The Essence of Leadership
management
Description
Pedagogical aim and expectations:
To show the strengths
and weaknesses of both your understanding so that the instructor can give
feedback to assist you in the overall paper. This assignment will have no
grade, just feedback as a means of letting you know how you are getting on.
Task 2:
19th of December 2019 submission
Assessment is by one
assignment, a critical essay of 6000 words (100%) which integrates theory and
practice. The assignment must include a clear structure with abstract, list of
references, appendices, and diagrammatic representation where appropriate. You
must make appropriate use of journal articles, research papers and texts.
The assignment must
contain:
1. A critical
literature review of key theories of the nature and exercise of leadership in
organisations (40% of the available marks)
2. A critical
evaluation of the behaviour of selected leaders that you have encountered in
the course of your career, in relation to a range of theories of leadership
(40% of the available marks)
3. A summary of the
learning you can take from this assignment for your own practice and
development as a leader (20% of the available marks)
To preserve
confidentiality, please anonymise the organisation or organisations you discuss
in the assignment, eg by calling them Company X, or Governmental Organisation
Y, or International Organisation Z. Similarly, where you write about private
individuals, call them manager A, or leader B.
Note the mark
allocations to each part of the assignment.
