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UNIVERSITY OF CHARLESTON WV

2021SU Practicum: Assessing Culture (ORGL-435-03BN)

PROVIDE AN ABSTRACT

You will be graded on your critical thinking: the ability to state your position and provide an event in your leader’s life (before they made their decision) that supports your position. This is not a history lesson, nor is it a biography.

Be sure your cover page includes the course number and name, your name, date, and your professor’s name. The 9-12 pages does not include your cover page and reference page.

The bulk of your emphasis should be on strengths and weaknesses (the traits that made your leader effective and the traits that made your leader ineffective), ethics, your analysis of that decision, and especially the lessons you learned from this research. Spend very little time in your paper on the background and the situation; we already know about it from your Week 2 DQ. This is not a biography, therefore utilize your critical thinking skills to explain why your leader’s actions caused the result they did. The lessons you learned and how you can apply those lessons to improve your own leadership acumen will carry the most weight.

I cannot stress enough that you need to cite your sources. Your analysis/position/conclusion will not be found in your research; if you do find that one of your references stated that your leader was <trait>, that will be that author’s position and not yours. The events that your research reveals is the evidence that you will use to support your position.

(Note: Please use headings for the sections below. They correspond to each seminar’s discussions, discussion questions and journals).

The situation

This is the situation that you are exploring; the situation that your case study focuses on. Give us enough detail to understand what happened, yet not too much to overwhelm us. Don’t make us think about what is important – that is providing too much detail. You want us to be able to remember the situation as we read the remainder of your paper. Be sure to cite your sources.

Leadership strengths and weaknesses

This is the section where you identify the strengths of your leader (those traits that made your leader effective), along with their character traits that worked against them (made them ineffective). Think of the leaders in “How the Mighty Fall” and use those steps in either the positive or the negative manner. You can also go to www.kevan.org/johari and www.kevan.org/nohari for additional traits. You must supply more than one strength and more than one weakness.

Ethics and community

What ethical boundaries did your leader come close to or cross – or which ones did they hold fast to? How did these actions affect the community in which they live and work? Be sure to explain the results of their ethical or unethical actions. Conjecture about “had they done this ….” or other such thoughts should be in the Results and lessons learned section.

Organizational Culture

What about their organization (or the environment in which your leader operated) permitted / inhibited / promoted or otherwise had an effect or an influence on the situation and the leader’s actions? Was there no check-and-balance? Was the culture more authoritarian and less participative? Were employees (including upper level management) concerned about retaliations if they spoke up?

Decision Making

How did their traits and ethics influence the decision they made? This section is a shorter section (you have already provided evidence for your analyses) and is a summary of their traits and ethics. Your emphasis should be on the traits and what role those traits played in the decision they made.

Using your critical thinking skills, analyze their decisions and state why you believe they took the action they did. Provide evidence for both the decision and your reasoning. Be sure to cite your sources.

My overall conclusion

Based on your research and analysis, answer these three questions:

1. Was your leader effective in this situation? Why or why not?

2. Which strength or trait of theirs was the strongest, and what effect did it have this decision?

How will you incorporate #2 into your leadership acumen?

WEEK 2

NOTE: One of the topics we will discuss your case study research and what makes it different than action research. Do not go into your case study with a view of 'trying to prove' or support your current view. Go into it with an open mind and let your research take you where it does. Be sure to keep in mind both your leader and the situation - the two of them together make up your case study. This is not a biography of your leader - this is the connection between the leader's actions, the culture they created, ethics, and the situation they found themselves in. Please review both critical thinking articles in the news forum. We will discuss how these can be applied to your work environment and to your case study. Your overall grade will be based on your critical thinking skills, demonstrated by the questions you ask, your analysis of your leader and their specific situation, and the conclusions you state.

MY ANSWER BELOW:

The leader that I have chosen to do my research on is Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz and his decisions during his time serving as a Naval Officer. During World War II, there were two significant fronts of the war. The European war front where allied forces fought Germany and the Asia-Pacific war front. This war is where America got involved in World War II after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, and Admiral Nimitz was selected to be the Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet. During his earlier career, he commanded submarines and other naval vessels. Admiral Nimitz's ability to strategize, organizational skills, military requirement foresight, who took plenty of calculated risks, made him one of the most extraordinary Naval Officers of the 20th century.

           During the Coral Sea battle, Admiral Nimitz had limited enemy intelligence that he and his commanders came up with a strategy that eventually defeated the Japanese. Winning this battle was a catalyst that led the Americans and our allies to win the battle of Midway and numerous battles before the war ended in September of 1945.  I hope to understand how Admiral Nimitz became an effective commander for the entire Asian-Pacific theatre and how World War II would have been shaped if Admiral Nimitz was not in charge.

References

Potter, E. B. (2013). Nimitz. Naval Institute Press. GOOGLE BOOKS Nimitz - Google Books

The following question is designed to help you think critically about the research you have done so far. Use the subject line to describe the main point of your post. Be sure to use APA in your citations.

Answer this question individually and then respond to the answers of your classmates.

Based on your preliminary research – name one strength (a trait that made your leader effective) and one weakness (a trait that made your leader ineffective) of the leader you are researching. Provide a specific event or incident to support your conclusion.

MY ANSWER BELOW:

Leadership Strength

Chester W. Nimitz was widely renowned for his leadership skills. Throughout his career in the United States Navy, he was the skillful leader of the Pacific Fleet. He lived up to many of the leadership traits that made great men rise into extraordinary legends. With all of the positive characteristics, I must say it is his humility that made him an effective leader. When he was attending the Naval Academy, he purchased beer at a local shop off base. Being a young man wanting to unwind, he decided to buy beer from a local store off base. Later on, he found himself staring at the same gentlemen he purchased the beer from at the store, none other than LtCmdr Levi Cavin Bertolette Naval Academy reporting for duty. Nimitz stated that escapadeZtaught him how to behave for the remainder of the academy. That incident also taught him to look with lenient and tolerant eyes for first-time offenders when he became Commanding Officer holding mast (Nimitz, 2013, p. 55). A leader must have the trust and confidence in their people, so their team understands that they are with the right team, are safe to make mistakes, and enjoy working towards a common goal.

Leadership Weakness

With all of Admiral Nimitz's accomplishments and accolades throughout his illustrious naval career, it was hard to find any faults or weaknesses with him. His weakness, which can also be his strength, would be his relentless work ethic (workaholic). After reading countless stories, he constantly innovates (diesel engines for submarines, NROTC). He strategizes to ensure he and his men, whether aboard a ship or submarine, had the upper hand to be successful. Admiral Nimitz's drive to think and sleep about military operations all day can favor the services, but how much of his time is he spending with his family before retiring from the Navy in 1957?

References

Potter, E. B. (2013). Nimitz. Google Books. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Nimitz/VK5kAgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0&kptab=getbook

What effect did the leader's actions have on the community? What ethical lines were crossed or breached, and which ones were upheld?

MY ANSWER BELOW:

What effect did the leader's actions have on the community? 

After Admiral Nimitz signed Japan's surrender in Tokyo Bay aboard the battleship Missouri on September 2, 1945, he and two years later, he and his wife moved to the Claremont Hotel in Berkeley, CA. He had a lasting impact on the community of the Bay Area, in 1948, Governor Earl Warren appointed him to the University of California's Board of Regents for eight years, where he and his board members establish the university's policies, admissions, future build locations, and contracting with private companies (berkleyplaques.org).

What ethical lines were crossed or breached, and which ones were upheld?

The only ethical lines Admiral Nimitz crossed or breached were waging war on his adversaries. Depending on the individual's belief can be viewed as ethical on unethical, but it is necessary to preserve our freedoms and way of life.

He held himself to the highest military standards. His decision-making, forward-thinking, willingness to take calculated risks kept the United States from meeting its fate by defeating Japan in the Pacific.

References

Berkeley historical plaque project – Nimitz, Chester – Admiral. (n.d.). Berkeley Historical Plaque Project. https://berkeleyplaques.org/e-plaque/chester-nimitz-admiral/

How do the Universal Intellectual Standards and other critical thinking questions strengthen your argument or your position in your leader research and in your real-world environment? Give an example to support your position. Please reply to two others. 

MY ANSWER BELOW:

Paul and Elder stated, "thinking, left to itself, is biased, distorted, partial, uninformed or down-right prejudiced" (p. 2). When arguing and defending your statement, it is your opinion and may not be factual unless you can prove through research and critical thinking that your information is accurate. This process will build your credibility and gain the trust of your audience. For my research, I want to state what led my leader to make the right decisions and avoid mistakes. My work must be clear, accurate (precise and relevant), in-depth, breadth, and significant (fair), or the reader will be confused and left with unanswered questions (Paul & Elder, 2020, p. 3). Nimitz was left with the burden of making decisions that affected him, his crew, and the U.S. Naval operations in the Pacific. Paul and Elder (2020) nine intellectual standards checklist will guide me on my research and final paper. This process translates to real-world situations every time I  conduct daily operations within my organization and allows me to lead subordinates. Therefore, they are not confused about the mission and my expectations. 

References

Paul, R. & Elder, L. (2020). The Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking Concepts and Tools: Vol. 8th edition. The Foundation for Critical Thinking.