Mgt 300 Module 3 Leadership and Teams

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In this section, I will be looking at leadership and how leadership helps teams to achieve their and the organizations goals and objectives.

Leadership- should reflect the team’s stage of development. Leaders should motivate, facilitate goal setting, educate and evaluate achievements.

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Read the section on Wrigley in your text. What three team leadership concepts can be learned from the company? What traits or characteristics are necessary for leaders to be effective in running teams? Respond substantively to two other students’ postings.

This course utilizes resources via the WGU Library, with articles available for you to read. For

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The two parts in this assignment will contribute equally to your grade and will be evaluated separately.

Classical organisational theorist defined leadership in terms of achieving a group’s objectives R.C Davies (1942) referred to leadership as “the principle dynamic forces that motivates and coordinates the organisation in the accomplishment of its objectives.” Similarly, Urwick (1953) stated that the leader is “the personification of common purpose not only to all who work under taking, but to everyone outside it.” K. Davies (1962) defined leadership as “the human factor which binds a group together and motivates it towards goals.” Cattell (1951) took the extreme position that leadership is whatever or whoever contributes to the group’s performance. To measure each members Leadership, Cattell noted, removed him or her from the group, one at a time, and observe what happens to the group’s performance. Calder (1977) and Pfeffer (1977) “stated that leadership is mainly influence and is even attributed to participants after the fact.

Choose one (1) of the topics from the list of topic choices below. Read the topic carefully. Write a three to four (3-4) page paper (750-1,000 words) that responds to each of the items described in the topic.

Upon successful completion of this project I will identify an existing problem of a team that I am a part of and I will act as team leader and develop a coaching plan to solve this problem. I will use my current place of employment as an example. As team leader, I will lead the resolution to the problem and build a more cohesive and productive team.

The topics discussed by Northouse, Kouzes, and Posner are team leadership. Team leadership are work units that have are interdependent and share common goals (Northouse,2016). In this week?s unit, team leadership will be explained through the Hill Model for Team Leadership and how it applies to team effectiveness. Furthermore, virtual and non-virtual team will be compare and contrast and how to create cohesiveness. Team leadership theory is the key to developing success high performing teams.

General Instructions: This is an optional group OR individual assignment. You have an option to do this assignment on your own or become part of the group. If you want to be in a group, go ahead and email me. If

This is group coursework. Groups should have between 3 to 5 people. Do only one of the assignments described below. Read everything before you decide which to tackle.

The assignment will involve a book review. It will be a group based assignment in which the students from each group will have to go through a book reading, Critically analyze the book, derive the concepts embedded within and relate it to the theories studied in relation to Individual dynamics and leadership.