Cassandra Gordon Ph.D Educational Leadership, Policy & Social Change Research, Theory, Design and Methods Eight Article Annotations for Research on Home Schooling as an alternative to large classrooms Article #1: Duvall, Steven F., Delquadri, Joseph C.,Ward, D. Lawrence (2004). A Preliminary Investigation of the Effectiveness of Homeschool Instruction Environments for Students with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. School Psychology Review. Vol. 33 Issue 1, p140-158. Education…
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questions. Post a weekly summary on Sunday or Monday. Be sure to thoroughly answer the discussion question, and respond to other student’s posts. You are required to be active in the classroom on a minimum of three days with eight “S” posts each week. Active means, a minimum of one substantive (S) post on that given day. You may choose which days to be active, as they do not have to be consistent each week. Responses to Discussion Questions and the Weekly Summaries will count as a substantive…
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Narrative Summary This episode demonstrates the mindfulness that one must have when facing judgment decisions. The complexities of decision-making and leadership require a continuous cycle of synthesis and analysis. From the onset the stakeholders are bombarded with information that is both meaningful and irrelevant. Synthesis begins as the thoughtful leader needs to first find the true issue, which in the case of “The Cow Thief” was a cow thief. The more difficult task is gathering meaningful…
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be accepted! 6. Hand written work is acceptable, you will need to print off the entire worksheets and complete, additional sheets may be needed. PROJECT 1: Leadership Styles and Roles of a Leader Section 1: Leadership Styles and Orientation of Leadership Research the following leadership styles. In your own words provide examples of how they are used in a uniformed public service. |Style: |Authoritarian…
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department under a six month contract. Before completing the internship, you are required to present a final report to the management that involves four tasks as seen in the next page. You would need to examine the type of management styles and leadership approaches of the managers and how they motivate their staff in order to achieve the organisational goals and objectives along with the organisational culture and communication methods used at Visit London. The management interns are also required…
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Scenario one describes a time sensitive and potential serious future problem, similar to dam holding back flood waters beginning to crack under pressure. If you only plug the holes as they appear you will buy extra time to address the source of the problem, but soon the structure itself will become too weak to do its job. Customers are like flood waters in that they will flow along the easiest path, or in this case, they are attracted by the newest fad. Honestly, it will be too time-consuming…
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LEARNING THE LESSONS OF LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE: TOOLS FOR INTERACTIVE CASE METHOD ANALYSIS Randall W. Hill, Jr., Andrew S. Gordon, and Julia M. Kim Institute for Creative Technologies University of Southern California 13274 Fiji Way, Marina del Rey, CA 90292 ABSTRACT The Army Excellence in Leadership (AXL) project at the University of Southern California’s Institute for Creative Technologies is aimed at supporting the acquisition of tacit knowledge of military leadership through the development…
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minutes) present a summary of their suggestions to the Schukra Team during their session. Workshop Date: Saturday, November 8th from 9:00-11:30 in Toldo Room 104 Schukra of North America Ltd., is a wholly owned subsidiary of Leggett and Plat (NYSE: LEG) an S&P 500 Company. Schukra is an international leader in the manufacturing, development and assembly of seating components with a headquarters in Windsor, Ontario. The company has provided the following human resource scenarios that impact upon…
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The company's future could be riding on the decision. Is it time for the CFO to stop facilitating and take a strong stand promoting one choice over the other? Two experts comment on this fictional case study. Topics: Decision making; Leadership; Risk; Strategy To me it seems like Carl Shirley's boss is relying on her inputs with regards to financial aspects of going with and without plastiwear and also their ability to commercially productize a novel albeit academic idea. Although…
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Summary Software Professional with over 5 years of experience in IT industry and proven record of designing and delivering solutions with focus on customer satisfaction. Currently pursuing MBA with concentration in Management Information Systems. Experience in Strategic Planning, Project Management, Client Interaction, Analytical Thinking, Root Cause Analysis, and Negotiation skills. Education MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY, College of Business, Starkville, Mississippi…
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