550 Final Project Part II Milestone One

The milestone assignments will provide you with the opportunity to reflect on four organizational scenarios to demonstrate your understanding of leadership in organizational behavior. These assignments are designed to develop your skills in analyzing various organizational leadership situations dealing with skills assessment, team-building, vision and culture, problem-solving, and conflict management.

Prompt: For Milestone One: Teams, you will submit a short paper or presentation assessing how your chosen leader (My chosen Leader is Steve Jobs of Apple Inc) structured the organization and his or her executive team, and evaluating the best practices used by the leader. In this assignment, you will use the text and your research on your chosen leader. In the assignment, identify specific leadership actions used by your chosen leader to build and structure a productive organization and culture such as policy, communication, and training. Explain at least two examples of best practices for leaders in team development and communication in the organization using the three dimensions of energy, engagement, and exploration. Identify planning methods used by the leader to align teams with organizational vision, and explain actions that built and fostered team development and teamwork. Include the utilization of resources to build teams, including training, projects, and programs.

You will be evaluated on the analysis of executive team-building practices, theory, concepts and techniques; identification and summary of results of leadership actions that structured the organization for success; application of team-building and leadership action examples; critical thinking applied to your work product; and the articulation of your response in the writing process.

Guidelines for Submission: Milestone One: Teams must be in APA style. Include a separate title and reference page, an introduction, subheadings, and a conclusion. The requirements for this assignment are 2 to 4 pages in length (not including title and reference pages), double-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and at least two discipline-appropriate citations

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Great leadership is inspiring and dynamic and it focuses on the goals of the organization in order to be at the forefront in a competitive business environment (DuBrin, 2015). Leaders allow themselves to learn how to do the right things and mirror their actions to their followers or their employees. This involves building an inspiring vision and setting direction by being innovative. For a group to succeed, effective leadership must be apparent. It is a learning process. One of the most successful and effective leaders in the business world was Steve Jobs during his tenure at Apple, Inc. In 1976, he cofounded Apple with…

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