ASSIGNMENT : Leader Traits, Power, and Corruption

The Discussion Board (DB) is part of the core of online learning. Classroom discussion in an online environment requires the active participation of students and the instructor to create robust interaction and dialogue. Every student is expected to create an original response to the open-ended DB question as well as engage in dialogue by responding to posts created by others throughout the week. At the end of each unit, DB participation will be assessed based on both level of engagement and the quality of the contribution to the discussion.
At a minimum, each student will be expected to post an original and thoughtful response to the DB question and contribute to the weekly dialogue by responding to at least two other posts from students. The first contribution must be posted before midnight (Central Time) on Friday of each week. Two additional responses are required after Friday of each week. Students are highly encouraged to engage on the Discussion Board early and often, as that is the primary way the university tracks class attendance and participation.
The purpose of the Discussion Board is to allow students to learn through sharing ideas and experiences as they relate to course content and the DB question. Because it is not possible to engage in two-way dialogue after a conversation has ended, no posts to the DB will be accepted after the end of each unit.
Assignment Details

This assignment has 4 parts.
What questions do you have about the overarching Unit 5 assignment? Although not due until the end of the class, it is important that you begin planning for this project early in the course. What are your initial thoughts about how you will approach this assignment? Explain.
How do cross-cultural differences affect the use of or response to power in organizations?
What are some examples of individual and organizational sources of power and their consequences for followers and organizations?
What are some examples of the abuse of power in organizations and how might they have been prevented from occurring? For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web resources, and all course materials. In your own words, please post a response to the Discussion Board and comment on other postings. You will be graded on the quality of your postings.

Assignment Objectives

Apply ethical reasoning skills and ethical theories to business situations.
Apply critical thinking skills to analyze business situations.
Recognize situations that present potential legal and ethical issues, and develop solutions for those issues.
Analyze the various leader, follower, cultural, and situational characteristics that contribute to leadership.

SAMPLE SOLUTION

Leader Traits, Power and Corruption
My Initial Thoughts
This assignment can be approached by analyzing typical working conditions that friends and other people around have gone through as well as researching on general effects of misuse of power. To this effect, I will seek to understand traits of good leadership as it is from such traits that power in an organization is exercised (Cashman, 2017).
Cross-Cultural Differences
Cross-cultural differences have both positive and negative effects to organizations particularly in response to power. When cultural differences are used effectively, they can be a source of experience as well as innovative thinking in an organization. This eventually enhances the competitiveness of positions in an organization (Kim & Mauborgne, 2017). On the contrary, cross-cultural differences can also interfere with successful completion of projects within an organization. This is…