chapter 14,15,16 assignments

Chapter 14 Assignment

Please answer these questions to the best of your ability using the information that you gathered from reading the chapter, along with information from your own work experience. Please do not copy and paste.

Please refer to your StrengthsFinder results and the document titled, “Four Domains of Leadership” when answering the following questions. I posted both of them

1. Map your five biggest strengths from the StrengthsFinder assessment onto the Four Domains of Leadership chart. Of the four domains of leadership, what are your one or two biggest areas? Do the findings surprise you?

2. In your past work on group projects in other classes, how do you think that you were able to utilize your Leader Domain area to influence or lead others in your group? Please give an example.

3. Of the five styles of leadership represented in the Blake/Moulton Leadership Grid, which style is most in line with your leadership strengths? Please explain using an example of how you would use your leadership style in the workplace.

Chapter 15 Assignment

Please answer these questions to the best of your ability using the information that you gathered from reading the chapter, along with information from your own work experience. Please do not copy and paste.

Please refer to the video titled “How to Become an Active Listener.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eHxNdIyo7g

1. How could practicing active listening techniques help you in your career? Explain.

2. Research has proven that the average person can interpret 500 pieces of information per minute but can only speak 100-125 words per minute. This gives the average person 375-400 idle bits of processing space in their brain each minute. What happens to the idle space when you are having a conversation with someone? Give an example.

3. Do you believe that you could utilize active listening techniques on a daily basis? Try having a conversation with someone now using active listening either face-to-face or on the phone.

Did it feel awkward? What techniques did you use? If it felt awkward, how can you overcome the awkwardness? Explain.

Chapter 16 Assignment

Please answer these questions to the best of your ability using the information that you gathered from reading the chapter, along with information from your own work experience. Please do not copy and paste.

1. Please review the section in the chapter about Feedforward, Concurrent, and Feedback control.

How would your particular StrengthsFinder Strengths relate to these different control mechanisms? Would your strengths help you more in one of the three areas than the other ones? Explain.

2. What do you look for when you want to buy a high quality product? What makes a product have high quality? Do these same rules apply to high quality service? Explain.

3. If we always buy the highest quality products, and if those products are priced accordingly, then we would always buy the most expensive, which isn't feasible (unless you are Jeff Bezos). How and when do you decide to make a trade-off between quality and price? Use an example to illustrate your point.