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Assignment 1 -

As we have discussed in previous units, cultural intelligence contains four specific features: metacognitive and cognitive CQ (cognition), motivational CQ (motivation), and behavioral CQ (action).

Discuss how these how features work together in conjunction with Authentic Leadership. From the perspective of a leader within your organization, focus on how each feature specifically interacts with cultural intelligence and authentic leadership.

Global leaders need to be able to nimbly adapt to different situations, adjusting quickly. How does having high cultural intelligence allow a leader to adapt to novel situations?

Assignment 2 -

For this assignment, be sure that you have read this unit's reading: Vogelgesang, G., Clapp-Smith, R. Palmer, N. (2009). The Role of Authentic Leadership and Cultural Intelligence in Cross-Cultural Contexts: An Objectivist Perspective. International Journal of Leadership Studies, 5(2), 102-117.

Choose a highly visible leader, someone you admire and would like to emulate. You will be looking to examine a situation when a leader's cultural adaptation, cultural intelligence, ethics, and perhaps even moral and values have been tested and applying his/her actions to your own, perhaps developing, leadership style.

Consider the four factors of Authentic Leadership; discuss how the leader rates in each of these areas. Also consider the issues brought up in the reading for this unit, particularly ethics and personal values. View the actions of the leader through multiple lenses. Based on the cultural situation that was discussed above, describe how the leader's rating was impacted by the way the situation was handled. Include whether their behavior was favorable or not.

Why is this leader someone you admire? As you examined this leader against the four factors of Authentic Leadership, did he or she rate as highly as you thought? Look at this exercise and who you want to be as a leader -- where do these things converge?

Submit a 2-paper that both demonstrates that you understand adaptive leadership and is also reflective in nature.

Assignment 3 -

BP (British Petroleum) faced in 2010 a deep crisis as result of an accident -the worst environmental disaster in the United Stated up to date- in one of the prospection owned by the company. 11 people died, the equivalent to 4.9 million barrels were discharged in the Gulf of Mexico with devastating consequence to the marine life and $42.2 billion were claimed up to 2013 as civil liabilities.

Read the article "BP oil spill: Five years after 'worst environmental disaster' in US history, how bad was it really? and answer the following questions:

• Do you think that BP could have managed the crisis more effectively? Why or why not?
• Could the reputational damage suffered by the company been avoided by a better/more adequate response?
• Do you recall when the crisis was happening? What do you recall hearing about it from the media? Was the company doing enough to respond to the public at the time the crisis was happening?

Sherwell, P. & Lawler, D. (2015). BO oil spill: Fiver years after 'worst environmental disaster' in US history, how bad was it really? The Telegraph.

Assignment 4 -

Case Study: After completing your MBA at UoPeople and acquiring experience in management in different companies, you decide to start your own business that is environmentally friendly and working towards creating positive social impact.

During the first 6-months, you focus on developing a value proposal (any product or service of your choice) and synthesizing it into a Business Plan. After this period the operations of your company formally start. The next 3-years you work very hard and you put all your time and energy toward growing your business and you are successful. You take pride in what you have built, almost single-handedly. Your choices to take the high road in terms of the environment have sometimes worked against you, but you feel good about the work your company does, feeling that you are "doing well while doing good."

However, during your 4th year, you become frustrated. You're experiencing difficulties in winning bigger contracts because you just cannot compete with larger companies and this is hurting your company, your employees, and your reach. In order to increase your competitiveness and to guarantee your long-term sustainability, you decide to involve other organizations and individuals to gain financial support. Obviously, this means turning over the sole control that you have had in your company. Your investors become shareholders of your company with 75% of the shares, and they appoint you as CEO with the expectation of obtaining a level of profitability higher than 15% per year. If the company does not reach this figure, your shareholders will replace you (keeping you out of the general management of the company you started) and this will endanger its continuity. While your shareholders have come aboard fully agreeing with the company's mission and vision, you are aware that some feel profitability is most important and that you may be asked to sacrifice ideals for money at some point. This is something you have not had to do prior to taking on shareholders.

As CEO of the company, your first order of business is outlining a strategic plan for the next 5-years. The approach that you need to take, to keep shareholders happy, is one that maximizes profitability. However, you firmly believe that your company should be environmentally friendly as well and promote a positive social impact. This other approach will create additional costs that put at risk the profitability required by the shareholders. How would you/could you proactively manage this dilemma?

In 2-3 pages describe your process for creating the 5-year strategic plan, articulate the priorities of the plan and discuss how you would convince the shareholders that this is the best option. Be sure to identify the key performance goals that you would target.

Papers will be assessed on the following criteria:

• Description of the Case and Identification/Coverage of Major Issues
• Depth and Scope of Analysis
• Solutions and Strategies.

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