MGMT 4160 Week 4 Assignment

MGMT 4160  Week 4 Assignment | Tulane University

Module 4 Assignment: Student Journal Entry

Keeping a journal encourages students to think about applying the leadership concepts and theories in the book to their work and other outside activities. A journal is especially useful for students who have jobs or are involved in extracurricular activities (Greek for example) or club or NCAA sports. Journal entries should be made each week.

The journals can be used to record a variety of different things. Some subjects can be described in a single entry, whereas other subjects may require multiple entries made over a period of several weeks. Students are encouraged to write rich, detailed entries rather than short, superficial comments or observations, and emphasize the importance of relating entries to the course. Entries will be confidential and will not be seen by anybody else except me. To preserve the anonymity of people described in journal entries, students can use initials or titles (e.g., sales manager, CEO) for them.

Also note:  Any week that we have a guest speaker (tentatively, we’ve got guest speakers scheduled for September 8 and October 13), the speaker’s appearance will be the topic for your journal entry.  Feel free to comment or critique any or all of the guest speaker’s presentation or statements for your journal entry. 

You may choose from any of the possible subjects below with the freedom to choose more than one subject to journal about.

·         Describe reactions to class activities such as cases, exercises, role plays, videos, and speakers. Were they interesting, informative, helpful, etc.? Suggest ways to >improve these activities.

·         Describe how you used theories and concepts to improve your understanding of relationships or events in your organization. Describe your analysis and explain how the theory provided new insights or a better mental model.

·         Describe your experience using specific guidelines in the book to carry out a leadership function more effectively. Some examples include the use of guidelines for influencing people, empowering people, providing coaching, and implementing a change. Explain the situation, what you did, and the outcome. Describe evidence to support your assessment that it was successful or unsuccessful.

·         Describe the behavior of your boss or another leader who you can observe closely. Use concepts from the book to analyze this leader’s behavior and effectiveness.

·         Describe a specific incident when someone in the organization attempted to influence you to do something. Explain the situation, and describe in detail what the person said and did, and your reaction.

·         Describe the group processes that are occurring in a team to which you belong. Evaluate how effective this team is in accomplishing its mission, and use your analysis of group processes to explain why it is effective or ineffective.

Instructions

Each Friday, students will submit a 1-2 page journal through the Canvas portal.

The assignment should be double spaced, normal margins, 12 pt Arial font, pdf format.

It should be submitted through Canvas no later than the due date.