Homework Assignments Due tomorrow
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unit_6-7_assignment.docxUnit 6
How can collaborative leadership improve delivery of service during emergency incidents such as a multivehicle crash on a major thoroughfare? How would the “command and control” management style impact establishment of collaborative partnerships?
How to deal with volunteers is an issue that many EMS leaders must consider during large-scale incidents. Discuss the obligation of volunteers to adhere to the organization’s policies, procedures, rules, regulations, and legal requirements. As a leader, how will you encourage all members of the organization to function as a team, including volunteers?
Explain the following phrase: When a person possesses the appropriate technical skills, coupled with the ability to influence decision making in a positive, ethical, and virtuous manner, both under duress and during normal day-to-day operations, then they are well on their way to becoming an exemplary emergency services
leader. Support your discussion with references and in-text citations.
What is political savvy? What type of skill is it? How can it help a leader be effective? Discuss.
Discuss how servant leadership can be effective in EMS. Include at least one EMS-based example in your discussion that shows how this type of leadership could be effectively used in EMS.
Each Response Should be 300 words each
1. Unit VI Case Study
Case-in-Point Abstract
The purpose of this assignment is for you to apply the concepts and information you learned in this unit about leader behaviors. Also, this assignment provides you with the opportunity to use your skills, expertise, and experience to enrich your response.
For this assignment, you are to review the Case-in-Point Abstract, under Ethical Considerations, on pages 144-146. The case study illuminates the issues of doing the greatest good for the greatest number.
Discuss the case study thoroughly, using the leadership theories in this unit. Did the paramedic, Tom, do the right thing? Why, or why not? What leadership theory/theories might apply to his actions?
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· Were his actions ethical? Morally right? Briefly discuss the difference between ethical and moral actions.
· Is there anything you think he should have or could have done differently? Support your answer.
Provide your responses in a Word document. The completed assignment must be a minimum of two pages in length, not including the title page and reference list. To supplement your discussion, you may use journal articles, case studies, scholarly papers, and other sites you may find pertinent.
Chief Mac’s Scenario
The purpose of this assignment is for you to apply the concepts and knowledge you learned within this unit on leader behaviors. Also, this provides you with the opportunity to use your skills, expertise, and experience to enrich your response.
For this assignment, you are to review the Scenario on pages 159-160. The scenario illuminates the challenges presented by a chief’s leadership style and its effects on the organization and community.
· Discuss the case study thoroughly using the leadership theories in this unit. Include in your discussion the challenges of bringing the various groups together and rebuilding trust with personnel and community shareholders.
· How should Chief King reframe the department to bring it up to date and to regain his personnel’s trust? Discuss how he could/should apply the five guiding values in the “I CARE” acronym to help him be successful.
· Given King’s leadership style, do you think he will do what the department needs? Why, or why not?
Provide your responses in a Word document. The completed assignment must be a minimum of two pages in length, not including the title page and reference list. To supplement your discussion, you may use journal articles, case studies, scholarly papers, and other sites you may find pertinent.
