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Essay Instructions: the question is please explain the leadership qualities you would idealy see in a candidate for the Presidency of the United States. You can form your answer on a current problem that faces the United States today and what would you like your Presidency to do about it when he/she takes office on January 20, 2009.

Essay Instructions: 1) Paper Topic. This is the problem statement or the specific area to be investigated.
Leadership Qualities and Characteristics of Successful Basketball Coaches

The significance of the study will be to see if there are any common characteristics of successful basketball coaches. If there are what are they? If there are not any common characteristics it would still be interesting to see what different styles of coaching is used by the successful coach. The study will be helpful for both coaches and athletic directors to see if the coach they have or are going to hire has any of those types of characteristics as the other successful basketball coaches do. Are there similar characteristics of coaches who have failed?
(I kept what you wrote as an example because I find it is very helpful in what I plan on doing)
Example: The question still remains, "Are there specific factors in all effective leaders, and if so, can they be identified and taught to coaches within a coaching effectiveness program?" Can we associate certain characteristics or factors to all successful coaches as the key for their teams' success and cohesiveness? Although there are different styles of coaching, what are the similarities? It is inevitable that those interested in effective leadership and successful teamwork within the coaching profession realize that this can only be achieved and is dependent upon a process of mutual cooperation and a balance of trust and loyalty based upon common beliefs and visions.
2) Significance of Paper/Introduction to the Topic. Write a paragraph explaining the meaning of the paper, and why you are investigating the topic.
Unsuccessful athletic directors and basketball coaches want to know what has made other coaches successful. This study will look at the leadership qualities and characteristics of successful coaches. My hypothesis is there will be a common correlation between the successful coaches. The successful coach will have common leadership qualities and characteristics. This study will also look at unsuccessful programs and coaches who have been fired because of their lack of success. My hypothesis is there will be a common correlation between the unsuccessful coaches.
Example: The effectiveness of an individual as a leader within the coaching field and its affect on creating a successful team are always under study and have been for several years. It is often thought that if someone could figure out the magical formula for creating a successful team, then that person would always be successful. There are also those in charge of creating coaching effectiveness programs who are interested in coaching effectiveness and how coaches lead their teams to success. It is important to stress the various factors that influence the special interpersonal relationship between the coach and players and to stress the dynamic process that is the key to effective leadership.
3) Brief Outline. The outline should include an explanation or plan of how you intend to organize your paper.
I. Introduction
a. Research Problem statement
i. What (if any) are Leadership Qualities and Characteristics of Successful NCAA Division I College Coaches?
b. Example of Introduction Paragraph
i. There are over 600 male and female head coaches of NCAA Division I basketball teams. Every single one of those coaches visualizes their team being successful and sees themselves as having to be a big part of the reason for their success. The question, however, is what makes these division I coaches successful and how do you measure this success? If there were one scientific way of doing this it would be bottled up and sold for millions. The problem is there is no one way to be a successful coach and if there were all other coaches would try that method and it would be impossible for everyone to be successful. What I am going to attempt to do is study successful coaches from our past and present to see what they did or do and why they were or are successful.
c. Statement about what a successful coach is.
d. Quick overview of 5 categories to be covered in the paper:
i. Definition of Terms
ii. The Different Coaching Styles
iii. Leadership Characteristic of Successful basketball coaches.
iv. Leadership Characteristic of unsuccessful basketball coaches
v. What Characteristic players are looking for in coaches
e. Brief statement about the type of coach I feel will be the most successful
II. Literature Review (Go in Depth of the 5 categories)
a. Terms to be defined
i. There will obviously need to be a lot of terms defined. I will first have to define what a successful coach is
1. Successful Coach - A coach who has been coaching for over 5 years and has over a .600 winning percentage.
2. Coaching Styles:
a. Autonomous: A coach who asks the players and assistant coaches their input on a decision that has to be made concerning the whole team, but in the end he has final say. The final decision may or may not be the majority vote.
b. Controlling: Controlling coach is characterized as a dictatorship. The controlling coach makes all decisions based on his personal preferences.
c. Impersonal: The impersonal style coach does not like to make any decisions and tries to get someone else to make those decisions. The impersonal style coach is characterized by a lot of indecisiveness before making a final decision.
d. I may find more terms to define through my research
b. The Different Coaching Styles
i. Autonomous
ii. Controlling
iii. Impersonal
iv. I may find more styles through my research
c. Leadership Characteristic of Successful basketball coaches.
i. Are there any?
ii. If so what are they?
iii. How does the media interfere with the success of the coach
d. Leadership Characteristic of Unsuccessful basketball coaches
i. Are there any?
ii. If so what are they?
iii. How do the media interfere with their success?
e. What Characteristic players are looking for in coaches
i. What type or Rapport does the coach have with the players
ii. How effective was the coach in recruiting
1. Were there certain leadership qualities that players were looking for in the coach?
2. If so what are they?
III. Summary and Conclusion
a. Summarize all the findings in the literature review
b. Was there a certain style of a successful coach?
c. Was there a certain style of the unsuccessful coach?
IV. References
4) Sources. Describe where you will look for information relating to your topic.
V. References
a. List References used
i. Secondary sources
1. To Define terms
ii. Primary sources
1. Journal of Sport Behavior
2. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology
3. Journal of Sport Psychology
4. Sports Illustrated
5. Newspapers

Example according to APA Reference:
Frederick, C. M. & Morrison, C. S. (1999). Collegiate Coaches: An examination of
motivational style and its relationship to decision making and personality. Journal of Sport Behavior, 22. 221-233.
Fizel, J. L. & D?Itri, M. P. (1999). Firing and hiring of managers: does efficiency matter.
Journal of Management, 25, 567-586.

Essay Instructions: Read the case study of Sir Richard Branson, Chairman, Virgin Group, Ltd. which can be founded in the book titled, Orgainizational Behavior by Hellriegel and Slocum 2011 Custom Edition. 1. Describe Branson's leadership style in terms of the leadership models and evaluate the likely effectiveness of that style in the United States today. 2. Recommend a different leadership style or combination of styles that would make Branson an even more effective leader. 3. Determine how Branson would develop and lead a global team working on a major project. 4. Discuss how you can incorporate some of Branson's leadership qualities into your role at work or school.


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Essay Instructions: Quality improvement is Patient falls
To prepare:
Focusing on quality improvement at the unit level??"not at the organizational level??"select one nursing sensitive indicator that is in need of significant improvement at your practice setting.
Remember, indicators can range from not meeting customers’ expectations to inability to fulfill organizational goals. You may wish to review the NDNQI indicators prior to beginning this Application.
Articulate a hypothetical or real quality improvement initiative that is specific and has a localized focus.
Analyze the culture of the patients and providers that this initiative will impact.
Determine processes that need to be implemented to ensure a smooth transition.
Consider the stages that the practice setting would go through over a nine-month time frame.
Examine data that supports the need for your improvement initiative and determine which quality improvement and patient safety tools would best represent the data (flow charting, cause-effect diagrams, control charts, root cause analysis).
Select team members for your quality improvement effort.
Identify who at your practice setting would be the “senior leader” or sponsor for meeting the improvement needs of chosen indicator.
To complete:
In a paper approximately 15??"20 pages in length:
Part 1: State the problem and mission in measurable terms; clearly state the unit of analysis.
Explain why your selected nursing indicator is a priority for your organization and support your selection with data.
Identify which quality improvement model best fits your nursing indicator and justify your selection with evidence from the research literature.
Detail the primary measurement that you will be utilizing, and the goal, in comparison to an external source (i.e. scores received by other similar health care organizations on your nursing indicator).
Synthesize strategies for managing any ethical dilemmas presented by the initiative.
Part 2: Describe the team: membership, roles, facilitators, background/experience, and motivation within, followed with an analysis of the leadership role of the sponsor for this project.
Document the team process: determine meeting frequency, ability to fulfill roles on the team, etc. As this is a simulation exercise, you will create this information using best practices as a guide.
What leadership qualities should this “senior leader” or sponsor possess?
Do you believe this sponsor to be a transactional leader or a transformational leader?
What managerial attributes and actions would this senior leader need to employ to ensure that the staff will buy into workplace changes?
Predict how the senior leader role will evolve throughout the quality improvement journey.
Part 3: Formulate possible evidence-based practices and an action plan that could work towards achieving improvement outcomes.
Provide insight into the diagnostic processes (e.g., root cause analysis) used to determine the primary causes of the problem. Consider both qualitative (cause-effect diagram, barrier analysis), and quantitative (theory testing or drill down analysis) methods.
Analyze the cost-effectiveness of your initiative and how your initiative mitigates risk and improves health care outcomes.
Part 4: Summarize the impact of the team process on the nurse sensitive indicator.
Analyze monthly or weekly data points of the nine-month period.
Include a timeline that documents the various milestones seen from implementation to completion of the nine-month quality improvement model. You may use the quality improvement model of your choice (PDSA, DMAIC, Lean).
Demonstrate meaningful improvement utilizing a key metric such as graphs, control charts, or other valid statistical analysis capable of showing trends.
Part 5: Summarize the positive attributes of the team process in creating improvement.
Attributes can include, but are not limited to: motivation to improve, conflict and conflict resolution, change theory as applied to implementation strategy, negotiation, the role of senior leader in securing resources for the team, and other organizational and team dynamics.

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