PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM PROPOSAL

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM PROPOSAL 

As an MBA and leader, you must be able to present your management plans and leadership strategies to inform stakeholders and gain buy-in. For this assignment, you’ll practice this by developing a proposal for a professional development training program. The program centers on motivational strategies and how an emotional intelligence management approach would benefit department managers. 

Continue with the same organization you selected in Assignment 1. Imagine that the CEO has charged you, the task force leader, with researching emotional intelligence (EI) in order to propose a professional development program. 

Your proposal should detail how a new incentive program, based on an EI management approach, will foster teamwork, strengthen interpersonal relationships, enhance communication, and increase overall performance. You need to help the CEO gain approval for this initiative. Your program’s proposal must include supporting research concerning how motivational strategies enhance job satisfaction and team output. 

Prepare for this assignment by identifying the resources you’ll use to create your proposal. You will need to provide at least two quality resources such as the course textbook, company website, business websites (CNBC, Bloomberg, etc.), resources from the Strayer Library, and/or outside sources. Note: Wikipedia and web-based blogs do not qualify as credible resources. 

INSTRUCTIONS 

Create a proposal (five to seven pages recommended) that includes the following components:  

1. EI and Motivation  Which of the EI building blocks would impact management’s ability to  enhance employee performance and job satisfaction? Based on your  research on motivational theory, describe how your task force would  utilize positive or negative reinforcement to influence the members of  the organization and resolve the issue. Provide examples to  support your solution.  

2. EI and Social Skills and Decision Making  Explain how the core concepts of emotional intelligence would  enhance the social skills and the decision-making efficacy  of the management team.  

3. Effective Teams  Describe the core attributes of an effective team and the strategies  you would implement to develop team dynamics that will benefit  the organization.  

4. Reward Systems  Create an effective reward system for this organization. Determine the  strategies you would incorporate to motivate your employees  and influence behavior.  

5. Executive Summary  Prepare a one-page executive summary that you will present to the  CEO in an upcoming executive meeting. Note: An executive summary  is a condensed version of your full report. It should summarize briefly  all the main points in concise paragraphs. It should be written clearly  and should use language appropriate for the audience.