Universidad Nacional Abierta y a Distancia

Vicerrectoría Académica y de Investigación

Course: Strategic Management
Code: 212053

Activity Guide and Evaluation Rubric – Phase 4 Team leadership

1. Activity Description

Type of Activity: Collaborative

Evaluation Moment: Intermediate Unit 3
Highest Activity Score: 110 points
The activity starts on: Wednesday, The activity ends on: Monday, November
November 4, 2020 30, 2020
With this activity, the following learning outcomes are expected:

Analyze strategies to lead teams to achieve strategic objectives from the

appropriation of different concepts framed in theories of leadership and management
of change and conflict within organizations.

The activity consists of:

This course is in English and as it is specified in the Rules and conditions for
course development: “The student must develop the proposed activities on due
time, in English. Contributions in different languages won´t be evaluated”.

Individual
The student develops the following activities:

1. Read the following case, attached as Annex 4 – Facebook Case:

Facebook Poised for Exodus of Current Employees. (2018). The New

American, 24, 7.

2. According to the previous reading, your own understanding of the company in

the case and your search on internet:

Hand draw a billboard using the resources you have (cardstock, paper, acrylic
board) as a visual aid for a presentation of the case including:

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  Student´s name
 Date
 Case name: Facebook Case
 A problem tree with problem, causes and consequences of the situation faced
by the company in the case

3. Record and post in YouTube a 2 - 3 minutes video where the student appears
himself with the hand draw billboard presenting in English the problem of the
company in the case, mentioning:

 Student´s name
 Date
 General description of the company in the case study
 Problem faced by the company in the case study
 Causes of the problem in the case study
 Consequences of the problem in the case study

Collaborative
The group develops the following activities:

4. Each student reads and reviews the following references for Unit 3 at the
Learning Environment:

 Hiriyappa, B. (2009). Organizational Behavior (pp.186-195).

 McManus, J. (2006). Leadership : Project and Human Capital Management
(pp.1-21).

5. In order to propose the organizational behavior strategies for the company in the
case, each student of the group chooses one of the following topics:

 Organizational Politics
 Power
 Organizational Conflict
 Leadership
 Team building

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6. Post the topic selection in the Discussion forum – Unit 2, according to the
following chart, also, identify who will be in charge of delivering the final
document at the Evaluation Environment:

Organizational Behavior Activities Assignment and Work

Responsibilities
Group Number:
Case title:
Student name Selected topic Mark with (X) the student
chosen to submit the final
document to the Evaluation
Environment
Student 1. Name
Student 2. Name
Student 3. Name
Student 4. Name
Student 5. Name

Each student must respect the other students´ selection, it means for
example, if one student selects Leadership none of the other four students can
develop the Leadership analysis, they must choose another topic. In case a
second student presents the development related to Leadership, it won´t be
evaluated.

Note: If some of your classmates don't chose some topic because he or she
doesn't participate in the forum, the group can present only the topics developed
for the classmates who have participated in the job. It means for example if there
are only three active students, their document will have only three topics
developed, however, as explained in Activity 4, all students must read and review
all references to have a general understanding of all topics.

7. In the context of the case study, according to the topic selected previously, the
review of Unit 3 references and his own search on internet, each student designs
some organizational behavior strategies following the instructions below and
posts its results in the Discussion forum:

 Chosen topic: Organizational Politics

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 To provide a theoretical framework, review the reference: Hiriyappa, B.
(2009). Organizational Behavior (pp.186-188) and complete the following
chart with a summary of the concepts:

Student name:
Date:
Concept Summary Reference (Use APA)
Organizational Politics
Source of Organizational
Politics
Rational view
Political view

Once there is a clear understanding of the theoretical framework, the student

assumes the role of the manager of the company in the case, and designs a
creative infographic defining what source of organization politics is the most
suitable to improve the situation faced by the company in the case, including:

o Group number
o Student name
o Date
o Case title
o Source of organization politics (Rational or political)
o Relevant factors of the selected type
o Why the selected source of organization politics is the most suitable to
improve the situation faced by the company in the case (Include some
theoretical fundamentals to argue the proposal)

 Chosen topic: Power

To provide a theoretical framework, review the reference: Hiriyappa, B.

(2009). Organizational Behavior (pp.188-189) and complete the following
chart with a summary of the concepts:

Student name:
Date:
Concept Summary Reference (Use APA)
Power
Source of Power

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 Effects of power and politics
on Strategic Change

Once there is a clear understanding of the theoretical framework, the student

assumes the role of the manager of the company in the case, and designs a
creative infographic defining how organizational politics and power can be a
relevant factor to improve the situation faced by the company in the case,
including:

o Group number
o Student name
o Date
o Case title
o Organizational politics and power can be a relevant factor to improve
the situation faced by the company in the case (Include some theoretical
fundamentals to argue the proposal)

 Chosen topic: Organizational Conflict

To provide a theoretical framework, review the reference: Hiriyappa, B.

(2009). Organizational Behavior (pp.189-195) and complete the following
chart with a summary of the concepts:

Student name:
Date:
Concept Summary Reference (Use APA)
Conflict resolution strategies
Steps in the Changing
process

Once there is a clear understanding of the theoretical framework, the student

assumes the role of the manager of the company in the case, and designs a
creative infographic defining how to manage conflict strategically
to improve the situation faced by the company in the case, including:

o Group number
o Student name
o Date
o Case title

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 o How to manage conflict strategically to improve the situation faced by
the company in the case (Include some theoretical fundamentals to
argue the proposal)

 Chosen topic: Leadership

To provide a theoretical framework, review the reference: McManus, J.

(2006). Leadership : Project and Human Capital Management (pp.1-18) and
complete the following chart with a summary of the concepts:

Student name:
Date:
Concept Summary Reference (Use APA)
Why Leadership is crucial?
Drucker´s leadership
competences
Leadership skills
Transactional leadership
Transformational leadership

Once there is a clear understanding of the theoretical framework, the student

assumes the role of the manager of the company in the case, and designs a
creative infographic defining the type of leadership (Transactional or
transformationl) and its behavior traits, that suits better the situation in the
case, indicating why this selection is strategic to solve the problem identified,
including:

o Group number
o Student name
o Date
o Case title
o Type of leadership (Transactional or transformationl)
o Behavior traits of the selected type
o How the leadership type is strategic to improve the situation faced by
the company in the case (Include some theoretical fundamentals to
argue the proposal)

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  Chosen topic: Team building

To provide a theoretical framework, review the reference: McManus, J.

(2006). Leadership : Project and Human Capital Management (pp.19-21)
and complete the following chart with a summary of the concepts:

Student name:
Date:
Concept Summary Reference (Use APA)
Team development: Initial
Management stage
Team development:
Mentoring stage
Team development:
Normalization stage

Once there is a clear understanding of the theoretical framework, the student

assumes the role of the manager of the company in the case, and designs a
creative infographic making relations between the three stages of team
building and two roles in a project: leadership and followers, identifying how
the decisions made in each stage are strategic to solve the problem identified
in the case study, including:

o Group number
o Student name
o Date
o Case title
o Stages and roles relation matrix
o How the team building is strategic to improve the situation faced by the
company in the case (Include some theoretical fundamentals to argue
the proposal)

8. All students in the group read and approve the activities developed by the other
members, consolidate all evidences in a PDF and submit it at the Evaluation
Environment, according to the guidelines given below in section Collaborative
Work Evidences, naming it with the following structure:

Strategic Management_Phase 4_ Group number

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 9. The student chosen by the group in Activity 6, to submit the requested product,
deliver the final PDF in the Evaluation Environment.

keep in mind for the development of the activity:

In the Initial Information Environment, you must: Review the agenda to identify the
deadline.

In the Learning Environment, you must: Review the Bibliographic references for Unit
3 and post the development of the activities in the Discussion forum – Unit 3.

In the Evaluation Environment, you must: Submit the final document as a PDF with
the structured indicated in this guide.

Individual Work Evidences:

The individual evidence to be submitted is:

Each student posts on the Discussion forum – Unit 3 a YouTube link according to
Activity 3, also its part of the organizational behavior analysis according to the
chosen topic.

Collaborative Evidences:
The collaborative evidence to be submitted is:

Each group submits a PDF document including:

 Cover
 Introduction
 Objectives
 Table of contents
 YouTube link of each student (Activity 3)
 Organizational Behavior Activities Assignment and Work Responsibilities Chart
(Activity 6)
 Organizational Behavior Strategies (Activity 7)
 Conclusions
 References (Use APA guidelines)

From guidelines:
 PDF format
 Page Size: Letter

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  Font type: Times New Roman
 Font size: 12
 Line spacing: Double
 Page margins: 2.54 cm
 Paragraph Alignment: Left-aligned

2. General Guidelines for the Development of Evidences to Submit.

For Collaborative evidence, consider the following:

 All members of the group must participate with their contributions in the
development of the activity.

 All contents included in the work or forum must be in English.

 In each group a single member will be chosen to submit the requested product in
the environment indicated by the teacher.

 Before submitting the requested product, students should check that it meets all
the requirements mentioned in this activity guide.

 Only the members of the group that participated with contributions during the
time assigned for the activity should be included as authors of the submitted
product.

Please keep in mind that all individual or collaborative written products must comply
with the spelling rules and presentation conditions defined in this activity guide.
Regarding the use of references, consider that the product of this activity must
comply with APA Format.
In any case, make sure you comply with the rules and avoid academic plagiarism.
You can review your written products using the Turnitin tool found on the virtual
campus.

Under the Academic Code of Conduct, the actions that infringe the academic order,
among others, are the following: paragraph e) "Plagiarism is to present as your own
work all or part of a written report, task or document of invention carried out by
another person. It also implies the use of citations or lack of references, or it
includes citations where there is no match between these and the reference" and

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paragraph f) "To reproduce, or copy for profit, educational resources or results of
research products, which have rights reserved for the University ". (Acuerdo 029 -
13 de diciembre de 2013, Artículo 99)

The academic penalties students will face are:

a) In case of academic fraud demonstrated in the academic work or evaluation, the
score obtained will be zero (0.0) without any disciplinary measures being derived.
b) In case of proven plagiarism in academic work of any nature, the score obtained
will be zero (0.0), without any disciplinary measures being derived.

3. Evaluation Rubric

Type of Activity: Collaborative

Evaluation Moment: Intermediate Unit 3
Highest Activity Score: 110 points
First Evaluation High Level: Participate in the Discussion Forum, presenting the
Criterion: theoretical foundations and the correct application of the
concepts explained in the proposed reference, to the company
Process criterion in the case study, according to the selection of topics established
Participate in the in the assignment of responsibilities for the development of the
design of activity.
organizational
behavior strategies, If your work is at this level, you can get between 36 points
appropriating the and 40 points
concepts and
analyzing them in a Average Level: Participate designing the organizational
corporative context behavior strategies, in relation to the case study, according to
the selection of topics established in the assignment of
This criterion responsibilities for the development of the activity, but does not
represents 40 evidence proper theoretical foundations or a correct application
points of the total of the concepts explained in the proposed reference.
of 110 points of
the activity. If your work is at this level, you can get between 2 points
and 35 points

Low level: Don´t present the organizational behavior strategy

development or it is not related to the case study.

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 If your work is at this level, you can get between 0
points and 1 points

Second Evaluation High Level: Present a proper analysis of the organizational

Criterion: behavior strategies proposing initiatives to solve the situation of
the company in the case study, appropriating the theoretical
Content criterion foundations and applying the concepts, according to the
Analyze the of selection of topics established in the assignment of
organizational responsibilities for the development of the activity.
behavior strategies
as a relevant factor If your work is at this level, you can get between 36 points
to lead teams and 40 points
towards the
company´s goals Average Level: Present proposals in the context of the
organizational behavior to solve the problem of the company in
This criterion the case study, applying the concepts, in accordance with the
represents 40 selection of topics established in the assignment of
points of the total responsibilities for the development of the activity, but does not
of 110 points of evidence a correct appropriation of the theoretical fundamentals
the activity. nor a pertinent proposal for the situation raised in the case study

If your work is at this level, you can get between 2 points

and 35 points

Low level: Don´t present the organizational behavior strategy

development or it is not related to the case study.

If your work is at this level, you can get between 0

points and 1 points

Third Evaluation High Level: Submit a PDF document, at the Evaluation

Criterion: Environment, according to the given guidelines, evidencing
proper grammar and spelling, presenting the development of the
Form criterion organizational behavior strategies, using the proposed formats
Present the and references in APA format.
document according
to the format and If your work is at this level, you can get between 26 points
guidelines specified and 30 points

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This criterion Average Level: Submit a document, developing the proposed
represents 30 activities, evidencing some spelling and grammar mistakes or
points of the total missing some items or guidelines
of 110 points of
the activity. If your work is at this level, you can get between 2 points
and 25 points

Low level: Don´t submit the document evidencing his own

development of the proposed activities.

If your work is at this level, you can get between 0

points and 1 points

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