Assignment 1: LASA 2: Implementing Leadership Techniques:
Creating an Executive Brief (CO1, 2, 3)
Submit
your assignment to the M5: Assignment 1 Dropbox by Saturday, March 8,
2014.
Success
University (SU) is a medium sized undergraduate institution located in Southern
California. SU offers Associates and Bachelors programs in Business,
Psychology and Education at their San Moreno campus and online. SU has decided
to launch three new programs next Fall.
The
three programs to be launched are:
1) A Business Certificate in
Leadership
2) An Associates of Science (AS) degree in Business
Administration
3) A Bachelor’s of Science degree in Business Administration
(BSBA) with a concentration in Organizational Leadership
The
accrediting body of Success University has given the programs their blessing
and the School of Business has been charged with launching the three
programs. They have created a team consisting of faculty, graduates,
admissions staff, student services personnel and a marketing representative
from the Corporate Office to assist in the launch of the programs.
You
are tasked with bringing the team together, apprising them of their roles and
responsibilities within the team and mapping out a timeline with deliverables.
You
are to produce an executive brief of a 5 - 7 pages (not including the title or
reference page) that clearly outlines the:
1. Team plan: Your plan to create
a cohesive team. Include at least three strategies you plan to use to ensure a
unified team.
2. Launch plan – a comprehensive list
of steps (at least 6) describing how you will launch the new programs.
3. Goals and
Deliverables:
Describe the goals you have set for this project and create a timeline with
clearly marked deliverables.
4. Evaluation and
Monitoring:
Explain how you plan to evaluate the progress of your team and individual team
members – discuss the key strategies you will adopt to monitor your team’s
progress and coach them to success. Examples might include weekly face to face
meetings or written reports submitted to you weekly by each team member.
5. Implementation plan: How do you intend
to implement the launch plan? Discuss how the team will function and their
roles during the implementation.
6. Change plan: Create a strategy
to deal with potential resistance from all stakeholders involved in the running
and delivery of the new programs. For example there may be a concern in
terms of increased workload, having to learn new policies and processes and the
speed of the planned changes.
Assignment
1 Grading Criteria
|
Maximum Points
|
At
least three strategies to create a cohesive team are included (CO2)
|
40
|
A
comprehensive list of steps describing how you will launch the new programs
is included (CO1)
|
40
|
The
goals, timelines, and deliverables of the project are explained (CO3)
|
40
|
Plan
to evaluate, monitor and coach the team is described. (CO2)
|
40
|
Implementation
plan includes a discussion of the team functions and roles during the
implementation. (CO2)
|
40
|
Change
plan strategy includes information on dealing with stakeholder resistance.
(CO1)
|
40
|
Written
Components:
Organization
(16)
Usage
and mechanics (16)
APA
elements (24)
Style
(4)
|
60
|
Total:
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300
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