Effective administration requires leading without using one's authority. Our textbook provides a concise introduction to the basic functions of management: planning, structuring, direction, conducting programs, and evaluating. In each of these functions, leaders must understand effective leadership. In addition, during an emergency, management leaders need to understand the limits of their authority and influence. In fact, during the most recent events, from the tornados in the Midwest to the flooding in many parts of our nation, leaders needed to understand their authority and lead without using it. Refer to the Conceptual Map to identify things that will foster and promote your ability to lead without using your authority. Using this conceptual map, create a four-slide-content presentation, not including a title slide and a reference slide.

Conceptual maps are graphical tools for organizing and representing knowledge. There are several conceptual PowerPoint map slides with various blank concepts in the attached file. If you need additional blank concepts on the conceptual map, refer to the SmartArt Tools in the upper toolbar of Word. Click on SmartArt Tools, and in the upper-left corner click on Add a Shape. A new blank concept will appear. If you want to delete one of the blank concepts, click on the concept and select Delete.

You many use various sources, including your textbook or other scholarly material. Use the PowerPoint slide notes function to provide brief explanations to your instructor.

You will need to emphasize key points taken from the chapters to support your presentation. Visual emphasis such as bold, italicized, or underlined text should be used sparingly in order to maximize the prominence of key points. Each slide should address a single concept, and slides should follow a logical progression, each building on the other. 

Treat your PowerPoint slides like any research paper-provide in-text citations and a reference slide for any outside sources, including direct quotations, paraphrased words or ideas, tables and data, and images.