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Business and Professional Communication, 3rd edition
Kelly M. Quintanilla, Shawn T. Wahl
Chapter 10: Leadership and Conflict Management
Chapter Ac#vi#es
Ac#vi#es to Illustrate Key Concepts
activity 1: Class Discussion on Video Examples of Leaders
description: This is a class activity that involves students bringing in YouTube clips that
illustrate leadership as being defined by charisma, birthright, or job title. It is designed as a
discussion learning opportunity. This activity will require the ability of showing videos to a
class using some type of overhead projection system and computer.
direction:
1. This discussion activity is based on the “What is Leadership” section of chapter 10.
2. Briefly introduce the concepts of leadership being based on charisma, birthright, or job
title. Give students the assignment of bringing to the next class period YouTube video
clips or other media video clips of leaders (business, nonpro(t, political, etc.) that
illustrate one of these styles of leadership.
activity 2: Class Discussion on Video Examples of Leaders
description: This is a class activity that involves students bringing in YouTube clips that
illustrate leadership as being defined as a dynamic relationship based on mutual in uence
and common purpose between leaders and collaborators in which both are moved to higher
levels of motivation and moral development as they e!ect real, intended change. It is
designed as a discussion learning opportunity. This activity will require the ability of showing
videos to a class using some type of overhead projection system and computer.
direction:
1. This discussion activity is based on the “What is Leadership” section of chapter 10.
2. Briefly introduce the concepts of leadership being based on mutual influence and
common purpose between leaders and collaborators in which both are moved to higher
activity 3: Role-Play Drama
description: This is a role-play drama activity to give groups of students the opportunity to
express an understanding of concepts through acting.
direction:
1. Divide the class into three groups.
2. Assign each of the groups one of the three broad categories that can be used to explain
leadership—authoritative style, laissez-faire style, and democratic style.
