CARD 548 Career Success Strategies Week 5 Strategy Assignments Part 1 and Part 2

Part 1Strategy Assignments:

1.Visit the home page of an international organization and file a brief one or two paragraph report (less than one page, with references) on what you found that would add to your understanding of management and leadership demands in today's organizations. File your paper in the Dropbox for this week (20 points). Be prepared to discuss what you learned about the organization's approach to leadership in our threaded discussions. Choose a company of your own, or, for example, one of the following organizations:

www.ge.com

www.bp.com

www.ibm.com

www.hp.com

www.dell.com

www.exxonmobil.com

www.ba.com

www.toyota.com

www.pg.com

Part 2

Visit the Baldrige National Quality Program at www.baldrige.nist.gov and review the sections relating to leadership. What are keys to effective leadership, and how would you prioritize them? Identify one winner of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award and write one or two paragraphs (less than one page) on why they won the award. File your paper in the Dropbox for this week (20 points). Be prepared to discuss and defend your priorities about leadership as defined in the Baldrige materials in our discussion this week.