BUS-518 week7 DQ 1 “Influence” Please respond to the following: • Summarize the six bases of power that allow leaders to influence the importance of others. For each of the bases of power identified, provide at least one contemporary leadership issue or challenge in the student’s current or past real-life organization. • For each summary of power identified in the first part of this discussion, provide an example of how you,
as a project manager, would attempt to exert your influence to convince your team to work an extra day per week in order to earn time off later. BUS-518 week7 DQ 2 “Mulally’s Principles” Please respond to the following: • Alan Mulally, president of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, uses 12 principles that guide him in managing projects, teams, and the corporation itself. Describe the level of success of Mulally’s leadership style during his time as the Executive Chairman for Ford Motor Company’s Board of Directors. Provide three examples to support your response. • Imagine that, as a project manager, you are asked to encourage your team to work one extra day a week. Applying Mulally’s Principles, create a 250-word memo that would encourage your team to work on extra day a week. The memo should include, at a minimum, statements of a shared vision, purpose, and commitment.
