By the end of this course you will know yourself better than ever! Now it’s time to find out how your unique personal style affects your communications and decision-making at work!
Assignment Expectations (Content)
There are FOUR STEPS to this SLP:
FIRST: Go back and take a look at the article from the background readings:
http://www.triz-journal.com/archives/1998/10/a/
You don’t have to read the whole article!! Please read from the heading The Organizational Engineering (OE) Paradigm and STOP when you get to The TRIZ / OE “Bi-System.”
SECOND: Take your best guess as to your top two “Strategic Processing Styles.” Which seems to be your “primary” or #1 style, and which is your #2 style? You know yourself best, so this should be a highly educated guess! . Read the descriptions of the four styles, and think about it. Which two styles describe you best? Are you more of a:
RS = Reactive Stimulator,
LP = Logical Processor,
HA = Hypothetical Analyzer, or
RI = Relational Innovator?
THIRD: Take a look at Figure 3, and see how your top two styles combine to give you a “Strategic Pattern.” See whether the combination of your top two styles makes you a:
Conservator
Perfector
Changer, or
Performer
FOURTH: Please write a 2-3 page essay in which you answer this question:
How do you think your top two “Strategic Processing Styles” and your “Strategic Pattern” affect your communications and decision-making at work?
Format
Assignment Expectations (Structure)
Make sure that you use your own language (rather than copying sentences from the article).
Your paper will be graded based on the following criteria: Precision, Clarity, Breadth, Depth, Grammar/Vocabulary, Referencing, and Application.
Use 12 point font (Times New Roman), double-spacing, and one inch margins. Add a cover page and a references list.
Citing your Sources: APA Style – TUI requires all PhD work to be in APA form. We also encourage all other students to comply with guidelines for proper citation of references. You may use the tutorial found on the following link (press “view the tutorial”): http://www.apastyle.org/learn/tutorials/basics-tutorial.aspx?apaSessionKey=4532A4A4911C1E8D5E885C141739A382
OPTIONAL – TO LEARN MORE ABOUT YOUR STYLES:
For a more in-depth description of the Logical Processor (LP), the most common of the four styles, check out Secrets of a Logical Processor by Shannon Nelson at the Organizational Engineering Institute: http://www.oeinstitute.org/joe/Secrets_of_LP.pdf (click “cancel” at the login screen)
For a quick, easy overview of the four strategic processing styles, see the section beginning on page 9 in this report:: http://web.archive.org/web/20060517231738/http://www.alterisgr oup.com/news/organizationalcoaching.pdf
You don’t need to read the whole article!! Just:
Scroll down to p. 9 to the short table that gives a Summary of the four Strategic Style Characteristics
Look at the four tables on pages 10 and 11 that show how your dominant (highest scoring) styles relate to others in terms of:
Planning Preferences
Organizing Preferences
Controlling Preferences
Leading Preferences
Required Materials
Read the Case Study- “Management analysis and decision making” http://www.fbla-pbl.org/docs/ct/production/PBL/case_study_management_analysis___decision_making.pdf
Blair, G. M. (nd). Conversation as communication. Retrieved July 27, 2010 from http://www.see.ed.ac.uk/~gerard/Management/art7.html
Chapman, A. (nd). Problem-solving & decision-making. BusinessBalls.com. Retrieved February Retrieved July 27, 2010 from http://www.businessballs.com/problemsolving.htm
McNamara, C. (nd). Basics in internal organizational communications. Retrieved July 27, 2010 from http://www.managementhelp.org/mrktng/org_cmm.htm
You will need this final reading for your SLP assignment:
Ungvari, S. F. (nd). (TRIZ)OE = Improving TRIZ Results by Dynamically Matching Tools to Teams. Retrieved July 27, 2010 at: http://www.triz-journal.com/archives/1998/10/a/
Optional Materials
PowerPoint Presentations:
Professional Communication, which covers a range of topics from individual, gender, and cultural differences that affect communication, to hidden messages managers send!
In professional organizations, certain communications need to be strategically planned and designed. Everything from the nature of the audience, to the structure and content of the message, to the delivery channel(s) from Mary Munter’s great book on Managerial Communication: How to Develop a Communication Strategy
Harrison, E. F., & Pelletier, M. A. (1999). Managerial decision making (PowerPoint slide presentations). Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company. RetrievedJuly 27, 2010 at http://college.hmco.com/business/harrison/managerial/5e/instructors/ppt
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