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Unit Assignments
Unit I Assignment
Ideal “Trait” Profile for a Leader in Emergency Management
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Write My Essay For MeThe purpose of this assignment is to construct an ideal profile, based on the trait approach of leadership, for an emergency manager working in the aftermath of a disaster. This assignment also provides you with an opportunity to consider several of the details associated with hiring someone to serve on your emergency management team. Click here; to access the template for this assignment. Follow the instructions within the template, complete the profile, save your work to the template, and submit it in Blackboard for grading.
Information about accessing the grading rubric for this assignment is provided below.
Unit II Project
Brief Leadership Speech—Skills and Behavioral Approach
Part 1: The purpose of this assignment is for you to think critically about both the skills approach and the behavioral approach of leadership by preparing your initial (brief) speech for the first meeting on the first day after a disastrous event. Your audience for this speech includes those who will report to you (subordinates). Select ONE of the following options for this assignment:
Write the speech in a Word document, or present the speech, and capture it via video.
The content of the speech needs to succinctly answer the following question:
What would you say to your team on the first day to communicate your expectations toward structure, productivity, and the concern for people?
Structure, productivity, and the concern for people are key aspects of the behavioral approach of leadership. To keep it simple, the length of the speech must be at least 250 words and no more than 300 words. When spoken, this is approximately two minutes and no more than three minutes. A lot can be stated in that amount of time, so keep it concise and on point.
If you choose the video option (and hopefully you will, as it can be a great way to demonstrate your ability to potential employers), click here to access a guide with some helpful tips for capturing the video and uploading it to YouTube.
Part 2: The second part of this project involves completing a self-evaluation form about your speech. It requires very little time, but you should carefully consider the guidance it offers toward a quality message. Click here to access the form. Complete the form, save it, and submit it in Blackboard for grading.
This assignment involves submitting more than one file to one assignment. Click here to access a video that demonstrates how to submit more than one file to one assignment.
Information about accessing the grading rubric for this assignment is provided below.
Unit III Case Study
The purpose of this assignment is for you to analyze the ethical considerations and team-based approach to leadership by reading a brief case study about a hospital in a flood and making decisions to mitigate the circumstances.
In August of 2007, the patients and staff at a hospital in Dyer, Indiana experienced rising waters from excessive rainfall. As such, an evacuation took place to protect everyone inside St. Margaret Mercy Hospital. Evacuations sound easy enough; however, they can be a bit tricky if the plan does not account for all of the important factors. In this case, 70 patients of the hospital had psychological difficulties, which prevented them from being able to effectively care for themselves. For example, the patients’ charts indicated descriptors such as suicide risk, severe depression, high levels of anxiety, and lack of proper medication.
Using the foundations of this event as a learning platform, the challenge to address for this case study is how to effectively evacuate 70 dependent patients from a hospital by using ethical decision-making and a team-based approach to leadership.
Consider each of the following details as you describe how you would effectively manage such an emergency as a leader:
What types of things would lead you to decide that evacuating the patients is necessary? (You can address ethical decision-making.)
Where would you place the patients? In other words, what would serve as your evacuation shelter? Be sure to explain why this would be an effective evacuation shelter by describing the location and its surroundings.
How would you transport the patients and their medication to the evacuation shelter?
Who would monitor the patients at the evacuation shelter?
How would you apply team-based leadership in an emergency like this (e.g., interagency collaboration and cooperation)?
Compile your answers in a three-page case study. Use APA style to format the paper, and make certain to include a title page. You are expected to conduct research for this assignment by including at least two references on a reference page. The research should focus on ethical decision-making and team-based leadership. Be sure to proofread your work before submitting it in Blackboard for grading.
Information about accessing the grading rubric for this assignment is provided below.
Unit IV Case Study
Active Shooter Scenario
The purpose of this assignment is for you to analyze the situational approach, path-goal theory, and leader-member exchange theory as they each relate to an active shooter incident within a facility with employees.
This assignment involves reading through a scenario (a case study) that contains active shooters within a facility. Click here to access the scenario and the milestone questions to answer. (Click here to access the PDF version.) Read each section of the scenario, and then answer the questions that immediately follow by recording your responses in a Word document; base your answers on what you know at that point in the scenario. Save all of your answers within one Word document before submitting it in Blackboard for grading.
Your case study should be a minimum of two pages and formatted in APA style.
Information about accessing the grading rubric for this assignment is provided below.
Unit V Scholarly Activity
The purpose of this assignment is for you to continue developing your leadership style by analyzing how you can approach gender equality and cultural diversity. Write your own professional philosophical statement for gender equality and cultural diversity that describes how you, as a leader, will ensure the avoidance of unwanted practices related to gender and cultural bias. You must also think about being proactive by promoting wanted behavior. How do you, or will you, promote gender equality and cultural diversity in the workplace?
Write a two-page philosophical statement that addresses both gender equality and cultural diversity. This philosophical statement should contain the thoughts and principles that drive how you approach daily decisions as a leader in the field of emergency management. Include at least the following criteria within your philosophical statement:
How would you describe your philosophy toward gender equality?
How would you describe your philosophy toward cultural diversity?
What types of actions would you implement to prevent unwanted practices?
What types of actions would you implement to promote wanted practices?
Why is your philosophical statement important to you as a leader in emergency management?
Remember that you are writing this philosophical statement as a leader, from a leader’s perspective. Be sure that the statement remains relevant and demonstrates critical thinking for the topics.
Other than the requirements within these instructions, you can go in any direction with your philosophical statement, as it is your philosophy. To clarify, you are not writing a policy but, rather, you are writing a narrative that describes your own thought process about these topics and how each one fits into your leadership style.
Your statement must be a minimum of two pages in length and formatted in APA style.
Information about accessing the grading rubric for this assignment is provided below.
Unit VI Reflection Paper
The purpose of this assignment is for you to examine the pros and cons of transformational leadership, authentic leadership, and servant leadership as they apply to the field of emergency services management.
Write a two-page analysis that contains the strengths and weaknesses of the three theories. Also, include a brief passage for each theory that explains how it relates to your own life (personal or professional). From your research, use multiple sources in your essay, however be sure to write the assignment in your own words and format it in APA style. Also, use APA format for your in-text citations and reference listings.
Information about accessing the grading rubric for this assignment is provided below.
Unit VII Case Study
The purpose of this assignment is for you to analyze how adaptive leadership and the psychodynamic approach to leadership could apply to an emergency event by recommending how you would lead a team of emergency services management personnel. You will also compare and contrast adaptive leadership and the psychodynamic approach to leadership.
Choose ONE of the following articles (events) to analyze for this assignment by accessing them in the International Security and Counter Terrorism Reference Center database within the CSU Online Library:
Active shooter option:
Marqusie, R. (2015). Jihadi active shooters in Paris. The Counter Terrorist, 8(2), 18-28.
Hurricane option:
Rathfon, D., Davidson, R., Bevington, J., Vicini, A., & Hill, A. (2013). Quantitative assessment of post-disaster housing recovery: A case study of Punta Gorda, Florida, after Hurricane Charley. Disasters, 37(2), 333-355.
Tornado option:
Durage, S., Wirasinghe, S., & Ruwanpura, J. (2013). Comparison of the Canadian and US tornado detection and warning systems. Natural Hazards, 66(1), 117-137.
After analyzing the details of the event in the article, write at least a two-page narrative that answers the following questions:
How would you analyze both adaptive leadership and also the psychodynamic approach as they apply to the event? How would you compare and contrast adaptive leadership and the psychodynamic approach in terms of leadership style, strengths, weaknesses, and decision-making?
Format your paper using APA style. There is no need to include a title page. Include a reference page that contains at least the article you chose.
Information about accessing the grading rubric for this assignment is provided below.
Unit VIII Assignment
The purpose of this assignment is for you to think critically about how a National Incident Management System (NIMS) and Incident Control System (ICS) could impact your leadership style as an emergency manager. Think about all of the leadership theories that you studied in this course. Think about the theories that align with your leadership style. Then, write a two-page paper that answers each of the following questions:
How does NIMS impact your leadership style as an emergency manager?
How does ICS impact your leadership style as an emergency manager?
Which leadership theories align with NIMS and ICS? Explain.
Which leadership theories might conflict with NIMS and ICS? Explain.
Format your assignment in APA style. There is no need to include title or reference pages, as you are not expected to conduct research. Be sure to address each of the questions, proofread your work, and submit it in Blackboard for grading.
Information about accessing the grading rubric for this assignment is provided below.
