I would like to make a text-to-self connection based on the information that I learned in the source, “Value based leadership paradigm.” In this source, the proposed model reminded me of the topics I learned about in another class (COM 466). In this class we explore leadership challenges over the course of the semester and use those challenges to define problems and cultivate action steps to create innovation or needed change. In the model, it connects values and mission, duties, commitment and human relations. This reminds me of how I explored the importance of aligning missions, methods and resources. When the model is broken down more specifically, the final model embedded in this source, shows how each topic has necessary branches, and related components that make this leadership approach work and flow properly. This relates to what I am learning in the COM 466 class because we explore how organizations need to:
- Aligning mission, methods, and resources
- Earning the public trust
- Balancing individual interest and the common good
- Capitalizing on opportunities associated with diversity.
- Moving beyond charity to systemic change
These leadership challenges bring to light the areas that are necessary to focus on in order to have an organization successfully led. What I have learned in this class through these challenges relates to the leadership components defined in both the proposed and more specifically the final model. In the conclusion section of this source, it is concluded that the behavioral patterns among organizations are controlled through the models. I see the same control over the organizations I have analyzed in the COM 466 class!