Polarity Management

7/10 pts. --Describe polarity management and its value, citing appropriate references. References?

12/15 pts. -- Create a map of the main polarity in the case. Be sure your poles represent a true polarity and that your cells contain at least two to three items each. I am looking for appropriately stated poles and correct application of upside and downside thinking to the map. Early Warnings and Action Steps can be added as labels, but the detail of each is not required on the map.

10/15 pts. --Show how you would put polarity thinking to work in a team setting. Needs much more detail

How would you organize your discussion of the topic? Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using Polarity Management to align your team.

• Include ideas about how to facilitate the polarity management process in a group. You may need to conduct some additional research to respond to this aspect of the paper.

Discuss how using Polarity Management would be used to advantage in your hypothetical team. What are the advantages? How would you leverage this approach? Include ideas about how to use the polarity map in a group.

8/10 pts. --–Composition – No sources are applied at all!

37/50

Polarity Management

Kaplan University

MBA: GM 500: Managers as Leaders

Professor Ardith Bowman

February 22, 2011

Polarities and polarity management

Problem or polarity? Ever had a problem that you thought you solved to it only came back to the same issue? Maybe this is not a problem but more of a dilemma or polarity. A problem is an issue where a solution can fix or solve it. A polarity is an issue that requires extensive attention to details with no one solution. Polarity Management is a powerful tool when used correctly. The key is knowing how and when to use it. Polarity Management is most commonly used to distinguish the difficult of two poles that are interdependent. For example, if you have employees who constantly no shows his/her work schedule...