Category: Leadership

To the writer, submit a professional essay (PhD) on the corporate culture at NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC), given the directions provided below. Please ensure grammar, sentence structure, and writing are checked for plagiarism using Grammarly or some form of checker. John Kotter’s Leading Change (Chapters 10 and 11) and the PodCast should also be referenced. John Kotter persuasively argues that embedding an organizational transformation into the corporate culture is the last step of the change process, not the first step, as is so often assumed. As I discuss in the podcast, this is because cultures arise organically as a consequence of daily interactions among organizational members. It will take a long time for new behaviors to be routinized into daily interactions and thereby embedded into culture. Take a step back from your job and your company (NASA Johnson Space Center) and attempt to think about it objectively. What is the culture like at NASA JSC? Is it flexible or bureaucratic? Is it open door or political? Is it cutthroat or family friendly? What is it like and, most importantly, is the culture supportive of efforts to change? How easy or difficult is it to get things done? What stands in the way or clears the path?
Reference: Kotter, J. P. (2012). Leading Change. (Chapter 10, 11 )
PodCast: Culture and Future Predictions
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There are several assignments focused ONLY on pages 1-17 of Chapter 1 of the attached word document: (0) for the background essay portion, add to the essay in the appropriate placement, content about how Black women leaders have a life that requires resiliency b/c of statistical data on single motherhood, 1st generational education, poverty living, and the history of them receiving the charity assistance. (1) REVIEW each comment within the document and MAKE proper changes/edits/additions as requested by Darcel Brady and Dress for Success Indianapolis (DFSI) – after each item is completed, RESOLVE the thread and ACCEPT all deletions or additions. (2) insert (75) new citations throughout document as requested by Darcel and DFSI and to support various statements within the writing. (3) Look over when the term “They/Their” is used and be specific on who taking the “They/Their”. (4) Use citations ONLY from peer reviewed research articles (ANY YEAR) with specific details supporting statements. (5) for all research questions 1-5 (i.e., R1, R2, R3…) reconstruct the information provided under each questions w/ citations not changing the research questions as instructions are shown in PNG1 attached – think in terms of what I am researching. AND reduce information under each research question to one paragraph BUT ALSO add another paragraph of each research question with additional information to the background portion of this chapter. (6) Create a significance of the study essay as instructions are shown in PNG2 attached (7) Create a Population and Sample essay – using 10 Black women (Indianapolis Indiana area) nonprofit executives with survey, Strengthsfinder assessment, and leadership style as instructions are shown in PNG3 attached. (8) for the Description of Terms provide descriptions and citations as instructions are shown in PNG4 attached. (9) ensure a proper summary essay is added as shown in PNG5. REMINDERS: (1) DO NOT USE filler words such as Furthermore, For instance etc.. (2) take notice of the current citation references at the very end of the document – this will help you are complete the edit/review updates by Darcel Brady and Dress for Success Indianapolis

Find a current events article less than 30 days old and relate it to 2 PDF Articles (Feedback Effectiveness: Can 360—degree appraisals be improved? AND Why you didn’t get that promotion).
Actual Instructions & Rubric are attached on the WORD document.
An example of what this 2 page paper should look like is also attached as a PDF
Let me know if you need anything else!

Discuss what methods are best to use for developing better teams in the future. Be sure to annotate the author’s main points and thesis statement in your own words. (I have provided the article. see attached)
Part I: Introduction
Start the critique with the following information: the author’s name, the article title, and the author’s thesis statement.
Part II: Summary
Summarize the author’s purpose and main points, providing examples for clarity of understanding the author’s intended implications. Share key topics that support the author’s focus for this article. Provide ample details to enlighten the reader as to what the article is implying for audiences who are seeking research data about team building and/or the different types of teams (e.g., virtual, temporary, traditional, or innovative).
Part III: Review and Evaluate
To critically review the article, ask the following questions:
What are the credentials/areas of expertise of the author?
Did the author use appropriate methods to gather the evidence?
Did the author use accurate evidence?
Does the author’s use and interpretation of this evidence lead the reader to the same conclusion? Did the author build a logical argument?
Is there other evidence that would support a counterargument?
Was the author successful in making his/her point?
Part IV: Conclusion
State whether you agree with the author or not. Back up your decisions by stating your reasons. Give a general opinion of the work. Explain what you learned from reading the article and if you would recommend it to a friend/coworker.
Part V: Application
Predict some of the major challenges that teams will face in the future and explain why the need for teamwork will remain high as it relates to the article. Identify a team-building activity that may be useful for managing teams in the future and explain why.
Format the paper using APA style. Include citations and references.

Read Chapters 12, 13, and 14. (Book Attached)
-Briefly discuss the culture of the organization you selected for your Organizational Dynamics Analysis.
Organization: HEALTHCARE HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION
-You will do this by identifying the assumptions, beliefs and values that influence how things are done.
-What is the impact of the organization’s culture on the success or failure in achieving the desired goals and outcomes?

To the writer: This professional paper (Advanced Writer) will require extensive research, thought, and detailed verbiage. Before submitting, please check for grammatical and sentence structure errors. This paper should be written as if you are an employee of NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC).
Chapter 7 of Kotter’s book Leading Change explains the importance of empowering employees to execute a change initiative. Empowerment is giving someone else the power to make decisions. Kotter talks about the roadblocks to empowering employees, including formal structures, lack of skill, information systems and bosses discouraging actions to create change (Figure 7-1). In your experience (NASA JSC employee), which of these has sometimes impeded empowerment? Are there other things that have impeded empowerment that Kotter does not discuss? Does your organization effectively empower employees and if they do, why do you think they are successful at doing so? What are the problems that have been encountered when lower-level managers or employees are empowered?
References: If references are used, please provide them as needed. Otherwise, good, strong writing w/o references will be needed here.
Reference Book: Kotter, J.P., 2012. Leading Change, Harvard Business Review Press, Chapters 7

Respond to one of the following in a minimum of 175 words, and your response must cite a scholarly reference.
The readings for this week discuss new standards of performance for registered nurses that require the integration of research and evidence into practice. Please discuss these standards and your thoughts regarding them.
What does lifelong learning mean to you?
Why is reflective nursing practice important to advancing the art and science of nursing?
As you wrap up this last class of the program, describe changes you foresee for yourself because of completing this program.
How did planning this change project and completing the program change your career or outlook on your career? Provide 3 specific examples based on the research you conducted for this project.
What actions did leadership in your organization take to support nurses in response to the COVID-19 pandemic? What do you feel they did most effectively? What could they have done better?

Compare and contrast this week’s content with key concepts from prior weeks reading that stood out to you.
How do they compliment each other?
Where do they differ in significant ways?

(Be sure to include citations and sources)
Review this week 5 Overview PowerPoint Presentation.
 Watch the Week 5 Video 1: Culture and Leadership

 Watch the Week 5 Video 2 : Gender and Native American Leadership .

 Read Week 5 Article: American Indian Ways of Leading & Knowing (Warner & Grint)
APA Citation:
Warner, L., & Grint, L. (2006). American Indian ways of leading and knowing. Leadership, 2, 225-244. DOI: 10.1177/1742715006062936
Previous readings from from chapter 1 -8 : Whetten, D.; Cameron, K. (2020). Developing management skills (10th Edition). Prentice Hall.
*use only sources provided

Your final scholarly paper (2,500 words) on critical thinking and/or problem solving, as applied to your current situation: Community based social worker for the Choctaw nation of Oklahoma . In preparation, compile a one to two page document containing the topic, detailed thesis statement, and bibliography containing two articles and three books in APA format with an additional one to two sentence descriiption of each book or article.
* Point of view- Community Based Social Worker for the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.

Your final scholarly paper (2,500 words) on critical thinking and/or problem solving, as applied to your current situation: Community based social worker for the Choctaw nation of Oklahoma . In preparation, compile a one to two page document containing the topic, detailed thesis statement, and bibliography containing two articles and three books in APA format with an additional one to two sentence descriiption of each book or article.
* Point of view- Community Based Social Worker for the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.