Leadership class

1. Please do a Paper presentation for Question 2 below one page. Must be on a separate sheet. Please see below presentation Rubic.

Rubric for Presentation of Leadership Paper

Criterion	9 - 10	7 - 8	5 - 6	3 - 4	0 - 2
1. Overall quality of the presentation: preparation, speaking tone, clarity, structure, content	Truly exceptional: well prepared, very clear, very well structured, compelling content	Strong: prepared, clear, structured, interesting or useful content	Satisfactory: prepared, relatively clear, fair structure, somewhat interesting content	Barely adequate: somewhat clear, somewhat structured, adequate content	Very weak: demonstrating lack of preparation, lack of clarity, lack of structure, and minimal content
2. Overall quality of responses to questions from class/instructor	Truly exceptional: very responsive, incisive, informative	Strong: responsive, direct, generally informative	Satisfactory: somewhat responsive, generally direct, somewhat informative	Barely adequate: weak or short responses, somewhat rambling, little information	Very weak: not responsive, rambling, not informative

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Must be done in a separate file. Follow instructions to the key.

2. Leader follower communities are complex systems, therefore socially responsible, ethical and sustainable solutions must rely on systematic analysis. Students will propose ethically grounded solutions that recognize quality of life and components of social justice, while balancing competing concerns of various leadership approaches. Develop grounded explanations to complex administrative leadership issues in a real contemporary dilemma. Demonstrate the application of learning from this course to resolution of an administrative leadership dilemma. Evaluate alternate solutions. The paper will be not less than 11 pages. It will use a 12 point Times New Roman font with one inch margins. The paper will be double spaced to allow for Instructor comments or remarks. APA style is required. A cover page, reference page, abstract and Certification of Authorship must be included and will not count towards the 11 page requirement. Paper will be uploaded to the course CANVAS website.

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At least five academically credible references are required (see journal article reviews). Newspaper or other non-peer reviewed sources may be used to provide supplemental or background information; however, these are not a substitute for peer reviewed resources. Grading Rubrics for the applied paper and the presentation of the applied paper are located at the end of the course syllabus. The student’s paper must be accompanied by their signed Certification of Authorship.

 

Recommended Research Sources include but are not limited to: Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, California Management Review, Economist, Fortune, Forbes, Business Week, Financial World, Wall Street Journal, Group and Organizational Studies, Harvard Business Review, HR Magazine,

Industry Week, Journal of Management, Management Review, Sloan Management Review, T & S, T & D, The Journal of Applied Management and Entrepreneurship, and the Journal of Management Education.  Judicious use of the web is acceptable.

Please see below Rubric for Applied Leadership Paper

Criterion	9 – 10	7- 8	5 - 6	3 - 4	0 -2
Overall quality of the paper as the culmination of the paper	Exceptionally clear and coherent; highly original; very compelling, well supported argument	Very clear and coherent; very original; compelling, well supported argument	Generally clear and coherent; original; interesting, supported argument	Displays unclear or incoherent development at times; unsupported arguments at times	Not clear or coherent; little or no originality; argument lacks sufficient support
2. Expression of the organizational problems/issues	Exceptionally clear, elegant expression of organizational issues	Very clear and succinct expression of organizational issues	Clear, readable expression of organizational issues	Expression of organizational issues is barely adequate	Nonexistent expression of organizational issues
3. Review of relevant literature and/or other sources	Exceptionally thorough, appropriate, clear, and systematic. Literature is highly relevant.	Very thorough, appropriate, clear review. Literature is very relevant.	Generally thorough, appropriate, and clear review. Literature bears relevance.	Review barely meets standard for a research paper and/or is marginally relevant.	Scanty or unclear review. Literature is not relevant.
4. Description of, and appropriateness of, methods used to conduct the organizational assessment	Exceptionally thorough and clear description of methods, which are entirely appropriate to conduct the assessment	Very thorough and clear description of methods, which are appropriate to conduct the assessment	Generally thorough and clear description of methods, which are adequate to conduct the assessment	Description of methods is brief and/or somewhat unclear. Methods are barely adequate to conduct assessment	Scanty and/or unclear description of methods, which are not adequate for the assessment
5. Description of the findings of the assessment	Exceptionally thorough, clear, and interesting description of the findings	Very thorough, clear, interesting description of the findings	Generally thorough and clear description of findings	Barely acceptable description of findings	Scanty and/or unclear description of the findings
6. Description of conclusions and recommendations, degree to which they derive appropriately from the findings, and degree to which they address the organizational problems/issues	Exceptionally thorough, clear, and convincing conclusions and recommendations, which derive directly from the findings and directly address the problems/issues	Very thorough, clear, and convincing conclusions and recommendations, which derive well from the findings and address the problems/issues	Generally thorough and clear conclusions and recommendations, which stem from the findings and provide insight into the problems/issues	Barely acceptable discussion of conclusions and recommendations, which seem unrelated to the findings and provide little insight into problems/issues	Scanty or unclear conclusions and recommendations, bear little or no relationship to the findings and provide minimal insight into the problems/issues
7. Description of the limitations of the assessment	Exceptionally clear, honest, and insightful description of the limitations of the assessment	Very clear and interesting description of the limitations of the assessment	Generally clear but somewhat perfunctory description of the limitations of the assessment	Barely adequate description of the limitations of the assessment. Some possible limitations are not included	Unclear, minimal, and/or inadequate description of the limitations of the assessment
8. Format of entire paper, and especially of references	Exceptionally well formatted paper. References entirely in APA format.	Very well formatted paper, with minimal mistakes. References almost entirely in APA format	Generally well formatted, though several mistakes. References generally in APA format	Formatting is barely acceptable. References veer from APA format in several instances	Inadequate formatting and/or fraught with mistakes. References not in APA format
9. Writing style, including English grammar and usage, and application of APA style	Exceptionally well written paper exhibiting flawless English grammar and usage and excellent APA style	Very well written paper exhibiting facility with English grammar and usage and APA style	Readable paper exhibiting good English grammar and usage and good use of APA style	Barely acceptable style. Paper exhibits many mistakes with English grammar and usage.	Poorly written paper exhibiting weak English grammar and usage and poor use of APA style