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Assignment: Organizational Change and Personal Leadership Development Plan

Read the weekly assigned chapters and view the lectures before beginning the assignment.

Read the case study titled "A Successful Downsizing: Developing a Culture of Trust and Responsibility" before starting this assignment.
Write a seven to ten (7-10) page paper in which you:

Describe specific practices that successful project managers apply in exercising their leadership and management roles overall. Be sure to actually define the practice before you start narrating on it. Don't simply "look-up" the definition but demonstrate a thorough understanding.
Evaluate Judy Stokley's level of success in developing a culture of trust while implementing her drawdown plan as Eglin Air Base's new Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) program director. Provide three (3) specific examples to support the response.First, define the success and why in fact it is success. Then offer "real" evidence as to why it is success.

Indicate three (3) key learning and behavior modification strategies that Judy Stokley used in order to address AMRAAM's organizational problems and gain the trust of project team members. Provide three (3) specific examplesto support the response. Behavior modification is successfully influencing change in your followers. Nothing matters more than supporting your response.

Analyze three (3) actions that Judy Stokley took in order to change the project team's culture and create a relationship of trust, mutual support, and teamwork between the government and contractors. Support the response with three (3) specific corresponding examples. Now focus on the climate change of the organization. What's new "in the air" as a direct result of Judy Stokley's actions. Now focus on the climate change of the organization. What's new "in the air" as a direct result of Judy Stokley's actions. Again, nothing matters more than supporting your claims.
Create a personal leadership development plan for Judy Stokley so that she may be eligible for future promotions to leadership roles beyond program director. The plan should, at a minimum, focus on promoting key leadership behaviors, designate specific strategies to promote a higher level of performance relative to the position, and specify actions that Judy could take to promote the AMRAAM culture in her new role. Naturally this plan should do two things: 1) Reinforce the desirable behaviors already noted and 2) address any areas for improvement
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the professor's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
Worry about quality not quantityAssignment 5: Organizational Change and Personal Leadership Development Plan

Read the weekly assigned chapters and view the lectures before beginning the assignment.
Read the case study titled "A Successful Downsizing: Developing a Culture of Trust and Responsibility" before starting this assignment.

Write a seven to ten (7-10) page paper in which you:

Describe specific practices that successful project managers apply in exercising their leadership and management roles overall. Be sure to actually define the practice before you start narrating on it. Don't simply "look-up" the definition but demonstrate a thorough understanding.
Evaluate Judy Stokley's level of success in developing a culture of trust while implementing her drawdown plan as Eglin Air Base's new Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) program director. Provide three (3) specific examples to support the response.First, define the success and why in fact it is success. Then offer "real" evidence as to why it is success.

Indicate three (3) key learning and behavior modification strategies that Judy Stokley used in order to address AMRAAM's organizational problems and gain the trust of project team members. Provide three (3) specific examplesto support the response. Behavior modification is successfully influencing change in your followers. Nothing matters more than supporting your response.

Analyze three (3) actions that Judy Stokley took in order to change the project team's culture and create a relationship of trust, mutual support, and teamwork between the government and contractors. Support the response with three (3) specific corresponding examples. Now focus on the climate change of the organization. What's new "in the air" as a direct result of Judy Stokley's actions. Now focus on the climate change of the organization. What's new "in the air" as a direct result of Judy Stokley's actions. Again, nothing matters more than supporting your claims.

Create a personal leadership development plan for Judy Stokley so that she may be eligible for future promotions to leadership roles beyond program director. The plan should, at a minimum, focus on promoting key leadership behaviors, designate specific strategies to promote a higher level of performance relative to the position, and specify actions that Judy could take to promote the AMRAAM culture in her new role. Naturally this plan should do two things: 1) Reinforce the desirable behaviors already noted and 2) address any areas for improvement

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the professor's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.