Question 1
Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Reference the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.

Building Trust

A pet project of top management has been given the green light.  You are assigned the task of leading a cross-functional team that includes a 20 year veteran to the company, a recent college graduate and a wage employee. What are the potential obstacles of your team?  How would you ensure each individual felt like a vital member of the team?   Summarize the steps you would take to build trust in leading this team. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings with constructive ideas, comments, or suggestions.

Question 2
Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Reference the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.

Feedback
A co-worker has asked four colleagues, including yourself, to complete a 360 degree feedback for them.  In the past, you have had problems with this individual’s ability to meet deadlines on teams you have worked on.  How would you provide constructive feedback to this person without causing any ill will between the two of you?  Evaluate your options according to what you feel to be your chances for success. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings with constructive ideas, comments, or suggestions.
      

1.What are the two main types of interviews:

• Unstructured and projective
• Unstructured and stress
• Structured and unstructured
• Structured and situational

2.A way to undermine trust in leadership is to…

• Encourage your direct reports to speak the truth
• Explain a situation in different ways to different subordinates so they will understand
• Reward direct reports who are contrarians
• Encourage direct reports to challenge leadership

3.An overarching goal or strategies for a top leader might be to be sure each vice president understands the meaning of…

• Delighting customers
• Monitoring subordinates
  Having detailed roles and responsibilities for each direct report
  Timing announcements to match stock market expectations and report dates

4.What type of question is focused on understanding how a candidate may behave in a hypothetical situation:

• Behaviorally-based
• Job-related
• Job knowledgeSituational

5.What is the best strategy for making recognition an effective motivator?

• Recognize only the people who had substantial input to accomplishing a goal
• Waiting until you are certain that the goal has been achieved
• Giving a cash bonusRecognizing everyone involved in an accomplishment, even those in the back office who were behind the scenes

6.How often should a leader evaluate a subordinate’s performance?

• Once a year when the organization requires a formal performance appraisal form be completed and shared with the subordinateEvery day if possible
• After major accomplishments have been completed
• Whenever the subordinate acts in a way that demonstrates one or more weakness

7.How does a goal statement differ from a strategy or tactic statement?

• A goal statement indicates what you want to accomplish
• A goal statement indicates what you plan to do
• A goal statement indicates what you expect from subordinates
• Strategy is the overall direction of the company whereas a goal statement is what each person needs to do to affect that

8.One-to-one leadership requires competencies that support…

• Time management
• Setting parameters and controls over human resource practices
• Performance management
• Distributing and explaining corporate financial reports to employees

9.Which would not be considered a developmental assignment?

• Being given a highly visible task that is important to the organization’s success
• Being given feedback and asked to use it to improve one’s performance
• Leading a start-up—for instance, a new support department or line of business
• Opening a new office

The first of six steps of performance management consists of goal setting, as detailed in Chapter Three. Assume that you work for the Los Angeles Tribune, a large but struggling newspaper publisher with distribution throughout the Los Angeles region. Various problems have arisen that need to be addressed:

•     The cost of paper is rising
•     The cost of distribution is rising
•     Circulation revenue is down
•     Advertising revenue is down, largely due to free online listings offered by Craigslist and other online advertising services
•     Customers are largely in the 40+ age range
•     The current number of employees cannot continue to be supported if revenue continues to shrink

 

You have been selected by the CEO to construct a goal-setting framework that focuses on three of the six issues above. In your APA formatted two- to three-page paper, include a goal statement for each of the three issues you’ve chosen and describe the corresponding strategies, tactics, activities, measures of success, and goal measurements you recommend. Support each with your rationale, citing the textbook as necessary, and be sure to provide specific examples within the activities section. In addition to your two to three pages of written content, a title page and reference page are required. 

For this assignment, it is possible to make reasonable assumptions regarding the organization’s economic situation and business climate. Be sure to specifically mention any such assumptions that you are making within your paper.Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.