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A*signment 3 Part l: Leadership Style: How Arrr Leaders Leading tn the 21st Century? Due Week 10 and worth 200 points

Choose the CEO of one of the following organizations for this assignment Google, Zappos, Southwest Airlines, Hewlet Packard, Xerox, W.L. Gore, DuPont, or Procter & Gamble. Use the lntemet to investigate the leadership style and effectiveness of the selected CEO.

Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:

1. Provide a brief (one [1] paragraph) background of the CEO. 2. Analyze the CEO's leadership style and phibsophy, and howthe CEO's leadership style aligns

with the culture.

3. Examine the CEO's personal and organizational values. 4. Evaluate how the values of the CEO are likely to influence ethicat behavior within the

organization.

5. Oetermine the CEO's three (3) greatest strengths and three (3) greatrBst weaknesses. 6. Select the quality that you believe contributes mosl to this leader's 6uccess. Support your

reasoning.

7 - Assess how communication and collaboration, and power and politics influence group (i,e., the organization's) dynamics.

8. Use at least six (6) quality academic re$our@s in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resouroes.

Your assig nment must follow these formatting requirements:

r Be typed, double spaced, u6ing Times New Roman iont {size 12), with on+inch margins on all sides; cltations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

r lnclude a @ver page containing the title of the assignment, the student's narne, the professor's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific cour$e teaming outcomes asEociated with this assignment are;

r Analyze the formation and dynamics of group behavior and work teams, including the application of power in groups.

r Outline various individual and group decision-making processes and key factors afecting these processes, including ethical considerations.

. Examine the communhation pfocess, the primary conflict levels, and the process for negotiating resolutions within organizations.

r Examine how power and influence ernpower and afiect office politics, political interpretations, and political behavior.

r Use technology end information resources to research issues in organizational behavior. r Writ€ clearly and concisely about organizational behavior using proper vwiting mechanic$.

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Points:200 Assignment 3 Part l: Lnaderchip S$: How Are L.er&ns Leading in the 21st Genbry?

Critsria Urtaccept bleBelorTO% F Fair

7rL79% C Proficient 8{r{9% B

Exemplary 90-100% A

1. FTOUOe a bnel(one lll paragraph) backglound of the CEO. Waigfit 5%

Did nots$mit or incornpletely provided a brief (one [1] paragraph) background ofthe nFo

}tmra[yprr}vl(,ao a brief (one [11 paragraph) background ofthe cEo,

Sdisfactonly provi&d a brief (one [1] paragraph) background ofthe cEo.

Thoroughly provided a brief (one [1] paragraph) bad<ground ofthe cEo.

2. Analyze the CECIs leadership style and philosophy, and horthe CEOs leadership style aligns with the culture. Weight t5%

Did not submit or incompletely analyred the CEO$ teadership style and philosophy, and horrrthe CEO's leadership style aligns wfth the r.-r lltr rre

Partially analyzed the CEO's leadenship sgle and philosophy, and how the CEO's leadership style alignswith the cutturc.

$atrgtactonly analyeed the cEo's leadership style and philosophy, and horv the CEO's leadership style aligns wtth the culfure.

rfiot'oughry analyzed the CEO's leadership style and philosophy, and how the CEO's leadeEhip style aligns with the culfure.

3. Examine the CEO'g personal and olganizational values. Weight 10o/o

Did not submit or incompletely examined the CEO's personal and organizational values.

Partially examined the CEO's peeond and oqanizational values.

$aGt€lctoruy examined the GEO's peeonal and organizational values.

r norougnly examined the GEO's personal and organizational values.

4. Evaluato howlhe values of the CEO are Iikely to influence ethical behaviorwithin the o6anization. Weight 15%

Did not submit or incompletely eveluatdd how the values of the CEO are likely to influence ethical behavior within the nrnenizalinn

Partially evaluated how the values of the CEO are likely to influence ethical behavior within the organization.

Satisfactorily evaluated how the values of the CEO are likely to influence ethicat behavior within the organization.

Thoroughly evaluated howthe values of the CEO are lkely to influence ethical behavior within the organization,

5. Determine the CEO's three (3) greatest strengths and three (3) grcatest rrrcaknesses. Weight 15%

Did not submit or incompletely detemined the CEO'g three (3) greatest strengths and three (3) greatest rlveaknesses.

Partially determined the CEO's three (3) greatest strengths and three (3) greatest weaknesses.

$aBtactonly determined the CEO's three (3) gredest strengths and three (3) greatest weaknessee.

Thoroughly determined the CEO's three (3) greatest strengths and three (3) grcatest vreaknesses.

6. Select the qualily that you believe contributes most to this leade/$ sum6ss. $upport your reasoning. Weight 10%

Did not Bubmit or incompletely selected the quality that you believe contributes mo6t to this leadefs success. Did not subrnit or incompletely supported your raasnnina

Partially selected the quality that you believe contributes mostto this leadeds success. Partially supported your reasoning.

tiatlsfaclonly selecled the quality that you believe contributes most to this leade/s success. Satisfactorily supported your reasoning.

I horoughly selected the quality that you believe contributes most to this leadefs suc@$s. Thoroughly Fupported your reasoning.

7. Aseess how communication and collaboration, and power and politics influene t:rotn [i a lha

Did notsubmitor incompletely assessed how communication and collaboration. and

Partiatly asressed how communication and collaboration, and power and politics infltrnoe

Satisfactorily assessed how communication and collabonation, and oonerand oolitic

Thoroughty assessed how communication and collaboration, and oower and oolitics

Grading for this a$signment wiil be based on answer guality, logic / organization of the peper, and language and vrrifing skills, using the following rubric.

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WilT*YFS BUS szg - Assisnments and Rubrics organization's) dynamics. Weight 1506

pouaer and politics infiuence grcup (i.e., tfie organization's) dvnamics

group (i.e., the oryanizaUon's) dynamics.

mruencegmup (i.e., the organiealion's) dynamics.

miluenoe group (i.e., the organiaation's) dynamics.

u. o refllrences Weight 506

No reErcn6 provided

Does notrneetthe required number of references; some or all rcfurenceo poor oualitv choices,

illeets number of requircd rehrencqs; all referenes high guality choicBs.

Exceeds number of required rebrences; all references high quality choices.

L Ulamy,wmlng mecfianil:s, and formatting rcquiremenE Weioht 10%

nior€ than 6 eror8 present

ffi enor3 present H €nors present 0-2 enors pr€sent

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