NR 534 Creating a Philosophy of Leadership Paper

Please note, all NR 534 discussions occur in small groups. For this reason, please review the Small Group Discussion Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.)

Part 1: Individual

Whether or not it is written or verbally articulated, everyone has an idea or belief system about leadership that influences their behaviour as a leader and a follower. Many factors combine that inform your leadership philosophy.

Discuss your personal beliefs, values, experiences, and current leadership principles and trends that influence your leadership philosophy.

In 3-5 sentences clearly articulate your personal leadership philosophy. This should begin with, “My philosophy of leadership is….”

Describe how your leadership philosophy relates to the position and the organisation within which you currently work. How does it affect the work you do, how you make decisions, and the culture you promote?

Part 2: With Your Group

Discuss the commonalities and differences among the statements from the group.

How does your personal philosophy compare to the philosophy of your organisation? How do you reconcile discrepancies between them?

What impact does congruency between your personal leadership and the organisation’s philosophy have on creating a person-centred, caring healthcare organisation?

Small Group Discussion Grading Rubric

Participation for MSN

Small Group Discussion Guiding Principles

The ideas and beliefs underpinning the small group discussions (GDs) guide students through engaging dialogues as they achieve the desired learning outcomes/competencies associated with their course in a manner that empowers them to organise, integrate, apply and critically appraise their knowledge to their selected field of practice.

The use of GDs provides students with opportunities to contribute level-appropriate knowledge and experience to the topic in a safe, caring, and fluid environment that models professional and social interaction.

The GD’s ebb and flow are based upon the composition of student and faculty interaction in the quest for relevant scholarship. Participation in the GDs generates opportunities for students to actively engage in the written ideas of others by carefully reading, researching, reflecting, and responding to the contributions of their peers and course faculty.

GDs foster the development of members into a community of learners as they share ideas and inquiries, consider perspectives that may be different from their own, and integrate knowledge from other disciplines.

Participation Guidelines

Each weekly group discussion is worth a maximum of 50 points. Students must post a minimum of four times in each discussion. One of these posts must be a summary of learning for the week. The initial response to the discussion prompt must be posted by Wednesday, 11:59 p.m.

MT, of each week. Each of the subsequent posts must occur on days following the initial response. The final posting deadline for all subsequent posts is by Sunday, 11:59 p.m. MT of each week. For week 8 only, subsequent posts must occur by the Saturday deadline-11:59 pm MT.

If the student does not meet the Wednesday posting deadline for the initial posting, a late penalty is applied of 5 points. Not meeting the requirements for subsequent postings, either in number or deadline, will result in a loss of 5 points.

Group Discussion Responses

Small group discussions provide the opportunity for deep exploration and new knowledge discovery of course topics. This type of exploration requires synthesis of various sources of information.

Responses in group discussions should be substantive, reflect the student’s personal position on the topic, thoroughly address the information being asked for by the prompt, and include insights based on others’ postings. Direct quotes in group discussions should be a rare occurrence. These are to be limited to one short quotation (not to exceed 15 words).

The quote must add substantively to the discussion. Points will be deducted under Scholarliness and/or Course Knowledge rubric categories.

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Note: To receive credit for a week’s discussion, students may begin posting no earlier than the Sunday immediately before each week opens. Unless otherwise specified, access to most weeks begins on Sunday at 12:01 a.m. MT, and that week’s assignments are due by the next Sunday by 11:59 p.m. MT. Week 8 opens at 12:01 a.m.

MT Sunday and closes at 11:59 p.m. MT Wednesday. Any assignments and all discussion requirements must be completed by 11:59 p.m. MT Saturday of the eighth week.

*Scholarly source: Per the APA Guidelines in Course Resources, only scholarly sources should be used in assignments and group discussions. These include peer reviewed publications, government reports, or sources written by a professional or scholar in the field. Your textbook and lesson are not considered to be an outside scholarly source.

For the discussions, reputable internet sources such as websites by government agencies (URL ends in .gov) and respected organisations (often ends in .org) can be counted as scholarly sources.

The best outside scholarly source to use is a peer reviewed nursing journal. You are encouraged to use the Chamberlain library and search one of the available data bases for a peer reviewed journal article. The following sources should not be used: Wikipedia, Wikis, or blogs. These web sites are not considered scholarly as anyone can add to these.

Please be aware that .com websites can vary in scholarship and quality. For example, American Heart Association is a .com site with scholarship and quality. It is the responsibility of the student to determine the scholarship and quality of any .com site.

Ask your instructor before using any site that you are unsure of. If the instructor determines that the site does not demonstrate scholarship or quality, points will be deducted for not using scholarly sources.

Current outside scholarly sources are required for the initial posting. This is defined to be 5 years or less. Instructor permission must be obtained if using a source that is older than 5 years.

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