Summary:

CLA 2 Comprehensive Learning Assessment 2 – CLO 5, CLO 6, CLO 7 

Write an 8 – 10 page APA formatted paper that explains the following: 

(1) Three to four important concepts you have learned throughout this seven-week course. 

(2) Identify the two to three concepts you would like to apply to your work setting and how you will go about implementing them. 

(3) Identify the key elements of your plan to strengthen your practice of leadership. 

CLA 2 measures the student’s competency and mastery of the course concepts, particularly the application of those concepts. 

Your CLA2 submission (cumulative report) should be 8 to 10 pages in length. The CLA assignments encompass the learning objectives for this course and are designed to increase your comprehension and augment your ability to apply concepts learned in your professional careers. Subsequently, in addition to your report, please prepare a professional PowerPoint presentation summarizing your findings for CLA1 and CLA2. The presentation will consist of your major findings, analysis, and recommendations in a concise 18-slide presentation. You should use content from your report at material for your PowerPoint presentation.

*Please refer to the Grading Criteria for Comprehensive Learning Assessments (CLAs) on page 11-12 of the syllabus for specific guidelines and expectations.

The outline of CLA2:

a) Introduction – A brief introduction of what I learned in general from the course.

b) Detailed discussion about the important concepts learned:

· Interpersonal competencies: Define the concept of interpersonal competencies and

discuss how the interpersonal competencies play a role in the development of organizational

behavior.

· Techniques for problem-solving: Introduce different kinds of techniques that are used for

problem-solving. Talk about one specific and widely-used technique in detail.

· Theories of Motivation: Define the motivation in the workforce and discuss how

motivation in my workplace can be stimulated.

· Leadership effectiveness: Define the concept of leadership effectiveness and discuss

how it will affect the organizational performance.

c) Apply two or three concepts in the above to my work setting and provide solutions

regarding the implementation of the concepts.

· How I will use the interpersonal competencies to interact with team members and gain

support from them.

· How I will use the techniques to solve some problems that I encountered during my

work.

d) Findings from PA1, CLA1

· Crowdsourcing: Crowdsourcing is a new business model including a variety of thinking

from various sides and can solve the problems faster (Aitamurto el, 2011). Through the

crowdsourcing, many companies like Threadless, have achieved great success.

· Leadership style: there are too many leadership styles. None of them are the same and

can be simply copied from organization to organization. The leadership style has to fit and

adapt to the situation of the organization and the followers.

e) Place-holders

· How to evaluate the steps involved in implementing teams, and develop an

understanding of how teams can outperform the performance of individuals.

· How to recruit and maintain talented employees.

· Findings from PA2.

Reference:

Aitamurto, Tanja & Leiponen, Aija & Tee, Richard. (2011). The Promise of Idea

Crowdsourcing – Benefits, Contexts, Limitations. Nokia Ideas Project.

Baldwin, T., Bommer, B., & Rubin, R. (2013). Managing organizational behavior: What great

managers know and do (2nd ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill ISBN: 978-0073530406