Leadership paper on a leader

LEADERSHIP PAPER

Individual writing assignment. Submissions will be assessed for HLC.

Papers must be submitted via SafeAssign by the due date/time indicated in the course calendar.

Paper topic: What makes a leader great?

Paper content: Craft a paper that tells the leadership story of a great leader. How did this person rise

into leadership? What great achievements are credited to him/her? In what ways should current leaders

mimic the behaviors, philosophies, tactics, etc. of this great leader?

This paper will combine leadership elements from various parts of this course and from your own experiences. Step 1: Select a well-known, great leader about whom you would like to learn more.

 Leaders might be CEOs/company founders, political figures, religious leaders, authors, or historic figures. o Selected leaders must have been real people—no fictional characters o Selected leaders may be dead or alive

 Find a minimum of 1 primary source

 Find a minimum of 2 secondary sources

 Cite these sources (using MLA or APA format) to show how great your selected leader is/was. Step 2: Consider the leadership discussions we’ve had this term.

 Relate a minimum of 2 leadership reflections (that you’ve made in your leadership journals) to the leadership demonstrated by the selected leader

 What components of leadership, power, human nature, culture, control, or understanding did the leader utilize to become great?

Step 3: Connect academic concepts

 Identify a minimum of 3 academic concepts (i.e., things in the textbook) which arise in your research.

 How do/did the leader’s behaviors align/diverge with research-based best practices?

 Which theories seem to support how this leader became great?

 Which theories (if any) are contrary to the leader’s stated philosophies? Step 4: Discuss managerial implications

 Now that you’ve closely studied the leadership style of one great leader, what recommendations do you have for managers?

 What might regular, not famous leaders change to become great?

 Will these recommendations work in a real organization? In the firm for which you work?

Deliverables

This project counts for about 16% of your final grade. This project has 2 deliverable components. You

are expected to create professional documents.

1. Leadership Paper (100 points)

Include all information requested above in 3 or 4 pages of text. Title pages, image, tables, charts, and

reference list are encouraged and will not be included in page count.

Papers without proper in-text citations AND reference lists will be returned with a “0” score. Papers

found to be heavily plagiarized, including extensive quotations, will be returned with a “0” score.

Papers should follow standard formatting:

 Spacing: double-spacing is expected for body of paper, other sections should follow MLA or APA

format guidelines

 Font: 12 point size, easily readable, no extra kerning

 Margins: 1 inch on all

 Headers & Footers: follow MLA or APA format (be consistent with formatting used in citations)

Papers should be submitted in via SafeAssign in Blackboard prior to class on [date]. No hard copies

required or accepted.

2. Leader Profile (25 points)

In a one-page poster, create a leader profile that quickly and creatively demonstrates the leader’s

qualities. This poster will be shared with your classmates and may be posted in the COB building.

Create an engaging, visually interesting document.

Must be submitted in PDF to the designated link in Bb.

Primary vs. Secondary Sources (credit: http://www.princeton.edu/~refdesk/primary2.html) A primary source is a document or physical object which was written or created during the time under study. These sources were present during an experience or time period and offer an inside view of a particular event. Some types of primary sources include:

 ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS (excerpts or translations acceptable): Diaries, speeches, manuscripts, letters, interviews, news film footage, autobiographies, official records

 CREATIVE WORKS: Poetry, drama, novels, music, art  RELICS OR ARTIFACTS: Pottery, furniture, clothing, buildings

Examples of primary sources include:

 Diary of Anne Frank - Experiences of a Jewish family during WWII  The Constitution of Canada - Canadian History  A journal article reporting NEW research or findings  Weavings and pottery - Native American history  Plato's Republic - Women in Ancient Greece

A secondary source interprets and analyzes primary sources. These sources are one or more steps removed from the event. Secondary sources may have pictures, quotes or graphics of primary sources in them. Some types of secondary sources include:

 PUBLICATIONS: Textbooks, magazine articles, histories, criticisms, commentaries, encyclopedias

Examples of secondary sources include:

 A journal/magazine article which interprets or reviews previous findings  A history textbook  A book about the effects of WWI

Citing Sources Properly citing sources shows high levels of integrity and pays tribute to others who have worked hard to create information on which you are now relying. Here’s a great explanation of what really counts: http://www.plagiarism.org/citing-sources/cite- sources/ Known issues:

1. Laziness—Not citing is selfish. Do the work the right way, the first time. 2. Confusion—This is an upper-level course. I don’t expect you to create correct citations from

memory. I do expect you to use Google (and the countless other available resources) to remind you how to do this correctly.

3. Quoting—Rarely should you rely on the direct wording of another author. Quotes are for points of emphasis only. This paper should contain a few leadership-related quotes from the leader being studied. It should not contain paragraphs of quoted material (cited or not) from another author.

Pro tip: Select either MLA or APA format & use it throughout the paper. Don’t remember everything? Ask the OWL: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/2/