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Assignment2ENTE35221.pptxENTE3522 Assignment 2
By Adele Tilley-Jones
Seminar Overview: - Introduction of Assignment 2 - Essay format & structure - The Burger Analogy - General do’s and don’ts
Assignment 2
Due on Monday 25th March 2024 @12.00pm GMT time zone
50% of your overall grade
2000 words (+/- 10%)
Essay structure
A minimum of 10 academically credible references
Assignment 2 Essay Questions
Essay question 1
Critically appraise the difference between situational leadership versus traits approach or skills and style approaches to leadership, providing examples of strengths and weaknesses of each approach using at least one example to embellish your answer
Essay question 2
Discuss how leaders can facilitate and promote creativity and innovation in individuals, teams or organizations. Use appropriate theory and examples to support your answer.
Assignment 2 Essay Questions
Essay question 3
Critically discuss how specific leadership contexts, such as leadership in the context of health care, religious organizations, business, third-sector, etc., might shape the leadership practices, processes or models using at least one exemplary case to support your arguments.
Essay question 4
Critically discuss how diversity markers such as gender, ethnicity/race, religion, sexuality so on affect leadership. Please concentrate on one of these diversity markers and critically discuss how particular diversity/identity markers shape some leadership aspects. For example, you can ask a question like: "To be a female leader, do you have to emulate masculine leadership?" Please use appropriate examples to support your answer.
Assessment Information – What you need to do
The above essay titles are designed to be broad in scope. Therefore, your answer should be narrowed down to an aim that should be clarified in your introduction.
Define concepts and provide sources for them before applying them
Critique theories by comparing and contrasting them
Enrich your synthesis with illustrations to underpin theories and your arguments
A maximum of three Appendices is permitted, but not required
Any diagrams, Models Tables and Graphs should be placed in the appendix
Structure
Provide a front sheet with your p number, title of Essay, tutor name, and a word count
There should be a minimum of 10 different, academically credible references in your text
The word count is 2000 words, 10% +/- is acceptable. Above or below this will impact your overall grade
Criteria: How will you be marked? The assessment is structured around significant elements listed below:
Introduction (10 %): Proper introduction of the essay, which demonstrates the theoretical inquiry underpinning the direction of the essay from the outset.
Research (20 %): The research has been undertaken beyond the core material and lecture guidance in line with the relevant chosen essay topic.
Critical Approach (20 %): A critical approach has been undertaken to appraise or discuss your chosen essay topic.
Accurate examination (20 %): Accurate business/leader examples - support analysis through evidence-based reasoning.
Conclusion (20 %): Discussion and conclusion critically reflect all analyzed theories or perspectives.
Essay Writing (10 %): A lateral approach to essay writing can be seen, with correct academic
language and Harvard citation and referencing incorporated throughout (DMU Harvard Style)
Further, we developed the rubrics tailored to your leadership development levels. The four levels will help you identify and position your theoretical leadership development and show areas to improve accordingly. According to your total score, you may call yourself as one of the following;
Non-Theoretical Leader: 0-25%
Theoretical Novice: 26% -%50
Analytical Leader: %51-75%
Theoretical Leader: 76%-100%
Academic terms in assignment questions
Pick out the key words from your essay question
Essay Structure
Cover Page
Introduction
Main body
Conclusion
Reference list
Appendices
Check list
Report Structure
Cover Page
Executive summary
Contents page
Introduction
Main body (headings)
Conclusion
Reference list
Appendices
Check list
The Burger Analogy
The introduction
The main body
The conclusion
Introduction
This outlines the objectives or aims of the essay.
Refer to the question within the introduction
How are you going to answer the essay question?
You need to mention your key points (3)
Mention key theories or schools of thought that you will discuss
State the ‘business/ case study’ that you will be referring to.
Introduction
Title: Find a brief and catchy title that will reflect the main message and context of your reflective essay
Introduction:
Start with briefly introducing what we will be reading in this essay by addressing questions like:
What is the purpose of the study?
What is the research question(s) posed to address this research problem?
Why is it important to read/study that?
What theoretical frameworks or tools are used; why are these selected?
What will be the intended contribution(s)?
Context/background:
If your inquiry tackles a particular context, please introduce the context, including the main actors in that field, business (organizational) and industry context, any other specific aspects characterizing this context. If not, you can skip that part.
Theme 1
Theme 2
Theme 3
Point
Evidence
Explanation
Link
Point
Evidence
Explanation
Link
Point
Evidence
Explanation
Link
Main Body
Define your themes/ Point
Make your points
Reference key schools of thought for each theme (Author, date)
Evidence
Enrich with quotations (Author, date: page number)
Find data/statistics to back up your point
Analysis/ Explanation
Compare and contrast themes
Quotations
Examples
Use of case studies
3 Synthesis/ Link
Evaluate your argument
Link each point back to the question- how does it answer the question?
Conclusion
Discussions and Conclusions:
Let us recall the purpose of this essay and what you have found after examining your case(s).
Provide clear lines of critical discussion related to each research question(s) posed in the beginning.
Whether/how your theoretical framework(s) were helpful, please be very specific here how/in what ways this particular theory helped you or failed to help you. For instance, what questions you could ask/get a response to or what issues you could or not address with the help of this theory.
Discuss if/whether this theory applies to similar cases, models, contexts or aspects of leadership like yours. Why or why not? Here you can get the help of discussions we held in the classroom or read additional articles on the strengths and criticisms towards particular approaches you adopted.
Please return to the overall theory or perspective and critically reflect upon its explanatory capacity by referring to your particular case and context. Make generalization(s) and abstractions here. Try to be bold (but also informed)! Finally, please address what future research can learn from the central question.
Do’s
- Always proof read your work
Final spelling and grammar check
-Have a checklist to make sure you haven’t missed anything out
- Refer back to the assignment brief and marking criteria
Don’ts
- Leave your assignment to the last minute
Start your assignment without looking at the assessment and marking criteria
- Assume that the marker will understand what you mean PEEL
Academic writing information
EfAS English for Academic Success (EfAS)for all international students.
CLaSS Workshops
https://vle.dmu.ac.uk/bbcswebdav/pid-5031410-dt-content-rid-10023635_1/xid-10023635_1
In Text Referencing
https://vle.dmu.ac.uk/bbcswebdav/pid-5031410-dt-content-rid-10023637_1/xid-10023637_1
Studiosity Info-at-DMU
https://vle.dmu.ac.uk/bbcswebdav/pid-5031410-dt-content-rid-10023638_1/xid-10023638_1
Critical Analysis toolkit
Critical thinking toolkit - Librarians - LibGuides at De Montfort University (dmu.ac.uk)
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