reason(s) they are or may be different? (Hint: check the Annual Reports, the Management Discussion and Analysis Section, especially, for explanations)
Example to Include at the start of your initial response:
Ford Motor Company. Total Asset Turnover: Last Year: 5 times. Previous Year: 4 times.
General Motors: Total Asset Turnover: Last Year: 5 times. Previous Year: 4 times.
