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 Individual Reflection: Creativity, Leadership, and Innovation: A Self-Assessment

Dyer, Gregersen, and Christensen, in their essential components of “The Innovator’s DNA” make the important point that, while all successful innovators share certain characteristics, those characteristics are not literally written into an innovator’s DNA. Instead, it is essential to practice thinking creatively. What innovators achieve is the result of their actions and what they do, not simply who they are.

With this in mind, it stands to reason that it is important to periodically assess whether you are on the right track in developing the skills of a leader who successfully fosters creativity in the organization. This self-assessment is not the final verdict on the level or depth of your creativity or your potential success as an innovator, but instead is an important part of understanding the ways you currently lead others and thinking about how you will lead others in the future.

Regardless of where you are in the organization, there are leadership characteristics you have or would like to strive towards as you develop professionally. For this Individual Reflection you will identify and describe an innovation leader who has inspired you. This Individual Reflection will allow you to conduct a personal analysis of leadership qualities between you and an innovation leader to help you identify key leadership dimensions that you can develop.

Note: For the sake of clarity, be mindful during this Individual Reflection to focus on a leader that you admire who inspires innovation and not a leader who is innovative in terms of leadership style and characteristics.

For this Individual Reflection, describe a person who successfully brought together leadership, foresight, creativity, and innovation. This person should be someone with whom you have worked or who has inspired you in your professional career or personal life. (Note: You do not need to identify the individual by name, if he or she is someone you personally know). Be sure to include the following:

• Part 1: Provide an opening section where you provide your assessment of the characteristics of this innovation leader that you currently do not possess or demonstrate that you would like to develop. Your own characteristics are the baseline in the analysis, and the innovation leader you identified is the model. If you are not currently in a leadership role, envision how you might develop these characteristics in a future position. Be sure to consider the following factors and questions:
• • Explain how this innovation leader supported a creative environment, and how they catalyzed, implemented, and promoted innovation in the organization.
  • Describe the leadership skills he or she used to foster creativity in successful ways.
  • How does the leader engage stakeholders (vendors, executives, board members, employees) in the innovative or creative process? For example, how does the leader conduct a stakeholder analysis?
• Provide an inventory of leadership characteristics exhibited by this leader using the Leader Characteristic Inventory Handout document in this week’s Resources.
• Part 2: Provide a self-assessment on the extent to which you have (or need to cultivate to be successful) the dimension of leadership that foster creativity. For each of the following dimensions of leadership, assess how you currently display (or would display) the dimensions in your work and professional life. Provide a brief explanation of your self-assessment for each of the dimensions listed below. (Refer to “The Innovator’s DNA” for more details about each of these innovator dimensions): . B., & Christensen, C. M. (2009). The innovator’s DNA. Harvard Business Review, 87(12), 60–67. Retrieved from http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/pl/20331266/20331395/246c1fd2ba1c8b324a7d7c2afdf6ffe4
  • Associating
  • Questioning
  • Experimenting
  • Observing
  • Networking
  • Cultivating New Thinking
  • Comfort with Change
  • Risk tolerance
  • Collaboration

The following assignment is an exercise designed to help you begin the process of addressing a moral issue, a process that will continue in the next two assignments. In this exercise, you will do the following:

• Formulate an ethical question within one of the given topic areas from the list provided.
• Provide an introduction in which you briefly explain the topic and the particular question on which you will focus your paper.
• State your position on the question at issue.
• Identify one consideration that would support your position and one consideration that would challenge it.

Instructions

The exercise must be at least 500 words in length (excluding title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Be sure to include a title page and, if you include references, a bibliography. The exercise should be in outline (not essay) format, with each part labeled and numbered as specified below.

1. 1. Part One: Formulate the Question

      Read through the list of available topic areas, and select a topic on which you would like to write your next two papers. Formulate a specific, concrete, ethical question pertaining to that topic, and place that at the top of your paper.

      The question should be specific enough to discuss in six to eight pages (which is the length of the Final Paper assignment). For example, if you were interested in discussing the topic of capital punishment, a question like “Is capital punishment wrong?” would be too vague, and would need to be reformulated as a more specific question, such as “Should we execute people convicted of first degree murder?” or “Is it just to use capital punishment when there is the possibility of executing innocent persons?” or “Is the capital punishment system racist?”

1. 1. Part Two: Provide a Brief Introduction to the Topic

      Your introduction should focus on setting out the topic and scope of the discussion in a way that clearly establishes what exactly you will be talking about and why it is significant. It should also provide any necessary context such as the background, current state of affairs, definitions of key terms, and so on. You want to try to do this in a way that stays as neutral as possible, avoids controversial assumptions, rhetorical questions, and the like. In other words, you should try to construct an introduction to the topic that could be an introduction to a paper defending any position on the question at issue.

      It is important for your introduction to narrow down the topic as much as possible. Doing so will allow you to provide a more detailed consideration of the issues and explain the reasoning more clearly in later papers. In general, arguments and analyses are much stronger when they focus on addressing a particular issue thoroughly and in detail, and doing so often requires deciding on one particular question or point to discuss, and leaving other possible ones aside.

      You should label this section of your paper as “Introduction.”

1. 1. Part Three: Provide a Position Statement

      State clearly and precisely the position you intend to defend on the question you have formulated. This does not need to be more than one sentence.

      Note that providing a position statement does not necessarily presume that you are confident in your position, that other positions do not have merit, or that you cannot change your mind later. However, for now, it is important to at least tentatively take a stand on a position you believe to be better supported than others.

      Label this section as “Position Statement.”

1. 1. Part Four: Identify and Explain a Supporting Reason

      Identify and explain a plausible reason someone could give that supports the position you have taken and be sure to clearly explain why you think it supports that position. The explanation should aim to be three to five sentences (shorter explanations are possible, but will likely be inadequate; longer explanations are likely to be too verbose).

      Label this section as “Supporting Reason.”

1. Part Five: Identify and Explain an Opposing Reason

   Identify and explain a plausible reason someone might give that would oppose or challenge the position you have taken and be sure to clearly explain why you think it would oppose or challenge it. The explanation should aim to be three to five sentences (shorter explanations are possible, but will likely be inadequate; longer explanations are likely to be too verbose). You should strive to articulate that reason in a way that someone defending a contrary position to your own would do. This requires stepping back from your own position and being able to think about the problem as objectively as you can. You should not attempt to respond to this opposing reason.

   Label this section as “Opposing Reason.”

Research Application Project
Analyze and describe the tools and technologies for developing rule-based DSS
Introduction: Using DSS involves interactive analytical modeling processing and information systems can support a variety of management decision-making levels and decisions. These levels include strategic, tactical, and operational decision making as they apply to three types of decision structures (structured, semistructured, and unstructured).
Assignment: Analyze and describe the tools and technologies for developing rule-based DSS
Write a 2–4 page paper analyzing and describing the tools and technology for developing a rule-based DSS. Cite examples including links, references, and sources from your own reading and research to support your position. Format your response according to APA guidelines.
Present your work in Microsoft Word document format. Name your file M7_A1_LastName_RAP.doc and submit it to the M7: Assignment 1 Dropbox bySaturday, October 10, 2015.

For this assignment/draft, find or choose one of your sources. Then, work through the following:

1) Ask and write down 2/3 questions you have about the material/your assignment before you read the source.

2) Describe this source in some detail: what is the source? Who wrote it? Who are they?

3) Why did the author(s) write this? What is it’s purpose?

4) Describe the writing style, content, and features of this source–what could we learn about the field by looking at and reading this source?

5) How do you think you will use this source? That is, what info/ideas from it will be useful to you?

6) Did your questions get answered? Tell me. Then, ask 2-3 more you have after reading this source.
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you could use any of the sources that you chose for project 3 & you just

Research three dates in which terrorists have used chemical or biological weapons in their attack. Two of the dates must have occurred in the USA. Detail the plot, motive and reason for the attack. What was the impact on the economy and the country as a whole. What lessons were learned, what policies were implemented and at what cost (financially)? 2-3 pages is the limit! No more than 3 pages in length and no fluff. Just give me the facts!

Design four templates to use in management of your department and write a memo to your team.

BUSINESS SITUATION

You are a customer service manager in Safe Core Co., a large multi-national fire sprinkler company. As a good leader, you are in the process of developing a departmental business plan for your team. In order to have a successful year, you have decided to introduce four new templates to help keep your team on track.

Skills Assessment/ Training Needs – You need to know what skills your team members have now and what training they require for the future.

Project Status – You need a uniform way to keep all projects on target and to ensure that responsible people are held accountable.

Expense Reports – You need to keep the department within budget guidelines.

Job Performance Reviews – You need to establish a system to give effective performance feedback to individual employees.

To optimize your efficiency and effectiveness, you decide to research professionally proven templates on the internet and implement them in your department immediately. (In the past, you have found that microsoftoffice.com is one of many good resources.) After finding appropriate templates, you plan to write a memo to your team introducing the new forms.

ASSIGNMENT

Document your plan.
• Find and print a template from the Web for each of the four categories above. (Each template should be only ONE page and must include the URL link.)
• Write a short memo to your team explaining the purpose, timeline for implementation, schedule, and personal accountability for each form.
• Submit both your memo and copies of the four templates as your assignment.

# Write introduction for all the annotation (9) article.
# Write (9) annotated bibliography from the articles that related with my topic ” what is the impact of company taxation on the Australian economy? ”
# I uploaded examples and my articles (9).

# Write introduction for all the annotation (9) article.
# Write (9) annotated bibliography from the articles that related with my topic ” what is the impact of company taxation on the Australian economy? ”
# I uploaded examples and my articles (9).

i will post the topic we are learning about below. For this forum, discuss and apply something you learned from Chapter 7. I am starting 3 discussion threads to address each of the 3 sections in this chapter. You will post to one of those discussion threads (or more than one if you like). Please do not start any new discussion threads of your own. Remember that the more detailed and thoughtful your post, the more you are processing and learning as you compose your post!

As usual, it is essential to work completely through every part of every chapter, and every resource provided for you. I have started a thread in the Course Questions Forum for this chapter, so please post your questions there.

Remember that Psychology is a Science, and you are expected to use your intellectual capabilities that we all have to analyze and apply the factual evidence, research findings, and other information presented in your text. Also remember that this is a college course, so your discussions should be thoughtfully put together, with proper grammar, capitalization, punctuation, etc. Texting-type shorthand is not acceptable.