Leadership Imperatives & Strategic Leadership

Week 2

Team Assignments will be announced this week, based on the results of Week 1 Assignment. Teams will consist of teams of 3.

This week also introduces you and an understanding team dynamics as it relates to Strategic Leadership. We will review two important concepts for your learning.

1. Appreciative Inquiry

2. More PressBooks instruction to prepare you further for the team elements of the book preparation process.

The Appreciative Inquiry concepts are an important framework for Strategic Leadership. Looking at things from a more positive light is a better framework for developing strategy than developing it to fix problems in the organization. When we become fixers we run into a never ending list of fixes to attend to. When we become dreamers, we see the future as an open book with dreams, wishes and opportunities laid before us to work toward and succeed at.

The PressBooks material follows previous outlines for developing proficiency with the material.

Reading Overview

The readings listed below are for review and response to the materials covered in the coming week.
Week 2 – BLOG 1

Author	Text or Article	Chapters/Pages/Links
R. Hughes, K. Collarelli Beatty, D. Dinwoodie	Becoming a Strategic Leader	Chapters 5-7 and Appendices (pp. 197-310)
M. Ungerer, G. Ungerer & J. Herholdt	Navigating Strategic Possibilities: Strategic Formulation and Execution Practices to Flourish	Chapters 3-5 (pp. 107-275)
J. R. Galbraith	Designing Organizations: strategy, structure, and process at the business unit and enterprise levels.	Intro and chapters 4-6 (pp. 89-148)
R. Lepsinger	Closing the Execution Gap	Intro and chapter 2 (pp. 25-49)

Outcomes

Learners will begin development of the following outcomes in the unit.

1. Evaluate organizational effectiveness as it relates to strategic leadership principles and practice.
2. Integrate and synthesize a broad range of LDRS 501 course materials to demonstrate leadership application.
3. Examine key strategic leadership applications to maximize organizational benefit as it relates to the application of transformational servant and values based leadership principles within strategic leadership practice.

Resources

Reading Resource

1. Bradley, C ., Bryan, L. and Smit, S. (July 2012) Managing the strategy journey. McKinsey Quarterly. _Chicago IL: McKinsey and Company.

Personal research for Forum and Assignment completion.

Video & Miscellaneous Resources

In preparation for the Appreciative Inquiry Exercise in Learning Activity 3.1 below, take the time to view the videos below. Be prepared to reflect on the materials in the Exercise as they relate to the video content listed below.

1. Appreciative Inquiry

2. Appreciative Inquiry : a positive revolution approach in change

3. Appreciative Inquiry Case Study – Louisiana School District

4. Appreciative Inquiry Resources clicking the available links provides you with a variety of resources to deepen your understanding of Appreciative Inquiry and its use across a variety of organizational types and styles.

5. How to Do An Appreciative Inquiry Interview

6. How to use Appreciative Inquiry at work

7. Hunter Douglas – Appreciative Inquiry Case Study

Week 2 Assignments

Assignment: Blog 1 – due Day 1-6 of Week 2 – Post in Blog 1 Discussion Thread – 5%.

MA LEAD Leadership Monograph 2018

LDRS 501 – Blog 1 Rubric (5%)

Week 2 Learning Activities

1. Learning Activity 2.1

2. Appreciative Inquiry

3. Learning Activity 2.2

4. PressBooks Instruction