Table 1: Organizing and Reflecting on Key Learnings and Collecting Key Artifacts
COURSE SUMMARY OF KEY COURSE
CONTENT
DESCRIBE SPECIFIC
COURSE MATERIALS THAT
WERE OF PARTICULAR
VALUE TO YOU THINGS
LKE THE TEXTBOOK,
ARTICLES / READINGS,
MULTIMEDIA
PRESENTATIONS / VIDEOS,
ETC.
DESCRIBE SPECIFIC
COURSE ACTIVITIES THAT
WERE OF PARTICULAR
VALUE TO YOU CASES,
ASSIGNMENTS,
DISCUSSIONS,
SIMULATIONS / ACTIVITIES,
TEAMWORK INITIATIVES,
READINGS, ANALYSIS,
OTHER PROJECTS, ETC.
OGL 200:
Introduction Class was no longer accessible
to
Organization for me on line
al Leadership
(Spring 14)
SUMMARIZE KEY POSSIBLE ARTIFACTS TO
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS INCLUDE IN YOUR E-
LEARNED CONCEPTS, PORTFOLIO / WEBSITE
THEORIES, SKILLS, BEST (ASSIGNMENT 2 IN THIS
PRACTICES, APPLICATIONS, COURSE) THAT
PROFESSIONAL (OR ILLUSTRATE TANGIBLE
PERSONAL) APPLICATION. CONNECTIONS TO
PERSONAL AND
AS A RESULT OF THE PROFESSIONAL
COURSE: HOW DO YOU TRANSFORMATION (These
THINK DIFFERENTLY? HOW might be assignments,
DO YOU BEHAVE projects, discussion topics,
DIFFERENTLY? WHAT CAN teamwork, etc.)
YOU DO MORE
EFFECTIVELY? HOW HAVE DO NOT INCLUDE THE
YOU CHANGED AS A ACTUAL ARTIFACTS /
PERSON? ASSIGNMENTS HERE JUST
IDEAS FOR WHAT YOU
MIGHT INCLUDE AS LINKS
IN YOUR E-PORTFOLIO.
I presented a broad survey of
leadership theory and
research as currently
practiced in formal
organizations. I learned about
the examination of leadership
models, power and influence,
team leadership, cross-
cultural leadership, strategic
styles of interaction, ethics,
leadership skill development,
decision-making techniques
and effective goal
implementation.
OGL 220: I explored the different
Behavioral Class was no longer accessible theories, strategies and skills
Dynamics in
Organization for me on line that managers and
s (Fall 13) subordinates need to develop
to improve interpersonal
relations. Primarily
emphasized skill areas in
leadership, motivation,
communication, group
dynamics, organizational
development, conflict
resolution, political strategy,
cross-cultural relations, ethical
behavior, stress management
and time management. I
developed effective strategies
for becoming effective
managers, subordinates,
peers and students.
OGL 240: Class was no longer accessible I learned about
Introduction for me on line different insights into each
to Project
Management step of the project
(Fall 13) management process through
an examination of various
theoretical approaches.
OGL 260: I used a book called, Some of the skills I learned Fannie Mae paper
Resource Foundations of Finance for and have applied in this class
Allocation in Understanding Financial
Organization this course. Honestly was not have a lot to do with financial Statements and Cash
s/ that great of a book and I management within Flows: Home Depot
Foundations rarely used it. I also used an organizations. There was a lot paper
of Finance online finance lab a lot and it of knowledge presented about
(Spring 15) The meaning and
was very helpful. Each week basic things such as measurement of risk
had a very brief intro video terminology, time value of and return : Types of
presentation. money, financial markets and Investments and the
securities, financial Concept of
statements, financial analysis, Compounding paper
risk and return, valuation of
The valuations and
stocks and bonds, capital
characteristics of stock:
budgeting and valuation, cost
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
of capital, working capital
Cash flows and other
management, dividend policy,
 and international finance. topics in capital: GoPro
Again I was able to apply Short-term financial
almost of these things into my planning: Short-Term
small business. As I do all the Financial Planning
financial parts of my business
and only have three
employees, these were a
great help to me in improving
the management of my
money for my business and
personal accounts.
OGL 300: Class was no longer accessible I had an in-depth study of
Theory and for me on line leadership theory and its
Practice of
Leadership practical application in formal
OR PAF 410: organizations. I had an
Building examination of the trait
Leadership approach, situational
Skills (Spring
14)
approach, contingency theory,
path-goal theory, lender-
member exchange theory,
transformational leadership,
psychodynamic approach, and
women and leadership. I
gained skills in the emphasize
of application of these
theories in real-world case
studies.
OGL 321: One of the biggest pieces of This class by far was one of The Scenarios
Project course content that affected my favorites both in terms of
Leadership,
Strategy and me the most was the Harvard enjoyment and amount of
Scope Project Management things I learned. I gained a lot
(Spring 15) Simulation. These simulations of skills how to manage a
gave multiple project project and how to adjust
management scenarios in a things that work or do not
game like fashion that I could work. There were a lot of
run an infinite number of skills taught about project
times so I could understand scope, project schedule,
exactly why changing time project resource, and team
schedule or add more process. All of these things
employees or cutting have changed my view of
employees can affect many projects I work on such as
different things. flipping a house. Because of

BIS 345: Class was no longer accessible
Organization for me on line
al Ethics (Fall
14)
BIS 343: The book I used in this class
Social was Making the Team: A
Processes in
Organization Guide for Managers. This is
s another book that I have kept
because it covers the basics of
creating and managing a team
for professionals. It is good
because it is something I can
use right now and not just in
the future. I also Had multiple
video clips that were great too
that the teacher put together
for almost every module. One
specific video that stuck out to
me was called Changing
Education paradigms by Sir
Ken Robinson.
BIS 350: n/a (never took this)
Diversity and
Organization
s
these skills I am a better
leader and manager. I can
more effectively plan my
schedule for the project at
hand and do much better with
paying attention to the morale
of my employees
I explored and considered
normative and applied ethics
within a variety of
ogranizations.
Some of the skills I learned in Psychological Contracts
this class were learning about
and Learning Styles
communication challenges Team charter and
associated with diverse Interview
perspectives in group Conflict and Creativity
environments. One thing that in teams discussion
also really stuck out to me and
Leadership and
I still use today is how to
Interteam Relations
analyze and reflect on my own
discussion
self-monitoring and self-
Compensation and
management effectiveness. I
also gained a lot of knowledge Performance Appraisals
about the project planning discussion
process.
I currently use almost all of
these concepts and
knowledge in a daily bases at
work as I own my own small
company and flip houses. I
use a lot of things about
teams and group
communication, conflict,
behaviors, and decision-
making.
n/a
OGL 355: In this class we used a good Some of the skills are learned Troubles in Toyland
Leading textbook that I enjoyed called were about the competitive
Organization
paper
al Innovation Strategic Management in advantage, driving forces, Clorox Company Q&A
and Change Action. implications, and critical paper
OR PAF 311: success factors of a business External Sector Analysis
Leadership environment. I also learned a
and Change Coca-Cola Case Study
lot about organizational
(SB) (Fall 14) Cost Leadership
competencies and goals.
Because of this I set goals for Strategy - Ikea
my own company. Some other Organizational
knowledge I gained was about Strategies - GE
how to define and evaluate
organizational growth
strategies. Some other
concepts that I already knew a
lot about but were covered in
class were how to explore and
develop a basic business plan
for a not-for-profit public
sector entity, entrepreneurial
ventures, and how they are
different from small
businesses. We also touched
briefly on mission statements,
and business ethics that
communicate innovation and
change.
BIS 357: This class did exactly as the Culminating Project
Assessment We used a textbook called same of it suggests; it taught
in
Organization Organizational assessment: A me how to assess
s framework for improving organizations. I learned a lot
performance. As like other about why organizations need
classes we had a lot of to have assessments done
activities such as discussion and how to effectively carry
boards and tests. But one out such assessments. It also
thing that stood out to me was taught how to use those
the culminating project. It was assessments after they are
divided into three different done. I have applied these to
milestones throughout the my small business. I try to do
course small assessments of the
company and my employees
as a whole. By doing this I

OGL 360: I enjoyed the book in this class
Assessment and seemed to learn a lot
of Leadership
Effectiveness from it. It was called, The
(Fall 16) Leadership Challenge.
COM 430: This is one of the classes that I
Leadership in have kept one of the
Group
Communicati textbooks from. We used Into
on (Fall 14) Thin Air. This book was
valuable in showing leadership
skills in small groups and
communication in those
groups. I also found value in
doing a number of Self-
assessment activities such as
my relationship with power.
These helped me see a cogent
for why I ranked so in those
assessments. We also had a
couple case-studies that were
of particular value to me. One
being an article about the
vision, mission, and principles
of the Valley of the Sun United
Way. Another was a Harvard
Business Review Interview
with Starbucks CEO Howard
Schultz.
have implemented some
changes in my small business.
This class was very focused on Envision the Future
me as a leader. It enabled me
Paper
to evaluate my strengths and Challenge the Process
weaknesses in the practices of Paper
my leadership. It also taught Virginia Woolf activity
me a lot about, through
360-Degree Assessment
examples of, effective and
Process
ineffective leadership at
different hierarchical and
social levels, from small
groups to executive levels. It
also enabled me with the long-
term capability to create a
plan to further develop and
evaluate my leadership
strengths.
This class helped me be more Self-Assessment
aware of my own leadership
Building Credibility
philosophy, traits, skills, and Self-Assessment
behaviors through self- Delegation Scale
assessment questionnaires. Self-Assessment
Another would be that it Authentic Leadership
taught me how to understand
Self-Assessment Views
the fundamental ways
of Power
leadership is practiced
Self-Assessment
through observation exercise
and case studies. It also gave Emotional Intelligence
me the understanding and Self-Assessment Values
appreciation for the unique Systems
dimensions of my own Self-Assessment Least
leadership style, my strengths Preferred Coworker
and weaknesses, and ways to Into Thin Air
improve what I do as a leader Interview focused on
through reflection and action leadership topics
activities. As a result I pay
more attention to how I act as
a leader then reflect on myself
on what behavior I do well and
which parts need
improvement.

TWC 347: In this particular class I used
Written the Business Insider, Harvard
Communicati
on for Business Review and any
Managers (L) website or article of my
(Fall 14) choosing to write memos
from. Also each week I would
have to edit an existing memo
and learn how to change it
from good to best. Another
activity was doing things such
as writing a bad news letter,
task memos, and presentation
chars.
OGL 481: Pro- In progress
Seminar I
(Spring 17)
Communicating exactly what I
want is something I can do
more effectively instead of
just assuming my workers
know what I mean.
I learned how to analyze Bad news letter
management communication
Tasking memo
problems and identify Reports (Research,
potential solutions. Also how completion,
to produce effective recommendation,
documents in a variety of feasibility, etc.)
common business genres
Presentation
including emails, memos,
Charts/Report Deck
letters, and reports. Compose
Proposal letter
in a tone and style that are
clear, concise, and
appropriate for the audience
and purpose. And how to
create professional documents
that are designed
appropriately for their
intended audience and
purpose. Proofread, edit, and
revise documents to ensure
correctness and effectiveness.
Find summarize, analyze, and
use information from
appropriate primary and
secondary sources to
accomplish a purpose.
Understand and apply ethical
uses of information, including
copyright and intellectual
property, ownership of
information, privacy, and
document sources accordingly.
I drew on my experiences in Paper 1
previous organizational
leadership courses, employing
 key concepts, theories and
skills learned throughout the
program toward the strategic
analysis of organizations.
Using Bolman and Deal's
organizational frames
concept, students synthesize
key learnings across their
education and explore
organizations through four
unique perspectives.
OGL 482: Pro- Correction from 481 to 482 I will draw on my personal
Seminar II background, individual
(Spring 17)
Yet to take. differences, knowledge and
skills to assess career choices
that maximize my strengths,
values and passions. I will
explore my own balance
between work and the other
important elements in life, and
develop strategies for living a
meaningful and fulfilling life,
at least through work. I will
explore the notion of career
management and work/life
integration from a number of
different perspectives, and
centered on one's own unique
personal characteristics, life
circumstances and goals. I will
explore some of the most
relevant career management
literature/theory, taking into
consideration the
interdisciplinary nature of this
topic. I will also connect with
some of the ideas learned in
previous organizational
leadership core courses,
conducts a qualitative,
thematic self-analysis,
develops short-term and long-

BIS 360: The This was one of the only
Integrated classes where NO textbook
Worker (Fall
16) was required. It made me
work a little harder to find
information I needed but I
found value in relying more on
my own thoughts and
experiences and things the
professor could offer me
instead of a boring generic
textbook. We read a lot of
online articles from various
locations and also many
things written and collected
by the professor.
BIS 360: Class was no longer accessible
Topic: for me on line
International
Organization
(Spring 14)
term career/life plans, and
collect artifacts to help along
life's journey.
This class gave me the skills New hire program
to analyze workplace
activity
behaviors and how to properly Personality Test Activity
assess my own workplace Organizational
behavior. This class comes in Citizenship Behavior
second place for the one that Checklist/ Questionnaire
has most affected me and
Counterproductive Work
helped me to think different.
Behavior Checklist
Because of this class I can
Work Life Balance Paper
now analyze workplace
behaviors of my employees
better because I have been
taught and given the tools to
do so. But probably even more
important is that I can do the
exact same thing to myself
and I can analyze my behavior
and how it affects my
employees. I also, because of
this class, come to realize and
really understand how strong
of an extrovert I am and how
that is both a good thing and a
bad. Another concept that
greatly impacted me from this
class was the section about
work/life balance. I have
definitely changed my work
life balance because of this
class and can reference back
to a Ted Talk video that we
had to watch for it.
Explored how organizations
function by analyzing in depth
a specific organizational
context like health care,
family, education,
government, community,
religion or the economy.
Table 2: Plus / Delta Significant Learning Experiences Structure and Transfer
Pick one of your most significant learning experiences from Table 1. Take some time to deeply reflect on the
experience. Respond to the following questions / sub-questions as explicitly as possible. Use your imagination and
creativity here this is really all about making connections, and seeing what you can learn about your learning style
(and yourself) from the experience!
Describe the task / assignment? What,
specifically, did you learn?
Be sure to address both declarative forms of knowledge
(things you learned concepts, theories, ideas,
models) as well as procedural forms of
knowledge(things you learned how to do skills).
Why is it important to you?
What connections can you make between this learning
and other things you have learned (in school and
beyond)? What connections can you make between
what you learned and your life roles and goals?
The assignment(s) that had one of the
greatest effects on me was ting OGL 321. The
assignment had many different scenarios
throughout the course. This assignment was
the Harvard Project Management Simulation. I
learned a lot about balance within this
simulation assignment. By balance I mean
that I learned about how to balance the right
amount of work and product and employees. I
learned how to properly manage my time in a
project with reaching the best financial
outcome. Even though sometimes it was a
new way of thinking for me. I also learned
how to balance resource, scope, and schedule.
I learned a lot about team process and how
morale and stress will affect the project. I also
learned a lot about keeping a project on
schedule and the management of that.
The things I learned from doing the scenarios
in this class have and will continue to help me
with me work. I own a small house flipping
company and all I work on are projects. I have
many different projects that I manage. These
scenarios helped me be a better
leader/boss/employer by teaching me how to
balance my team process. By this I mean how
to balance the morale and stress of my
employees/workers against the balance of
keeping things on schedule. I also daily use
from the scenarios the use of project scope. I
now can manage the goals of what I want
done for my houses and the goals of when I
want it done a lot better because of the

What worked for you?
In terms of process, was there something about the
assignment structure that appealed to you? How did
this task / structure of this assignment differ from other
assignments? Was it similar to other assignments /
tasks that were meaningful to me? What strategies,
skills, procedures proved effective in the completion of
this assignment / task? Do you see any patterns or
connections in this regard to your preferred approach
to learning such as following an outline, keeping to
deadlines, other learning or study skills?
What can you transfer?
Where can you apply / use these skills and knowledge?
How can you apply what worked for you (above) to
other learning goals or initiatives in your life? Can you
connect or adapt this knowledge / skill to other areas of
your life? What kinds of metaphorical connections can
scenarios I was able to run in this class.
Actually getting to run scenarios that were
life like and could be run multiple times was
something about the assignment structure
that really appealed to me. I never before, nor
after, have had any assignments that were
interactive scenario runs like this. There was
no other assignment in all of my course work
that even came close to this assignment in
terms of learning and fun. Honestly there was
no other assignment that I had that I can
remember that was similar to this one. It was
so unique in the way I could interact with it,
almost like a game. The skills I needed for this
assignment were ones I gained through
having already run my own business for a few
years. I have grown my business from a one
man operation to have 3 full time employees
now. I used a lot of those skills to complete
this assignment. I was able to use my
knowledge and skills about leadership,
personal organization, employee morale, and
communication to complete this assignment.
The biggest pattern or connect in this regard
to my own preferred approach to learning was
just trying to it ahead of time to leave myself
plenty of time. As I work about 70 hours a
week right now, I have to try to squeeze this
homework in when I can.
I think so far I have pretty much covered were
I will apply and use these skills and
knowledge from this assignment. I have
already activity been using the skills in my
current work. But to answer the question I will
apply these skills at my company as an
employer, boss, and owner. I can also apply
you make? Can you connect something that was
interesting or important with respect to this
knowledge / skill to something that you are struggling
with?
What evidence do you have?
Do you have a plan for communicating your learning to
others? Are there any tangible outcomes (and specific
artifacts, in particular) that serve as evidence of this
knowledge / skill?
some of these skills I learned to my personal
life as I am married and have three young
children that are 6, 4, and 1. I can adapt the
skill of managing projects I can apply to my
personal life of time management and my
family life versus work life balance. One of the
connections with something that I still
struggle with is patience. At work I struggle to
be patient when projects are falling behind or
when employees are not working as hard as I
expect them to. I seem to struggle with
patience at home sometimes also when things
are working out as fast as I want or the way I
think they should be done. These two things
have a lot to do with the project scope and
project schedule I learned about in this
scenario assignment.
I honestly have already been communicating
my learning to others actually. I dont come
out and say, Oh I learned so and so from my
OGL 321 class. I try to just incorporate it into
the days that I have opportunities to teach my
employees. Out of all the skills I learned from
this scenario assignment I have been trying to
share my knowledge about project scope and
project schedule. I have been teaching my
foreman a lot about how to properly
determine an expected schedule for certain
projects and how important it is that we make
goals and try to meet such goals.

Assignment #1: Questions for Reflection (Be sure to include Table 1 and Table 2 in addition to your
responses to these two prompts in your assignment submission.)

Prompt #1: Now that you have completed Assignment #1, what were the most important aspects of this
assignment? What moved you the most? Any surprises?

The most important aspect of this assignment was the chance to bring to memory the more important things I
have learned over the last three years. I had the chance to deeply review almost every class and get to go through
almost every week of every class that I have taken. It made me think again about how important certain things were
that I have forgotten. Also by getting a chance to review almost all the things I have learned before but have since
forgotten will give me another chance to remember those things and still apply them if I have not. I cant honestly say
that anything moved me a whole lot or that there were any surprises. I say this because I did remember a lot of things
that I was reviewing and have done a great job applying those things to my life and my business.

Prompt #2: What are your ideas in terms of how to best illustrate your growth and development over the course of
your education and experiences with the Organizational Leadership program? What are your best ideas with respect
to specific artifacts / evidence that you might present (within the context of an e-portfolio) as your consider your
growth and development in the Organizational Leadership Program?

I have definitely matured as a leader over the course of my education in the Organizational Leadership program.
I am sure if I could rewind time and look at how I lead my company three years ago before starting this program and
compare that person to me now there would be a huge difference. I think I have also become a little more humble from
the things I have learned and the skills I have acquired from taking all of these courses. They have taught me to think
things through a little more and not just jump in as fast as I use to before. I think one of the best ideas I could present
might some of the self-assessments that I did in in COM 430. These helped me step back from myself and really
evaluate who I am and how I do as a leader. Those artifacts are ones that I can also continue to look back on and use
for myself and for my employees to help better myself as a leader and them as well.