Self-Assessment Of Leadership, Collaboration, And Ethics Assignment

Write a 3–4 page response to an employment questionnaire requiring a self-evaluation of your leadership and ethical experiences.

An understanding of one’s own approaches to leadership, motivation, collaboration and ethical situations is important to the evolution of an effective leader. An introspective lens can help emerging leaders better understand and hone these important skills.

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By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

• Competency 1: Apply qualities, skills and practices used by effective healthcare leaders.
  • Analyze one’s own leadership qualities and actions relative to a specific experience.
• Competency 2: Apply practices that facilitate effective interprofessional collaboration.
  • Analyzes one’s own leadership and motivational techniques used to foster collaboration among stakeholders. Self-Assessment Of Leadership, Collaboration, And Ethics Assignment
• Competency 3: Apply ethical codes and diversity best practices in health care organizations.
  • Analyze actions taken in response to an ethical dilemma, using an ethical code.
• Competency 4: Produce clear, coherent, and professional written work, in accordance with Capella’s writing standards.
  • Conveys clear meaning in active voice, with minimal issues in grammar, usage, word choice, spelling, or mechanical errors.

ASSESSMENT INSTRUCTIONS

 

Preparation

Download and review the Western Medical Enterprises Questionnaire found in the Resources. Use it to complete this assessment.

Optional

Read Ethical decision-making in a caring environment: The four principles and LEADS if you chose this reference to complete your assignment. See the Western Medical Enterprises Questionnaire for details.

Scenario

Imagine that over the past few months you have participated in several organizational projects and met many new people.Self-Assessment Of Leadership, Collaboration, And Ethics Assignment   The opportunities to collaborate and demonstrate your emerging skills as a leader prompted you to think about applying for a new position.  After exploring online job postings, you prepared a resume and submitted the application to Western Medical Enterprises. A few days later you received the following email:

Dear Applicant,
Thank you for your interest in employment at Western Medical Enterprises. We have received your application packet. The next step for all potential employees is to provide a narrative response to the questions in the attached document. Please return your completed document to me by replying to this e-mail.
Once we receive your responses, we will review them and notify you of the next steps.
Good luck!
Sincerely,
Thomas Hardy
Human Resources Recruiter
Western Medical Enterprises

Instructions

Respond to the scenario by completing the Western Medical Enterprises Questionnaire found in the Resources.

Please refer to the scoring guide for details on how your assessment will be evaluated.

GRADING RUBRIC:

1-  Analyze one’s own leadership qualities and actions relative to a specific experience.

Passing Grade:  Analyzes one’s own leadership qualities and actions relative to a specific experience, against an accepted leadership model.

2-  Analyze one’s own leadership and motivational techniques used to foster collaboration among stakeholders.

Passing Grade:  Analyzes one’s own leadership and motivational techniques used to foster collaboration among stakeholders, comparing them to one or more proven techniques.

3-  Analyze actions taken in response to an ethical dilemma, using an ethical code.

Passing Grade:  Analyzes actions taken in response to an ethical dilemma in great detail that references specific elements of the code to help assess actions taken.

4-  Convey clear meaning in active voice, with minimal issues in grammar, usage, word choice, spelling, or mechanical errors.

Passing Grade:  Produces complex and concise text that conveys clear meaning, with strong grammar, usage, word choice, spelling, and mechanical decisions. Enhances flow and meaning of text by using strong active voice throughout.

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Western Medical Enterprises Applicant Questionnaire

Directions: Please provide responses to the two sections below. The expectation is that each response is from 1-2 pages in length (not including the information already present in this document which is approximately 1 page). You are expected to support your assertions, ideas, or opinions with at least two scholarly or professional resources where appropriate using current APA style and formatting.

Section I: Leadership and Collaboration Experience

Briefly describe an instance where you were required to lead and motivate a team of professionals to collaborate. It does not need to be in a health care setting. If you have not lead a team of professionals before, use a different example.

 

Next, analyze your approach to the challenge using specific examples. It is not important whether or not your efforts were successful. What is important is the approach you take to appraising your leadership and collaboration decisions and actions. Do the following:

 

1. Analyze your leadership of the project. Consider the following:
   • What was the purpose or shared vision of the team?
   • The effectiveness of your leadership approach and style. Did you get “buy in” from stakeholders?
   • Decision making processes and outcomes? What were your good decisions? What would you have done differently? Self-Assessment Of Leadership, Collaboration, And Ethics Assignment
   • How did you communication your vision, values, decisions, information, et cetera?
2. Analyze your approach to fostering collaboration and motivation among stakeholders. Consider:
   • How well you facilitated member or participant collaboration and engagement with one another. Did participants communicate effectively?
   • Actions you took to motivate people to realize your vision or tactics. Did the team or participants feel motivated and energized by you? Why or why not?

[Enter Your Response for Section 1 Here]

 

 

 

Section II: Ethics Experience

Briefly describe an ethical dilemma that that demonstrates your application of ethical principles in the health care setting. Next, analyze your response or actions (even if there were none) to the event against one of the reference points below. Were your (in)actions or choices supported by the chosen framework? Be specific and include two references citing one or more of the following. Self-Assessment Of Leadership, Collaboration, And Ethics Assignment

• Any workplace code of ethics (consider choosing one from a place you work or have worked).
• The Professional code of ethics for your profession.

AND one of the following:

• Ethical Decision-Making in a Caring Environment: The Four Principles and Leads.
• American College of Healthcare Executives Code of Ethics.

 

 

[Enter Your Response to Section 2 Here]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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