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A 4Page Paper:  An Effective Leader

Background                                                                                                                                      

Write a profile describing a leader (living or dead) in a diverse organization who you think is especially effective in a multicultural setting.  You should select someone you can research or know well enough to write about. Presidents of the United States from Carter to the present are ineligible.

The profile should not exceed four double-spaced pages for the body of the paper.  In addition, include a Cover page, abstract, and a References page.  Cite all references using APA style.

The profile should include:

• The leader (1-2 paragraphs on his/her background. Note: this is not a biography.)
• His/her organization (1-2 paragraphs on his/her organization, company, group, etc.)
• His/her leadership characteristics and philosophy as covered in the readings; that is, what is their  approach to leadership?
• Discuss why this leader is effective in a multicultural setting.
• Use of concepts in the readings where appropriate

NOTE: The Japanese word kaizen means continuous improvement in small steps. Pay attention to comments made on your previous assignment. See also Item 7 in the rubric.

Description

Develop a paper of 4 double spaced pages based on the topic.

Presentation

● APA format (title page, text, citations, and references).  You may want to refer to the paper in Conferences, “Writing Papers That Are Easy to Grade”

● 1” margins on all sides

● Times New Roman, 12 point font

● Double spacing

● Avoid use of 1^st person (I, we, etc.)

● 4 pages

● Note: Wikipedia is not an acceptable source

● Submit to turnitin.com by 8:00 PM EDT of the  due date and put the rating on the cover page.  Note: a rating over 25% is unacceptable.  Papers not submitted by 8:00 PM on the due-date may be subject to a penalty.

● Give credit where credit is due.  It is easy to plagiarize unintentionally.  If you say things like:

• all leaders must be resilient
• discrimination against women is the very worst kind
• diverse organizations are more productive

Then you have made a claim and you must provide a reference to support it.

Grading Criteria

Abbreviated rubric for Homework #2 (An Effective Leader)

Where (depending on whether weight is 10 or 20:

            1-6 or 1-12 = Not proficient

7 or 14 = Competent

8 or 16 = Above average

10 or 20 = Exemplary

Checklist (make sure you do the following):

            • Take Comments from HW #1 into account. Do not make the same mistakes.

            • A paper consists of a title page, abstract, the text pages, and references.

• A strong first sentence which sets the stage and entices the reader to continue.

• Use Times New Roman 12 pt. font and 1” margins.

• Double space (this includes the References).

• Justify the text on the left margin with a ragged right edge

• Indent all paragraphs ½”.

• Use headings (At least levels 1 & 2).  See section on 1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd and 4^th Level Headings.

• Put a header at top left margin of page and page # in top RH corner (see above).

• Use the proper APA format for citations and the Reference List (double space with hanging                   indent). Note: Sources not cited in the paper should not be in the References.

• Avoid the use of the 1^st person (“I” and “we” and “our”).

• Proofread.  Edit. (See next two bullets)

• Fewer words are better than more; Shorter sentences are better than long.

• Do not plagiarize. Give proper credit where credit is due. Wikipedia is not acceptable.

*NOTE: Papers that have a consistent misuse of grammar, punctuation (commas, semicolons, quotation marks) and spelling will not receive a grade higher than the low 80’s regardless of the quality of the content.