Followership as a Role

4.3 Assignment. The Role of Follower

Getting Started

Throughout the first weeks of this course, we have been discovering that leaders do not act alone. Without followers who take their roles and responsibilities seriously, leaders have little reason to expect that the goals of the organization will be met successfully. Also, leaders and followers do not interact outside of some sort of organizational context, be that the workplace, charities, social and sports clubs, etc. The combination of leaders + followers + organization (think of it as the three legs of a stool) should work together in ways that meet the goals set forth by the organization. Often, when those goals are not met, the organization ceases to exist. And that means there is no longer the need for leaders or followers there.

This assignment will provide you with the opportunity to build upon the skills you began to acquire in the LDR-205 course by enhancing your familiarity with the  Off Campus Library Services(new tab)  (OCLS). Continuing to learn how to navigate OCLS will be a foundational skill for your continued studies. Through that excellent resource, as well as your assigned course materials, you have access to a wealth of information and research that will assist you in writing a scholarly paper on the topic of followership.

Upon successful completion of this assignment, you will be able to:

· Explain key dimensions of followership and resulting typologies. 

Instructions

1. Review the rubric to make sure you understand the criteria for earning your grade.

2. Review your course materials for the first four Workshop Weeks.

3. Locate 2-3 articles using  OCLS(new tab)  that will help inform your work on this assignment.

4. Compose a 2 1/2 to 3-page paper (not including the title page and reference page) addressing the following prompts:

5. Discuss the difference between society’s perception of followership as a personality type compared to the leadership academy’s understanding of followership as a role. Why does that matter?

6. Explain why followers may, at times, need courage in order to fully meet the responsibilities of their roles.

7. Formulate three specific actions that followers can take to demonstrate courageous followership in productive ways.

8. Your paper must include a minimum of 4-5 references and no more than two may come from your course materials.

9. Your paper must be in APA format and include a title page and reference page. Also, include an introduction and conclusion in your paper.

10. All papers are to be written and formatted in accordance with  APA Guidelines (7th ed.)(PDF document) . Papers must be logical, well organized, grammatically correct, and have correct spelling and sentence structure. Write in complete paragraphs of at least three sentences in length.

11. Proofread your papers prior to submitting them to ensure the highest quality of presentation.

12. When you’ve completed your assignment, submit a copy to your instructor using the Assignment submission link by Day 7 of the workshop.

13. The maximum number of pages is given to encourage you to be concise and use meaningful words.

14. Failure to meet these minimum writing and formatting requirements will result in a lowering of the overall grade. Use a #12 font in Times New Roman.