Analysis and Synthesis of Prior Research

 You will prepare an academic paper of 7–9 pages in APA format on the material in this week’s readings. This analysis will be an open-ended introduction to explaining how unconventional leadership can be modeled and implemented in occupational settings. Your goal, as the presenter, should be to persuade your discussants that the approach(es) you have analyzed and synthesized are a sound means for challenging conventional leadership methods. You should acknowledge that there are other models, or means to study leaders and their use of unconventional leadership methods, but you should strive to be as persuasive as possible that the specific concepts and operationalizations you have reviewed are exciting research avenues and that they are potentially breakthrough areas in the understanding of how unconventional leadership contributes to organizational effectiveness.

Your paper should contain the following elements:

• An incorporation and analysis of at least five of the required resources from this pair of weeks
• The incorporation and analysis of five additional resources from the Walden Library
• An identification of principal schools of thought, tendencies in the academic literature, or commonalities that define the academic scholarship regarding your topic
• An evaluation of the main concepts with a focus on their application to management practice and their impact on positive social change
• Direct evidence of addressing the learning outcomes from this pair of weeks.