OLead100 – Columbia Final Mission Paper
With this paper, you get the chance to review the multimedia case again from the perspective of the entire course and all the material read in the course. Use evidence from the material that you have read in Lessons 1-11 to address the above questions. So, the task here is to use the paper to relate the questions from the multimedia case to the topics that were covered in the course, such as leadership traits, leadership styles, strength-based leadership, leadership skills, power and influence, followership, teams and leadership, listening to out-group members, organizational culture and more. When you examine the multimedia case, can you see how some of these topics relate? What have you learned from these topics that are relevant to the multimedia case? Additional questions to address in the paper are:
How can the multimedia course discussion questions be used to demonstrate your understanding of the interactional framework for analyzing leadership addressed in this course?
Since in the case of large-scale failures in complex organizations multiple factors can contribute to the causes of failure, can you provide a comprehensive view of possible factors and solutions to the Columbia Space Shuttle disaster from what you have learned in Lesson 1-11?
You will need to provide strong logic and facts to support your ideas. The paper should be complete, reasonably free from errors, clearly organized, and well thought out. These questions should be addressed in a double-spaced paper of 5-8 pages in length.