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OGL 481
Lindsay Snowden
June 3, 2018
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OGL 220: Key Course Content: Key Knowledge and Artifacts for Portfolio:
Behavioral -interdisciplinary studies Skills: -Discussion Board 1:
Dynamics in
Organizations of behavioral dynamics -Active listening Identifying my personality
within organizations qualities/skills type
-identify behavioral -Gained perspective on -Writing Assignment 2:
tendencies in ourselves “point-of-view” Mental Models & Towers of
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OGL 260: Key Course Content: Key Knowledge and Artifacts for Portfolio:
Resource -Identify the basic Skills: -Nestle Research paper:
Allocation in
Organizations principles of finance -Knowing how to find Multinational corporations
/ Foundations -Understand the U.S. and read company -Freddie Mac Research
of Finance financial system and financial statements Paper: the U.S. Financial
Multinational online and mortgage market and
Corporations -Understanding the -Home Depot Research
-Understand financial mortgage market and paper: Reading financial
documents and associated terms documents and
statements -Understanding the understanding cash flow
-Define and measure risk impact of finances on
vs reward stockholders and
-Understand diversifying investors
and rates of return -Understanding the
-Understand cash flow, importance of company
cost, and capital finances
budgeting
-Be able to understand Impact of Course:
and interpret information This course opened my
on the stock market eyes to the financial side
of leadership and
Course Materials of corporations. One of the
Value: key take-away’s of this
A lot of the materials course for me was
were gathered through knowing how and where
self-directed research to find financial
(I did not care for the text information about a
book in this course) company online. There
was great value to me in
Course Activities of researching the history
Significance: of each company in this
-Nestle research paper: course. I enjoyed
How Nestle became a discovering the history
multi-national and back-story of
corporation companies that I know
-Freddie Mac research have been around for
paper: How the U.S. decades. The
market works, and importance of financial
understanding the activities in terms of
mortgage market stockholders and
-Home Depot research investors is something
paper: How to read that has stuck with me.
financial statements and It has caused me to
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OGL 320: Key Course Content: Key Knowledge and Artifacts for Portfolio:
Foundations -Learn project Skills: -Paper 5: Managing people
Project
management management vocabulary -Understanding key and creating
-Learn phases of project project management accountability/ how to
management terminology build an effective team
-Understand influences -Learning about best -Paper 7: effective practices
on projects practices in project management
-Learn how to effectively -Understanding the
manage projects phases of a project
-Risk mitigation and -Understanding the
management outside influences on a
project
Course Materials of -Learning how to build
Significance: an effective team for
-Harvard Business successful projects
Essentials: managing
Projects Large and Small
-HBR Guide to Project
Management Impact of Course:
-Presentations from What stood out to me in
ProjectManager.com this course was
understanding project
Course Activities of terminology, building
Significance: best practices, and
The reading materials and building successful
the writing prompts were teams. This course really
cohesive, so it made the showed me how
material more concrete, complex project
relatable, and easy to management is and that
remember/understand. there are a lot of moving
parts within a project. I
found myself using the
term “best practice” at
my workplace and
developing my own best
practices. I thought a lot
about the qualities of
team members that
make teams successful
and applied them to my
own workplace. It
became clear to me why
there was a struggle on
the management team,
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OGL 321: Key Course Content: Key Knowledge and Artifacts for Portfolio:
Project -Identify how scope, Skills: -Final Paper: Reviews my
Leadership,
Strategy and resources and schedule -How to manage the project management skills
Scope interacts with and scope of a project and application; reviews
impacts project success -Planning the elements Harvard Business
- How projects managers of a project such as Simulation
impact morale team size, team skill -Paper 5: measuring project
- Managing project scope level, scheduling, and success; material that the
-Dealing with uncertainty meetings professor requested to
in projects -How to deal with risk share with the class
- Demonstrate awareness and uncertainty during a
of the competencies project
needed to successfully -The importance of
manage projects developing a risk
management plan
Course Materials of
Significance:
-Harvard Business Impact of Course:
Publishing Project -My most memorable
Management Simulation learning experience
-Various Project from this course was
Management Blogs learning how to develop
a risk management plan.
Course Activities of During the Harvard
Significance: business simulation,
-Harvard Business there were several times
Publishing Project that uncertainty caused
Management Simulation: chaos during the
While I didn’t feel this project. While the first
simulation was an attempt of a simulation
accurate experience of had the element of
project management, it surprise, re-playing the
did allow the practice of simulation allowed for
making PM choices within careful planning of how
a certain scope, and to address the risk. For
demonstrated what it is me, this was good
like to deal with practice for developing
uncertainty in a project. I risk mitigation and
had no prior experience experiencing the
in project management, different types of
so this simulation was uncertainty that can
interesting experience for arise during a project.
-From this course I also
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Why is it important to you? The most important thing I learned from this assignment
What connections can you make between this was the impact that our culture has on our identity and our
learning and other things you have learned (in world view. I have known the interviewee from this
school – and beyond)? What connections can assignment for a couple of years, and after learning about
her culture I feel like I understood her personality with so
you make between what you learned and your life
much more depth.
roles and goals?
In terms of my roles and goals in life: this assignment has
helped me as a leader to be more aware of how behaviors,
mental models, and ways of thinking are affected by an
individual’s life experience. It’s important to remain open-
minded this way, especially as a leader who will have to
work with a diverse group of people. As for my goals, my
goal is always to be accepting, welcoming and
understanding. This assignment just broadened my
perspective and enhanced my ability towards that goal
even more.
What worked for you? This assignment appealed to me because it was very
In terms of process, was there something about personal. At the same time, that also made me nervous.
the assignment structure that appealed to you? Fortunately, my interviewee was very open and excited to
How did this task / structure of this assignment share about their culture. I have had similar assignments in
other courses where I had to interview others about myself
differ from other assignments? Was it similar to
(i.e. ask them about my leadership or personality), but this
other assignments / tasks that were meaningful
one was different because I got to choose the questions, it
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to me? What strategies, skills, procedures proved was a very open conversation, and it wasn’t about me.
effective in the completion of this assignment / I enjoyed the freedom of the flow of the conversation in
task? Do you see any patterns or connections in this assignment, but it also helped to have direction from
this regard to your preferred approach to learning the professor.
– such as following an outline, keeping to I think this assignment appealed to me the most because I
deadlines, other learning or study skills? enjoy learning about other cultures; not particularly
because of the learning style.
What can you transfer?
Where can you apply / use these skills and Overall this assignment will help me to be more open to
knowledge? How can you apply what worked for people’s behaviors and belief systems. It has helped me to
you (above) to other learning goals or initiatives see the impact life experiences have on our identity and
in your life? Can you connect or adapt this the way we respond to situations. Open-mindedness as a
knowledge / skill to other areas of your life? leader will help me to be more patient, understanding, and
What kinds of metaphorical connections can you open with my followers. Recognizing cultural and social
differences in people’s identities can also help me to be less
make? Can you connect something that was
defensive as a leader, and more confident in my
interesting or important with respect to this
interactions.
knowledge / skill to something that you are
struggling with?
What evidence do you have? While I mention my learning from school quite often to
Do you have a plan for communicating your others, I’m hoping it’s prevalent in the way I am as a leader.
Managers in my organization usually track professional
learning to others? Are there any tangible
development. So, asking my manager for feedback will
outcomes (and specific artifacts, in particular) provide evidence that my degree program has significantly
that serve as evidence of this knowledge / skill? influenced not only my abilities as a leader, but in my
overall life as well.
Assignment #1: Questions for Reflection (Be sure to include Table 1 and
Table 2 in addition to your responses to these two prompts in your
assignment submission.)
Prompt #1: Now that you have completed Assignment #1, what do you consider to
be the most important aspects of this assignment? What moved you the most? Any
surprises? (insert response here)
The most important aspect of this assignment was reflecting on my past course
material. This assignment has reminded me of the wealth of knowledge I have
gathered throughout my courses and how much I have enjoyed learning about the
different aspects of leadership. Reflecting on course work that I have done in the past
year and a half has also reminded me of the vastness of leadership—it is not only about
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Prompt #2: What are your ideas with respect to how to best illustrate your growth
and development over the course of your education and experiences with the
Organizational Leadership program? What are your best ideas with respect to specific
artifacts / evidence that you might present (within the context of an e-portfolio) as you
consider your growth and development in the Organizational Leadership Program?
One of the ways to document my growth through the leadership program would
be to retake some of the personal attribute assessments from my courses and reflect
on the changes. Additionally, some of my courses, like my cultural diversity class,
required me to take the same assessment at the beginning and end of the course in
order to show how our perception or understanding of certain criteria would change by
completion of the course. Presenting this material and reflecting on the change could be
another way to document growth. A final method could be to answer some of the
prompts from my early courses again in order to show the change in my understanding
of the material.
Truly every course in this program has been a learning experience for me, so the
existence of my coursework itself is evidence of growth in the field of Organizational
Leadership. Reflecting on any coursework will then demonstrate the depth of
knowledge gained throughout this degree program.