Columbia Southern University Leader in Emergency Management Paper

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Ideal “Trait” Profile for a Leader in Emergency Management

The purpose of this assignment is to construct an ideal profile, based on the trait approach of leadership, for an emergency manager working in the aftermath of a disaster. This assignment also provides you with an opportunity to consider several of the details associated with hiring someone to serve on your emergency management team.

Click here to take a five-minute personality test. Address the following in a two page essay:

• How “self-confidence” could help an emergency manager with decision-making skills.
• How “integrity” could help an emergency manager build trust among colleagues.
• How “sociability” could help an emergency manager interact with other professionals, including subordinates, supervisors, and interagency roles.
• Based on the results from your personality test, what traits do you possess that would make you an effective emergency manager.

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  Brief Leadership Speech—Skills and Behavioral ApproachPart 1: The purpose of this assignment is for you to think critically about both the skills approach and the behavioral approach of leadership by preparing your initial (brief) speech for the first meeting on the first day after a disastrous event. Your audience for this speech includes those who will report to you (subordinates). Select ONE of the following options for this assignment:

  • Write the speech in a Word document, or
  • present the speech, and capture it via video.

  The content of the speech needs to succinctly answer the following question: What would you say to your team on the first day to communicate your expectations toward structure, productivity, and the concern for people?Structure, productivity, and the concern for people are key aspects of the behavioral approach of leadership. To keep it simple, the length of the speech must be at least 250 words and no more than 300 words. When spoken, this is approximately two minutes and no more than three minutes. A lot can be stated in that amount of time, so keep it concise and on point. If you choose the video option (and hopefully you will, as it can be a great way to demonstrate your ability to potential employers), click here to access a guide with some helpful tips for capturing the video and uploading it to YouTube. Part 2: The second part of this project involves completing a self-evaluation form about your speech. It requires very little time, but you should carefully consider the guidance it offers toward a quality message. Click here to access the form. Complete the form, save it, and submit it in Blackboard for grading. This assignment involves submitting more than one file to one assignment. Click here to access instructions on submitting more than one file to one assignment.

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  The purpose of this assignment is for you to analyze the ethical considerations and team-based approach to leadership by reading a brief case study about a hospital in a flood and making decisions to mitigate the circumstances. In August of 2007, the patients and staff at a hospital in Dyer, Indiana, experienced rising waters from excessive rainfall. As such, an evacuation took place to protect everyone inside St. Margaret Mercy Hospital. Evacuations sound easy enough; however, they can be a bit tricky if the plan does not account for all of the important factors. In this case, 70 patients of the hospital had psychological difficulties, which prevented them from being able to effectively care for themselves. For example, the patients’ charts indicated descriptors such as suicide risk, severe depression, high levels of anxiety, and lack of proper medication. Using the foundations of this event as a learning platform, the challenge to address for this case study is how to effectively evacuate 70 dependent patients from a hospital by using ethical decision-making and a team-based approach to leadership. Consider each of the following details as you describe how you would effectively manage such an emergency as a leader:

  • What types of things would lead you to decide that evacuating the patients is necessary? (You can address ethical decision-making.)
  • Where would you place the patients? In other words, what would serve as your evacuation shelter? Be sure to explain why this would be an effective evacuation shelter by describing the location and its surroundings.
  • How would you transport the patients and their medication to the evacuation shelter?
  • Who would monitor the patients at the evacuation shelter?
  • How would you apply team-based leadership in an emergency like this (e.g., interagency collaboration and cooperation)?

  Compile your answers in a three-page case study. Use APA style to format the paper, and make certain to include a title page. You are expected to conduct research for this assignment by including at least two references on a reference page. The research should focus on ethical decision-making and team-based leadership. Be sure to proofread your work before submitting it in Blackboard for grading.

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  Active Shooter ScenarioThe purpose of this assignment is for you to analyze the situational approach, path-goal theory, and leader-member exchange theory as they each relate to an active shooter incident within a facility with employees. This assignment involves reading through a scenario (a case study) that contains active shooters within a facility. Click here to access the scenario and the milestone questions to answer. (Click here to access the PDF version.) Read each section of the scenario, and then answer the questions that immediately follow by recording your responses in a Word document; base your answers on what you know at that point in the scenario. Save all of your answers within one Word document before submitting it in Blackboard for grading
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  The purpose of this assignment is for you to continue developing your leadership style by analyzing how you can approach gender equality and cultural diversity. You must also think about being proactive by promoting wanted behavior. How do you, or will you, promote gender equality and cultural diversity in the workplace? Imagine you are an emergency manager (EM) for a hospital within a city. Write a two-page philosophical statement that describes how you, as an EM leader, will ensure the avoidance of unwanted practices related to both gender and cultural bias. This philosophical statement should contain the thoughts and principles that drive how you approach daily decisions as a leader in the field of emergency management. Include at least the following criteria within your philosophical statement:

  • How would you describe your philosophy toward gender equality?
  • How would you describe your philosophy toward cultural diversity?
  • What types of actions would you implement to prevent unwanted practices?
  • What types of actions would you implement to promote wanted practices?
  • Why is your philosophical statement important to you as a leader in emergency management?

  Remember that you are writing this philosophical statement as a leader, from a leader’s perspective. Be sure that the statement remains relevant and demonstrates critical thinking for the topics. Other than the requirements within these instructions, you can go in any direction with your philosophical statement, as it is your philosophy. To clarify, you are not writing a policy but, rather, you are writing a narrative that describes your own thought process about these topics and how each one fits into your leadership style. Your statement must be a minimum of two pages in length.
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  The purpose of this assignment is to analyze the different leadership styles and approaches for emergency management situations. An active threat or active shooter situation will always be continually changing. Leadership will play an integral role within the context of this type of emergency. There will be challenges in leadership in leading the emergency services management personnel should there be a change of personnel due to an unforeseen event. For this assignment, research the Las Vegas active shooting incident from October 1, 2017. In a five page essay:

  • How would transformational leadership become involved during this incident?
  • Who would be some of the key personnel and team members involved in this incident?
  • Based on the ability of the active threat/shooter to enter into the hotel with several bags of firing arms and ammunition, how might leadership be able to increase security measures? What are some of the security measures that can be updated or put in place in an effort handle a large arsenal of weapons?
  • How might adaptive leadership play an integral role in the overall psychodynamic approaches on the new leadership style for this particular incident regarding the Las Vegas shooting?
  • What are some of the adaptive leadership approaches that may need to be taken with the advent of this active threat/shooter opening fire from the 32nd floor of this hotel?

  Format your paper using APA style. Include a reference page. Utilize the CSU Online Library in order to find references and support for your assignment.

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  The purpose of this assignment is for you to think critically about how a National Incident Management System (NIMS) and Incident Command System (ICS) could impact your leadership style as an emergency manager. Think about all of the leadership theories that you studied in this course. Think about the theories that align with your leadership style. Then, write a two-page essay that answers each of the following questions:

  • How does NIMS impact your leadership style as an emergency manager?
  • How does ICS impact your leadership style as an emergency manager?
  • Which leadership theories might conflict with NIMS and ICS? Explain.
  • Thinking back to the Unit I assignment, how does your own leadership style align with NIMS and ICS? Explain.

  Be sure to address each of the questions, proofread your work, and submit it in Blackboard for grading. If outside sources are used, please adhere to APA Style when creating citations and references for this assignment. APA formatting, however, is not necessary.