Strategic Leadership Teams

Week 3

This week introduces you to an understanding of Systems Thinking dynamics as it relates to Strategic Leadership. We will review three important concepts from the Systems Thinking realm and add more instruction around the PressBooks platform. The concepts we will review include:

• Senge’s Laws for System Thinking. This section outlines Senge’s work from his book, The Fifth Discipline, (2006).

• 5 additional laws to consider to expand our thinking on the topic.

• Organizational Learning Disabilities hindering the effective development and practice of Systems Thinking.

Systems Thinking is an important part of Strategic Leadership development. Addressing healthy concepts, understanding the pitfalls associated with poor practice and assessing the ability or disability issues in Systems Thinking practice can improve your practice of Strategic Leadership principles and concepts.

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 3 - BLOG 2

Author	Text or Article	Chapters/Pages/Links
M. Ungerer, G. Ungerer & J. Herholdt	Navigating Strategic Possibilities: Strategic Formulation and Execution Practices to Flourish	Chapters 6-7 (pp. 277-364)
J. R. Galbraith	Designing Organizations	Chapters 7-9 (pp. 149-216)
R. Lepsinger	Closing the Execution Gap	Chapter 3 (pp. 51-72)

Outcomes

Learners will have the opportunity to continue developing the following learning outcomes in this unit:

1. Analyze personal and corporate leadership effectiveness through the review and assessment of various leadership and management styles.

2. Evaluate organizational effectiveness as it relates to strategic leadership principles and practice.

3. Integrate and synthesize a broad range of LDRS 501 course materials to demonstrate leadership application.

4. 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.

5. Develop the necessary skills for systemic and systematic inquiry of strategic leadership issues related to your personal leadership development.

6. Integrate strategic leadership practice into your personal, corporate and career experience through the application of service improvement principles introduced.

Resources

Week 3 Assignments

Assignment: Blog 2 – Day 1-6 of Week 3 – Post in Blog 2 Discussion Thread –5%.