LEADERSHIP

Document Name: Assignment No. 1

Assigned by: Dr. Shahnawaz Adil

Date of assignment: Monday, 24 February 2020

Date of submission: Sunday, 01st March 2020

Place & time of submission: New faculty offices (1st floor) between 03:00 & 03:15 pm only.

Form of submission: Printout (stapled only), binding of any kind will not be accepted.

Max. No. of pages: 5 (excl. title page, table of contents and reference page)

Mark marks allocated: Five

Requirements:

Write an academic report evaluating the leadership of a 21 st century leader of a business,

government or not-for-profit organization.

Objectives:

 To apply different characteristics of an effective leader from your textbook to your chosen
leader;
 To justify why your chosen person should be recognized as ‘a leader’ by critically evaluating
the characteristics mentioned above; and
 To synthesize which personality characteristics, traits, values etc. in today’s leaders you
would emphasize the most and why.

Explanation:

For this assignment you can select a leader from a large or a small organization. You can select a
leader from your own organization or the one that you are familiar with. It could be a CEO of an
international organization whom you have read about in the newspapers/biographies, or even a
family member who runs a small business with a few staff members. The choice of leader and
organization is yours, however, be careful while choosing a leader from a religious or political
background. Support your arguments with relevant leadership theories and models.

Your report should ideally cover the following contents:

a) A clear description of the leader, the organization/industry, and situation/context.
b) An evaluation of the leader by referring to concepts and theories covered in the subject (e.g.
style, behavior, traits, attitudes, power) and by referring to relevant examples and mini-cases
in the textbook, wherever appropriate.
c) A discussion of how you would lead differently if you were put in the same situation(s) as the
leader and how you could make a stronger impact on the followers and on the situation(s).

It is important to demonstrate your knowledge about leadership and to clearly reference

your sources. Read about leadership in journal articles (using EBSCO Host Online Library), books
(including the textbook), and business literature, etc. Please provide the sources and use them
in the report.

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Remember that pure description and paraphrasing is not sufficient. A good report will clearly
take an analytical approach and demonstrate application of leadership concepts/theories. In
order to do well you need to structure your discussion well, use good references, and clearly link
recommendations to description and analysis presented earlier in the report.

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