Take My Liberty BUSI 345 Class

Liberty's catalog describes BUSI 345 as an evaluation of how followership and servant leadership are interrelated and why those traits are imperative for an effective leader.

Northouse's chapters move from the nature of leadership through trait, skills, behavioral and situational approaches, path-goal theory and leader-member exchange, to transformational, authentic and servant leadership, leadership ethics and team leadership.

Blanchard and Hodges's chapters run beside them through the whole term, from the heart and motives of a leader to the head, hands and daily habits of leading as a servant.

Each forum opens with a 75-point thread in an odd week and closes with 50 points of replies the week after.

The Personal Philosophy of Leadership Paper starts with a 50-point bibliography in week three and ends with a 150-point paper in week seven.

A 100-point group forum falls in week five, and exams worth 100 each fall in weeks four and eight.

In the published guide, forums carry 500 points, the paper and bibliography 200, the group forum 100, exams 200 and the checklist 10.

BUSI 345 is taken with both books open, since most forum prompts ask students to connect a theory from Northouse with a principle from Blanchard and Hodges.

A thread on situational leadership, for example, might show how a new nurse manager adjusts direction and support for a seasoned charge nurse and a new graduate, and then ask what serving each of them looks like in practice. A thread on transformational leadership might weigh a charismatic founder's vision against the servant leader's focus on followers' growth.

Threads cite both texts and current leadership research in APA 7, and replies follow classmates' posts in the next week.

For the group forum, your posts are prepared to engage your teammates' contributions; the group's discussion and any decisions remain the group's.

The bibliography gathers scholarly sources for your leadership philosophy, each annotated if your section asks for it.

The Personal Philosophy of Leadership Paper is drafted from your answers to questions about your values, experiences and the leaders who shaped you, then connected to the theories and to Scripture, so it reads as your own philosophy.

The two exams are yours, and every item reaches you early so you can adjust it before submitting.

A BUSI 345 writer has led people, in business, ministry, the military or healthcare, and studied leadership at the graduate level.

That experience lets them apply Northouse's theories to believable situations rather than textbook examples, and know where each theory fits and where it falls short.

They are comfortable with Christian thought on servant leadership and can connect it to the research without forcing the fit.

A second reviewer reads each item for accuracy and APA 7.

Your identity is never passed to the writer.

If a theory confuses you before an exam, such as the difference between leader-member exchange and path-goal theory, a short plain explanation can be sent.

The leadership philosophy paper is built from your own input, so it reflects what you believe and have lived.

Volume of posting is the first difficulty: a 75-point thread or 50-point replies every week, eight forum deadlines in all.

Integration is the second. Prompts ask for theory and faith together, and posts that discuss one without the other lose points.

The third is precision. Northouse's theories sound alike at first, and threads that blur situational leadership with path-goal theory, or transformational with charismatic leadership, are marked down.

The fourth is the philosophy paper. Students find it hard to write about their own leadership in a scholarly way, linking personal experience to theory and research.

The fifth is the group forum in week five, which depends on teammates posting in time.

The two exams cover many named theories and their research findings.

Students without leadership roles often struggle to find personal examples for the philosophy paper.

Handed over early, the course opens with the Forum 1 thread drafted and the leadership questionnaire sent to you for the paper.

Opening posts land before their weeks; responses are written once peers have posted.

The bibliography arrives a few days before week three closes, your group forum posts in week five as the discussion unfolds, and the philosophy paper about five days before week seven closes.

The quote lists four threads, four reply sets, the group forum, the bibliography and the paper. Exams never appear on it.

Late starters are quoted for what remains.

The paper and bibliography carry 200 points and are the items most often ordered first.

Many students keep a forum or two for themselves on topics they enjoy.