CC&VR PY542 & PY540

Week# 4

1. Using specific examples from your personal / professional life as well as specific theories from the text, please react to Peter Drucker's article, "Managing Knowledge Means Managing Oneself" posted in the Readings for the Week.  What can you take from this article to use in your own organization? What do you consider your most significant leadership trait? (200 words)

http://hbswk.hbs.edu/archive/2712.html

2. Identify a person or persons who you consider a leader. What types of power do they use to accomplish their goals? How can you use these same types of power in your life? (200 words)

Week# 5

1. What does it take to be an effective communicator? Citing specific examples from the readings and your own experiences, who is the best communicator you know? Why do you consider that person to be so? (200 words)

2. Discuss some of the issues (positive and negative) that you have found in group decision making. What are some of the pros and cons and how, in your personal experiences, have you handled them? (200 words)