Answers must be at least 200 words
1) Imagine that you are an emergency manager within your community. What are some of the leadership and management skills that you will need to possess in order to work alongside community stakeholders in disaster planning and during emergency situations?
2) In thinking about the community in which you live, how are leadership and community stakeholders prepared to handle emergency and disaster situations using authoritative leadership or country-club leadership? How do you feel those leadership skills can make an impact, or perhaps be improved prior to an incident taking place?
3) Moral and ethical decision-making are part of disaster management. What are some of the moral and ethical decisions you would be prepared to make within your community if you were an emergency manager and disaster struck?
4) Your community is undergoing leadership change in both political and emergency management arenas. What are some of the changes that may occur with transformational leadership taking place? How can new personal thoughts and ideas make positive social changes for emergency response leadership?
5) Think about some issues that have arisen in your community where there were leadership ba
iers for communication? If you were an emergency manager in your community and wanted to express the importance of education and preparedness for emergencies, how would you convince political stakeholders of the importance of educating the community? How would you respond if there was initial negative feedback?
6) Think about your community and imagine you were a member of the local council. If you were hiring a new emergency manager for your community, what are some of the qualities that you would look for when seeking a candidate? What are some of the qualities that you would consider regarding adaptive leadership, the position, and the community?
7) If you were an emergency manager in your community developing policies pertaining to special needs populations, what are some of the moral and ethical challenges that you would face in developing those policies addressing mass casualties that may take place?
8) Based on the community in which you reside, if you were in a leadership position (or working as an emergency manager), what are some of the future challenges your community might face in regards to changes in disaster and emergency responses? How will your previous experiences and trainings be used in order to convey those skills to new leaders in your community?
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 manage
Result of personality test
Brief Leadership Speech—Skills and Behavioral Approach
Part 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 (
ief) 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.
Self-Evaluation Form
Complete the following self-evaluation form to evaluate your own work for the Unit II Project (Brief Leadership Speech—Skills and Behavioral Approach). How well do you feel you performed based on the following criteria?
Rate your own work on a scale from one to five by inserting an “X” into the appropriate cell. One is the lowest score, and five is the highest score.
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4. You effectively communicated a message (skills approach).
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5. Your overall message is clear for the audience (your subordinates).
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6. Upon receiving the message, the audience (your subordinates) will know your expectations.
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