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Discussion 1: While surfing the Internet, you encounter this note posted in your favorite discussion group: "Help! I have just been assigned to head a new product design team at my company. The division manager has high expectations for the team and me, but I have been a technical design engineer for four years since graduating from college. I have never ‘managed' anyone, let alone led a team. The manager keeps talking about her confidence that I will create a ‘high-performance team.' Does anyone out there have any tips to help me master this challenge? Help! [signed] Pat." As a good citizen of the Internet, you decide to answer. What message will you send out? Use and cite the course textbook in your initial post.

Discussion 2: Why is it important to view leadership in a relational process and what traits have you found to be the associated with effective leadership? What has been your experience in leadership positions? What worked well and what was not as effective?

Article Critique

Investigate professional journals and locate two articles pertaining to organizational behavior that are of interest to you. You are to critique each of the two articles according to the instructions below. The articles should be less than three years old. You are encouraged to use the ProQuest Database found in the Ashford Online Library.

Each one- to two- page critique (a total of two to four pages for both critiques) must include the following three parts:

• Identification of the Article - Provide the reader with enough information about your article so he/she will be able to locate the article. Describe your search process.

• Summary of the Article - List the main points that the author has tried to establish (i.e., 1, 2, 3 or first, second, third). There normally will be three to five main points. If you are summarizing a court case, you should discuss: What provision of the law was at issue? Briefly state the facts of the case. What legal tests were applied? Were there any unusual elements in the case?

• Your Critique - Provide your reaction (insightful, critical, and logical) to the points that the author tried to make, or an overall critique of the entire article. A simple statement of agreement or disagreement is not sufficient. While you may make such a statement by way of introduction to your reaction, you must clearly and logically state the reasons for the position that you have taken.

The Article Critique

1. Must be four double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center's APA Formatting for Microsoft Word resource.

2. Must include a separate title page with the following:

• Title of paper in bold font

• Space should be between title and the rest of the information on the title page.

• Student's name

• Name of institution (Ashford University)

• Course name and number

• Instructor's name

• Due date

3. Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.

• For assistance on writing Introductions & Conclusions as well as Writing a Thesis Statement, refer to the Writing Center resources.

4. Must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center's APA: Citing Within Your Paper guide.

5. Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center. See the APA: Formatting Your References List resource in the Writing Center for specifications.

Include both article reviews into one document for submission to WayPoint (do not submit two documents).