Discussion Question 1

The idea of “servant leadership” may be considered a paradox. Describe this paradox in the context of leadership.

Discussion Question 2

Refer to the various leadership/personality assessments within the Topic 1 Study Materials. Choose three assessments to complete. After completing them, explain your findings by providing 2-3 sentences for each assessment. Reflect on what the results say about you and how they describe how you function on teams.

You are a portfolio manager, and you are trying to put together a portfolio that is designed to beat the market (represented here by the S&P 500 index). To do this you will first pick ten stocks, and then you will figure out how much of each of them to buy, using monthly data from the last five years to make your decisions. You have 100 million dollars to play with.

Prior to beginning your discussion, read Understanding (and preventing) ethical leadership failures (Links to an external site.). After reading the article, give an example of one or more leadership failures that you are familiar with. You may use an organization, group, or political figure for your discussion. Describe the failure(s) in detail. Analyze how the failure(s) could have been mitigated.

Your response must be a minimum of 300 words.

Final Assignment 4

During the class we have talked about the four P’s of marketing: product, pricing, promotion, and placement.

Think about a product that you are aware of or use. If you were the marketing manager for that product, what changes would you want to investigate for each of the four P’s and why would you recommend those changes.

Write a 3-4page paper that in your own words discusses these recommendations.

1. Porter’s five force model is a great tool for determining the nature of competition in any industry. Name, and discuss, each of the five forces.

2.What is the role of competitive intelligence in strategic analysis?

3. What does it mean to have a “global” mindset?

4.Distinguish between tangible and intangible resources. Provide examples.

5.Describe each of the four criteria of sustainable competitive advantage.

6.How do value chain activities relate to the above criteria?