Leadership:
Reading and Materials:
Textbook Reading
Study the following material in Introduction to Leadership: Concepts and
Practice by Northouse:
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Chapter 5
Journal Articles
In addition to your text, you are required to read the following journal
article on leadership:
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Sherwood, A. L., & DePaolo, C. A. (2005). Task and relationship-oriented
trust in leaders
<https://www-proquest-com.fir.tesu.edu/scholarly-journals/task-relationship-oriented-trust-leaders/docview/203141860/se-2?accountid=40921>.
Journal of leadership & organizational studies, 12(2), 65-81. Accessible
via ProQuest.
I've included the PDF article
Video
Watch the following video:
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Stanford Graduate School of Business. (2011, February 7). Alan Mulally
of Ford: Leaders must serve, with courage
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIwz1KlKXP4> [Video]. YouTube.
Write a paper of between 300 words words (with a typical font and spacing
this will be between one and two pages in length) on the following topic:
While successful business leadership includes positive relationship
behaviors such as listening to, appreciating, and empowering others, it
also involves making tough decisions about such things as ending
relationships, terminating employees, and resolving entrenched conflicts.
Provide an analysis of your strengths and weaknesses as a leader in
addressing tough relationship issues. Support your position using the
module readings and video as well as the results of your self-assessments
throughout the course. Include in your paper a discussion of the way that
attention to tasks as well as to these types of relationship issues helps
support organizational goals.
Rubric:
Tough decisions
You thoroughly answer the question and demonstrate a sophisticated,
in-depth understanding of the topic(s).
You satisfactorily answer the question and demonstrate a basic
understanding of the topic(s).
You incompletely answer the question and demonstrate a limited
understanding of the topic(s).
You insufficiently answer the question and demonstrate an inadequate
understanding of the topic(s).
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Expectations/completeness
You effectively fulfill the length requirement for the writing assignment
and fully develop and explore concepts.
You fulfill the length requirement for the writing assignment and
sufficiently explore concepts.
You minimally fulfill the length requirement for the writing assignment and
incompletely explore concepts.
You do not fulfill the length requirement for the writing assignment and
inadequately explore concepts.
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Documentation
Your assignment contains well-documented statements and detailed references
to the readings and other sources of information where necessary.
Your assignment contains documented statements and appropriate references
to the readings and other sources of information where necessary.
Your assignment contains limited support for statements or references to
the readings and other sources of information where necessary.
Your assignment contains few (if any) documented statements or references
to the readings or other sources of information where necessary.
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Mechanics
You write in complete, well-constructed sentences with faultless grammar,
word choice, punctuation, and spelling; writing is sharp, coherent, and
demonstrates sophisticated clarity.
You write in complete sentences with mostly correct grammar, word choice,
punctuation, and spelling; minor errors may exist but do not compromise
meaning.
You write in unclear sentences with significant errors in grammar, word
choice, punctuation, and spelling that may compromise meaning.
You write in incomplete, incomprehensible sentences filled with serious
errors in grammar, word choice, punctuation, or spelling.
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