Write the given assignment.
 
PART I: SHORT RESPONSE

Directions: Respond to the following prompts using complete sentences. Each answer should be a minimum of two paragraphs in length.

1. Why is change necessary for survival for today's organizations? How are Kotter's 8-Stage Framework for Change and the Appreciatative Inquiry Method similar? Explain how they are different.

2. Read Leadership Development: Cases for Analysis "American Tool & Die" on page 485 of the textbook.

Answer questions 1 through 3.

PART II: ESSAY

Directions: In a three page APA formatted paper, answer the following questions:

Are leaders made or born? What did you document in your first journal about this topic? Does your opinion differ or is it the same? What helped support your prior viewpoint or change it?

Finally, you listened to several presentations and interviews by CEOs and well known speakers and leaders. List the most influential of the bunch, and what you found most interesting in their work.

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