Category: Leadership

Dennis Hightower and Disney Europe

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Complete at least 400 words responding to the prompt and demonstrating course-related knowledge. The response must include at least two scholarly citations from peer-reviewed journals, one citation from the text and one biblical integration in APA format. I have attached:
1) The discussion prompt which you will respond to
2) The Dennis Hightower/Europe Case Study (3 pages)
3) Photo of my textbook cover and instructions on how to cite the custom text book
4) 3 screenshots from my textbook that can be used in the Essay for the textbook citation requirement
Dennis Hightower is given three months to develop a strategy that would unite Disney heads in Europe, demonstrate innovation, and produce growth throughout Disney Europe. Hightower is expected to knit together a federation of independent country operations and create an effective center linking local subsidiaries to the center. The process would be complex and place immense demands on Hightower, including intensive management of relationships, appropriate positioning of people, careful delegation of responsibility, and active nurturing of a healthy work environment. As you reflect on the overall change in company culture, respond to the following prompts as you prepare your discussion thread.
• How prepared and qualified do you think Hightower was to take on this challenge? Give specifics.
• How was Disney Europe organized before Hightower?
• What steps would you take to assess the current condition of the various European units?
• What approach would you use to bring about the changes to the European operation?
• What issues do you anticipate in the process and how would you mitigate them?
• How would you inspire critical thinking among the unit managers?

 

 

Singapore Air- Continue Service Improvement

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In the Singapore Air case you discover that Singapore Airlines (SIA) has been ranked as the best airline in both independent and customer surveys for nearly 3 decades. It serves as a model of a continuously changing organization — continually modernizing, stretching, and serving customers in ways that stimulate strong loyalty and brand equity. It has been a leader of change in its industry, while maintaining a lot of consistency as well. As you reflect on the continuous nature of change in every area of the company respond to the following prompts as you prepare your thread for this assignment:
• What have been SIA’s main ingredients of success?
• How has their success become vulnerable?
• Why is it difficult to maintain a leadership position of a company like SIA and continuously improve?
• What do world class organizations need to do to improve and change continuously?

 

 

 

Strategic Leadership

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Using resources from the Capella Library, course readings, and the Internet, address the following:

Explain the importance of strategic leadership and methods to a health care organization.
Describe methods a leader may use to align the mission, vision, and goals of individual stakeholders to the mission, vision, goals, and objectives of the organization.
Describe effective communication strategies a leader may choose to employ when communicating the strategic vision of the organization to key stakeholders.
Explain why leaders must align the organizational culture with the internal and external environments. How can leaders accomplish that?
Describe ways an organization can use financial forecasts to guide organizational leadership.
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Concluding Thoughts

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As we conclude the discussion board for the semester, I’d like you to take some time and reflect on what you have learned. Please note that this reflection is separate from the final part of the case study, and should primarily address what was learned in your readings and online lectures.

For this week’s post, please answer all of the following questions (you do not need to write 3-4 sentences for each question – your entire response can be a few paragraphs). You do not need to reply to your classmates, although you may if you so choose.

What are two or three key things you learned this semester?
Did anything you learned surprise you?

Self-Leadership

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Self-Leadership is defined by the process of influencing oneself. A comprehensive process involving cognitive (thoughts) and behavioral (actions) factors. This definition is derived primarily from research and theory in two (2) areas of psychology: Social Cognitive Theory and Intrinsic Motivation Theory (Self-Determination Theory).

In the first half of the paper compare and contrast Social Cognitive Theory and Intrinsic Motivation Theory. For the second half discuss self-efficacy, a construct from Social Cognitive Theory and Intrinsic Motivation Theory. What are your personal sources of self-efficacy? Think about J.K. Rowling’s and her journey while reviewing your own.

Leadership theories and behaviors

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Review the Resources and examine the leadership theories and behaviors introduced.
Identify two to three scholarly resources, in addition to this Module’s readings, that evaluate the impact of leadership behaviors in creating healthy work environments.
Reflect on the leadership behaviors presented in the three resources that you selected for review.

Post two key insights you had from the scholarly resources you selected. Describe a leader whom you have seen use such behaviors and skills, or a situation where you have seen these behaviors and skills used in practice. Be specific and provide examples. Then, explain to what extent these skills were effective and how their practice impacted the workplace.