Final Project: Leadership AssessmentEarlier in the course, you were asked to informally evaluate your leadership skills and qualities. In this Final Project, you use formal assessment tools to identify your areas of strength and areas in which you need further development. You may use the results of this self-assessment to develop a plan to gain the skills and experiences that will help you move toward achieving your short- and long-term professional goals and objectives.Using the assessment tools provided in Introduction to Leadership: Concepts and Practice, conduct a self-assessment of your own leadership characteristics, style, and skills. Complete at least four assessment tools for this self-assessment. In addition, select one tool to give to a colleague or supervisor so he or she can assess your leadership skills.Final Project (2–4 pages in APA format)Evaluate your current leadership characteristics, style, and skills based on the assessment tools you and your colleague/supervisor completed. Be sure to:Include actual results or summaries of the results you collected using these toolsIdentify personal leadership strengths as well as areas for improvementInclude references to the leadership concepts covered in this course and relevant issues related to ethics, diversity, and power in the organizational setting

As technology advances, new social issues arise regarding the way individuals interact through this technology. As a society, we face challenges related to how these interactions affect our thoughts and behavior. By applying personality theories, we can seek to further understand the causes for these issues. Through understanding the causes, we can create possible solutions to help improve human interactions in society.Research a technology-mediated social issue related to one of the following:online bullyingsocial media interactionsonline communicationsonline purchasesonline scamsadolescent use of social media and text messagingonline dating sites and appsonline gamingWrite a 1,400- to 1,750-word proposal for a solution to this social issue by applying either the social cognitive or cognitive social learning personality theories to explain human behavior related to the issue. Include the following in your proposal:A description of the issue and explanation of how technology has contributed to its development. Support your explanation with research.An explanation of human behavior related to online social engagement and learning.Possible reasons for this social issue in society based on your explanation of behavior.An application of your chosen personality theory to propose possible solutions for this issue.Include a minimum of 3 references.Format your proposal according to APA guidelines.Submit your assignment.

Discussion #2: Reconstructing the Nation The Civil War ended on April 9, 1865, and the original goal of the North to preserve the Union was accomplished. The task that lay before Lincoln and Congress was to reintegrate the rebellious Southern states into the Union. For many white southerners "Reconstruction was a vicious and destructive experience - a period when vindictive Northerners inflicted humiliation and revenge on a pro-state South." In order to prepare for this discussion forum: Review and identify the relevant sections of Chapters 17  and 18 that support your discussion. Review and identify relevant information on the linked PBS American Experience site, Reconstruction The Second Civil War White Men Unite State by State: Reconstruction timeline This link will direct you to the full transcript of the Wade-Davis Bill.  What does it suggest about the prevailing Reconstruction sentiments in Congress?  Read the section in Chapter 17 which discusses the Black Codes, and the linked site on the Black Codes.  Read the linked document, a selection from The Ills of the South, written by Charles H. Okten, a Mississippi Baptist preacher, and schoolteacher, in which he describes conditions for Black Americans under the sharecropping and crop-lien system.                                                                                                                                                                            After you have completed your readings, post your response to ONE of the following questions: Were the Black Codes another form of slavery?    Based on Okten's statements, discuss how the sharecropping/crop lien system created a vicious cycle.  Was this system simply another version of slavery?  Why or why not.    Consider the following statement:  "The persistence of racism in both the North and the South lay at the heart of Reconstruction's failure." Agree or disagree, and explain your position.