DISCUSSION ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS

The student will complete three Discussions in this course. The student will post one thread of at least 500-600 words for each thread, students must support their assertions with a text and at least four scholarly citations in APA format. Any sources cited must have been published within the last three years. Acceptable sources include scholarly citations from peer-reviewed journals, any of the course texts, and the Bible.

Discussion: Thread: Finding Vital Behaviors

The purpose of this discussion is to reflect on the principles presented in the course text Influencer by Grenny, Patterson, Maxfield, McMillan, & Switzler. For this discussion, reflect on the section from chapter 3 called Find the Vital Behaviors, including the four search strategies. Write a thread that integrates personal experience regarding this search with current developments and best practices from industry. Are there any other search strategies you would recommend be added to the list?

Textbook Readings
    Grenny et al.: chs. 13
    Kotter: chs. 56
    Merida: Section 1, I Kings

Compare and Contrast Assignment

We will spend the first three sessions in the online course reviewing Traditional, Agile, and Extreme project management methods. 

This  assignment is to write a detailed assessment that compares and contrasts these three methodologies in the field of project management.

Include an analysis of when each of these methods would be appropriate, using examples from your business industry experience.

Include a recommendation for your specific industry application that emphasizes one of these three methodologies.

Your paper should be no more than 3,000 words and written in APA style. Your written paper is due at the end of Session 3. Refer to course calendar.

Required Resource

Martinelli, R. J., & Milosevic, D. Z. (2016). Project management toolbox: Tools and techniques for the practicing project manager (2nd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley & Sons. (ISBN: 9781118973127) 

American Psychological Association (2009). Concise rules of APA style (6th ed.). American Psychological Association. (ISBN: 9781433805608)

Project Management Institute (2017). A guide to the project management body of knowledge: PMBOK Guide (6th ed.). Newtown Square, PA: Project Management Institute. (ISBN: 9781628251845)

Wysocki, R. K. (2014). Effective project management: Traditional, agile, extreme (7th ed.). Indianapolis, IN: John Wiley & Sons. (ISBN: 9781118729168)

Directions: Please provide responses to the three prompts below. The expectation is that each
response is 7501,000 words in length. Record your answers on a separate Word document.
Properly label your document for ease of reading.
Leadership Experience
Describe an instance (7501,000 words) where you were required to lead a team. The team you
lead could be a formal (Business setting) or informal.

Note: If you do not have a team leadership experience, write about the leader of a team
of which you were a member.
[Enter your response in the Application Questionnaire Response Template.]
Leadership Approach
Analyze your approach (7501,000 words) to the challenge from a leadership prospective using
specific examples. It is not important whether or not your efforts were successful. What is
important is the approach you take to appraising your leadership decisions and actions.
Consider the following:
What was the purpose or shared vision of the team?
The effectiveness of your leadership approach and style. Did you get buy in from
stakeholders?
Decision-making processes and outcomes? What were your good decisions? What
would you have done differently?
How did you communicate your vision, values, decisions, information, et cetera?
[Enter your response in the Application Questionnaire Response Template.]
Fostering Collaboration and Motivation
Analyze your ability (7501,000 words) to foster collaboration and motivating team members.
Consider the following:
Describe how you facilitated or encouraged team member or participant collaboration.
Describe actions you took to motivate people to realize your vision. Were they effective?
Why or why not?
[Enter your response in the Application Questionnaire Response Template.]

Directions: Please provide responses to the three prompts below. The expectation is that each
response is 7501,000 words in length. Record your answers on a separate Word document.
Properly label your document for ease of reading.
Leadership Experience
Describe an instance (7501,000 words) where you were required to lead a team. The team you
lead could be a formal (Business setting) or informal.

Note: If you do not have a team leadership experience, write about the leader of a team
of which you were a member.
[Enter your response in the Application Questionnaire Response Template.]
Leadership Approach
Analyze your approach (7501,000 words) to the challenge from a leadership prospective using
specific examples. It is not important whether or not your efforts were successful. What is
important is the approach you take to appraising your leadership decisions and actions.
Consider the following:
What was the purpose or shared vision of the team?
The effectiveness of your leadership approach and style. Did you get buy in from
stakeholders?
Decision-making processes and outcomes? What were your good decisions? What
would you have done differently?
How did you communicate your vision, values, decisions, information, et cetera?
[Enter your response in the Application Questionnaire Response Template.]
Fostering Collaboration and Motivation
Analyze your ability (7501,000 words) to foster collaboration and motivating team members.
Consider the following:
Describe how you facilitated or encouraged team member or participant collaboration.
Describe actions you took to motivate people to realize your vision. Were they effective?
Why or why not?
[Enter your response in the Application Questionnaire Response Template.]

1Q: Research the following terms until you find at least two useful articles with definitions for EACH
term:
civility
professionalism
business etiquette
social skills
business ethics
social intelligence

2Q:  Record all of the information about the article, journal, book, or webpage needed for a
bibliographical source using the APA referencing format.

You do NOT need to summarize the articles, books, or web documents.
You DO need to note the title, author, publication date, and other details for each source.
The specific details required and how the required details need to be presented
(sequence, format, punctuation, & syntax) MUST follow the APA style rules and guidelines.

3. The maximum number of web pages you may include in your references page is 5.
Only 5 of the 12 sources can be a web page.
The remaining 8 sources can be any other type of information source (book, magazine
article, journal, interview, eBook, etc).
You may use the internet to find or learn about a relevant book, but your entry must
reference the actual book and not the web page on which you found the book.

4. Present your APA styled list of 12 references as if it was the references page for a report titled,
APA Reference List Assignment.
Use correct margins, paragraph spacing, indentation, and other formatting set forth by the
APA referencing style guidelines.
Do NOT include any course information or assignment information at the top of the
document.
Use only the header specified by the APA Style Guidelines.

5. Compare your list of references to the example posted on Canvas.
Modules // // SAMPLE >> APA Styled List of References