Course Selections
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| Foreword |
| EDD 7007 |
| EDD 8008 |
| EDD 8001 |
| EDD 9300 |
| EDD 7005 |
| EDD 8124 |
| ITDE 8010 |
| EDD 9100 |
| Additional Selections |
| Resume (PDF) |
| References & Suggested Readings |
| Contact Info |
Prior to enrolling in EDD 9100 I suspected the course would be challenging, yet thoroughly engaging at the same time. Now that I have completed the course, I can say my suspicion was true. My years practicing instuctional design have earned me respect from my fellow colleagues as a subject matter expert in the field performance improvement --- what was lacking was an understanding of how I was doing as a leader. This course provided me numerous opportunities to reflect on my leadership skills and make adjustments where necessary. Following Clawson's suggestion that leaders need to define their values, assumptions, beliefs, and expectations (VABEs), I took some time to complete the task. Here are my VABEs which I perceive as being the most signicant demonstration of how I have grown professionally.
Values
- I value integrity, perfection, and holistic thinking.
- I value honesty, respect, and open minds.
- I value organization, focus, and tools for success.
- I value family and friends, social time away from work, and balance between work and play.
Assumptions
- I assume all leaders recognize the influence their actions hold.
Beliefs
- I believe leaders must be cognizant of their actions to effectively set an example.
- I believe the smallest of errors on the part of a leader can have monumental impacts on those who observe the error.
- I believe everyone has the ability to be a leader.
- I believe organizations may be barriers to individual success.
- I believe learning and development professionals need to have formal education to be effective performance professionals.
- I believe exemplary on-the-job performance alone does not qualify an individual to be a learning and development professional.
- I believe technology supports, but does not lead missions, visions, and strategies.
- I believe change is the only constant.
- I believe I influence the success of others.
Expectations
- I expect those who are in superior roles to me to demonstrate and set an example that is equal to and more free of errors that what I do.
- I expect those who are peers to me to demonstrate and set an example that is equal to what I do.
- I expect all others to strive to do their best by seeking out opportunities for improvement that align with organizational missions, visions, and strategies.
Assignment |
Topic |
Downloads |
| Essay 1 | Analyze your motivation/reward system used in your setting. What would you do differently? | |
| Essay 2 | Identify a marginal performer in your organization. Apply the principles from the “coaching process” to this person. Analyze the situation and devise an action plan for improving his/her performance. | |
| Essay 3 | Using recommendations from McCauley and Velsor, evaluate your own setting and create a plan to reduce miasma and enhance development. | |
| Scholarly Article Review #1 |
Select, read and provide a summary of a current article with your comments on how this article would benefit your organization in regards to an organizational approach towards creating or restructuring organizational goals and creating or revising visions. | |
| Scholarly Article Review #2 |
Select, read and provide a summary of a current article with your comments on ethical leadership and how a leader would ensure that they are operating under this framework. | |
| Final Project | Develop a brief survey instrument that you can use within your organization to identify what type of professional development activities would benefit your organization. Distribute this instrument to at least 12 people. Analyze the findings from this survey. Develop a proposal for a professional development program based on these findings. Prepare a report (10 pages or less) to your “boss” discussing your findings, your plan, and how it will benefit the organization. In your presentation to your boss, you should also prepare an accompanying power point presentation to illustrate your conclusions and recommendations. |
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| Synthesis Paper | Prepare a synthesis paper at the conclusion of the course discussing your knowledge, understandings, analysis and assessment of the experiences in this course. |
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December 15, 2006