final research paper

You are required to complete a research paper that will constitute the Course Project.

The purpose of the paper is to afford you the opportunity to demonstrate research,

writing, and critical thinking skills in the area of

leadership

.

For your Final

Research Paper, you will synthesize, evaluate, and apply concepts,

theories, and strategies related to leadership

and organizational change

.

Throughout

this course

, you will

complete

surveys and

questionnaire

s

contained in the course text.

You will save th

e results of these

surveys and

questionnaires, and for the Final

Research Paper

, you will

summarize and

analyze your results. The

surveys and

questionnaires will

help you discovery how each leadership

approach

and theory

relates

to

your personal leadership

style

.

For the Final Project you will:

•

Analyze your leadership style in your own words without referring to the

approaches

or theories

you

studied. Describe an example

from your own

experience

,

or one in which you are familiar

,

to support your analysis.

•

Determine which leadership approach

or theory

you studied most closely

resembles your own leadership

style

.

Using an example from your own

experience, or one in which you are familiar; e

xplain

how this leadership

approach o

r theory resembles your style

.

•

Describe

which leadership

approach or theory

you studied that you would most

like to adopt.

Explain why you selected this particular approach or theory.

•

Describe steps that you can take to more closely align your personal leadership

style with the one you

wish to adopt. If the leadership approach is the same as

your own, describe steps you can take to enhance your leadership style.

•

Select

three

other approaches

or theories

you have studied

that

you would not

want to adopt.

Explain why you would not want t

o adopt these specific

approaches or theories.

•

Research the Walden University Library da

tabase or the

I

nternet

and find an

article that discusses organizational change. Describe the leadership approach

es

or theories that you would use if you were

responsible for guiding the

organization in the article through its changes. Explain your reasons.

Do not report specific scores from the questionnaires. You should only provide specific

answers. For example,

d

o not report specific ethical issues

in the Leadership Ethics

section

; instead be aware of whether you need to work on ethical issues

in general

. The

Final

Research Paper

is for you to report what you have learned through

out

the course

and how you can apply it to

your leadership philosophy.