Case Studies Assignment

Leadership Case Studies

Leadership Case Studies At the end of each chapter (except for the introduction) in the Northouse (2019) book, you will read all three case studies. The instructor will choose ONE of the case studies from EACH assigned chapter and you are to answer the questions for it. Your response to each Case Study should be no more than one page double-spaced (that means, six case studies = 6 pages total). Label each Case Study (i.e. 2.2) and submit all six Case Studies as ONE paper at the end of the last week of the course. Label the computer file with your last name first, i.e. “Smith - Case Studies.” Be sure to include a cover page following the APA guidelines and submit it in the dropbox. Do it well as this final assignment will constitute 20% of your final grade. For this class you will hand in the following case studies as instructed by the instructor in class:

§ 2.1 - "Choosing a New Director of Research.” § 3.1 - "A Strained Research Team." § 4.2 - "Eating Lunch Standing Up." § 5.2 - "Why Aren't They Listening?" § 6.3 - "Playing in the Orchestra.” § 7.1 – “His Team Gets the Best Assignments”

Due date is April 16 at 11:59pm. Grading rubric for critical thinking, reflection & application (10 points):

Subject

wgt Exceptional A+ (rare) to A

Good Work: A- to B

Acceptable: B- to C

Unsatisfactory: C-to F

Critical Thinking

3 Demonstrates strong grasp of case study central thesis.

Demonstrates critical thinking and personal reflection.

Demonstrates familiarity with central thesis of case study.

Response is superficial or incomplete.

Analysis

3 Clear analysis of questions asked in the case study.

Strong description in response to case study questions.

Good description of authors ideas. Sometimes difficult to follow student’s arguments

Superficial or incomplete. Disconnected or fragmented description.

Relevance

2 Clear analysis of relevance to historical and theoretical concepts of leadership and preliminary topic.

Strong description of relevance to historical and theoretical concepts of leadership or preliminary topic.

Good description. Relationship between answers and to historical and theoretical concepts of leadership may be unclear.

Superficial or incomplete Disconnected or fragmented ideas.

Writing

1 Exceptional writing ability: creative, evocative, original.

Consistently writes clearly, logically and succinctly.

Usually writes clearly, logically and succinctly.

Often unclear or illogical, with too much or too little information.

Spelling, grammar and formatting (citation, APA, page limits)

1 Clear and well written with little need for grammar or formatting edits.

Clearly written with some need for grammatical or formatting edits.

Significant challenges in grammar, unclear formatting.

Unacceptable spelling, grammatical and formatting matters for undergraduate level work.

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