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Chapter - Strategic Leadership: Creating a Learning Organization and an Ethical Organization

Learning Objectives

The three key interdependent activities in which all successful leaders must be continually engaged.
Two elements of effective leadership: overcoming barriers to change and using power effectively.
The crucial role of emotional intelligence (EI) in successful leadership, as well as its potential drawbacks.
The importance of creating a learning organization.
The leader's role in establishing an ethical organization.
The difference between integrity-based and compliance-based approaches to organizational ethics.
Several key elements that organizations must have to become ethical organizations.

Discussion Board
Reflection and Discussion Forum Week 11Reflection and Discussion Forum Week 11

Reflect on the assigned readings for the week. Identify what you thought was the most important concept(s), method(s), term(s), and/or any other thing that you felt was worthy of your understanding.

Also, provide a graduate-level response to each of the following questions:

Select two well-known leaders-one you admire and one you do not. Evaluate each of them on the five characteristics of emotional intelligence.
Respond to the post of at least two peers, using 100 words minimum each.

[Your initial post should be based upon the assigned reading for the week, so the textbook should be a source listed in your reference section and cited within the body of the text. Other sources are not required but feel free to use them if they aid in your discussion].

[Your initial post should be at least 450+ words and in APA format (including Times New Roman with font size 12 and double spaced). Post the actual body of your paper in the discussion thread then attach a Word version of the paper for APA review]

Activity 11
In this chapter we discussed the five elements of a "learning organization." Select a firm with which you are familiar and discuss whether or not it epitomizes some (or all) of these elements.

The assignment is to answer the question provided above in essay form. This is to be in narrative form and should be as thorough as possible. Bullet points should not to be used. The paper should be at least 1.5 - 2 pages in length, Times New Roman 12-pt font, double-spaced, 1 inch margins and utilizing at least one outside scholarly or professional source related to competitive strategy. The textbook should also be utilized. Do not insert excess line spacing. APA formatting and citation should be used.