A640.4.4.RB – DEVELOPING A CASE (POST EVENT ANALYSIS)
Completing this week’s
class work was quite challenging not only due to the type of the course work
required but at the same time, this week
was a very busy week at work. This week I
was traveling within the East Florida Region of Florida Hospitals for acquisition
meetings and open enrollment. I cannot overstate
the importance of developing my skills in time
management enough. Other than the benefit
of having the ability to draw up a case study to strategically plan for a significant
project at work, time management is one I consider one of the many principles
of leadership that demands consistent practice and attention.
Although
this week’s assignment was quite challenging, it was a learning point for me. Developing a case study taught me not only to
learn that a case study allows us to retain a holistic diagnostic of actual life
events and at the same time researching events that are existential. Creating a case study indoctrinated me the necessity
of utilizing Creative Problem Solving as a tool or method on how to approach challenges
or problems in a creative and inventive way.
In the process of developing the assigned case study and writing this week’s
discussion post, I found myself digging into my critical thinking skills. Critical thinking skills are of utmost importance
for a leader to possess to understand and assess logically the correlation of ideas
and determine various inconsistencies in reasoning to arrive at the appropriate
decision(s) in resolving a problem, an issue, or a case.
According
to the Creative Education Foundation, Creative Problem Solving is a methodology
that assists us in redefining challenges and opportunities that we encounter to
formulate new solutions and creative responses and implementing them. CPS allows us to experience the rapid assimilation
of new ideas positively, in addition to creating more efficient solutions. Utilizing CPS gave me the idea to use Kotter’s
(1947) 8-Steps Process of Leading Change to successfully derive a holistic approach
to organizational change for Bethune-Cookman University under the leadership of
Dr. Edison Jackson.
By nature,
every methodology has its positive effect, but we could never avoid that it is inevitable
that any methodology also has its issues or weaknesses. As a research methodology, a case study has its
own criticisms. According to Schell (1992),
the most common criticism regarding a case study is that often times, it is directed
to a multitude levels, beginning from best practical approach to the most theoretical
approach. The case study strategy is in nature
very labor intensive, and the required energy at every stage of the research process
in the collection of comparable data is very explosive. Schell (1992) further stated in single case
studies, a researcher has few foundations to rely on in defending himself or herself
from unpredictable results and scientific concepts most specifically on a single
case or experimentation. Lastly, Schell (1992)
noted that in practical cases that involved a dual role of a researcher and at the
same time a member of the research team, there can be a plausible ethical issue.
Overall,
this week’s assignment regarding situational and contingency theory leadership,
and case study methodology have been thought-provoking
although challenging. I have learned that
a situational leader is competent to address
the most pressing challenges in an individualized and innovative approach
(Dubois et al., 2015). Another point to learn
from this week was that Fielder’s Contingency Theory of Leadership is
inadequate when it comes to a leader’s flexibility. Which meant leaders are generally definitive
in regulating workplace issues or situations thus if a situation or an issue
has to be handled differently, said issue or situation needs to be assigned to
a different leader (Rowe & Guerrero, 2012). And lastly, I have learned that although this week’s assignment was quite challenging, it
was a learning point for me. Developing a
case study taught me not only to know that a case study allows us to retain a holistic
diagnostic of actual life events and at the same time researching events that
are existential. To be efficient and fruitful
in any case study, we need to utilize our Creative Problem Solving and Critical
Thinking skills as a tool or method on how to approach challenges or problems in
a creative and inventive way. As a leader,
it is of utmost importance that I consistently develop, practice and possess critical
thinking skills to understand and assess logically the correlation of ideas and
determine various inconsistencies in reasoning to arrive at the appropriate decision(s).
References:
Dubois, M., Hanlon, J., Koch, J., Nyatuga, B., & Kerr, N.
(2015). Leadership
Styles of Effective Project Managers: Techniques
and Traits to Lead High
Performance Teams. Journal
of Economic Development, Management, I T, Finance, and Marketing 7.1
(Mar 2015): 30-46. Retrieved from: http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.libproxy.db.erau.edu/docview/1681254193?pq-origsite=summon
Creative Education Foundation. Creative Problem
Solving. Retrieved from:
Rowe, W. G., & Guerrero, L. (2012). Cases in Leadership (3rd ed.). SAGE Publications, Inc.
Schell, Charles (1992). The Value of the Case Study as a
Research Strategy. Manchester
Business
School
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