Leader in the News Paper
Fully proofread and clear writing
Proper citations with strong sources given where necessary, citations andreference list all in APA format.
Insightful and accurate analysis
Insert a running footer with page number and your last name.
Double space between sections and paragraphs. Single space within paragraphs.
Clearly label each section
Your choice of any leader to write about
Section 1: Summary of the leader’s current and previous positions and career highlights.
Use the Wall Street Journal articles you have found about your leader as the start of your research on this individual. Using the library databases find at least 4
other articles or good sources of information about your leader and his/her background and career. Articles should be from credible business press or newspaper sources
(not blogs!). Company web sites are allowable sources. Your final list of sources should be 5-7 credible sources all cited correctly and in APA format (meaning
citations within your paper and the reference list at the end).
Based on your research/sources, write a description of your leader’s career highlights and current position. Length and depth guideline is 3-4 well developed
paragraphs.
Section 2: Summary of the leader’s traits, behaviors and style.
Using the sources you have compiled describe (using examples from the background articles) and simultaneously analyze (using theories and models from your text), the
individual characteristics of your leader. What behaviors and traits do they display? What leadership style or styles do his/her behaviors and actions demonstrate?
This section should also be 4-6 well developed paragraphs.
Section 3: Summary of the organizational circumstances that led this leader to be in the news
Compile a timeline of the organizational circumstances that led to your leader being in the news. Try not to quote the actual articles but paraphrase in your own words
what the dynamics of the situation were. Be sure to include enough description so that the organizational stakeholders, context and your leader’s actions are well
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described. This section can either be a bulleted list of events or in paragraph form.
Length and depth guideline is 2-3 well developed paragraphs or 6-9 bullet points.
Include citations where necessary.
Section 4: Apply the LFS Framework
Using the leader, follower, situation framework we have been studying all semester
analyze the dynamics of the situation or situations you described in Section 3.
Explain how the three parts of the model worked and how they influenced each
other (or not). Take extra attention to fully analyze the leader actions your chosen
leader took and how it influences either the followers or the situation (or vice
versa). This section should be 4-6 well developed paragraphs. ALL aspects of the
model should be fully explored fully; you will want to demonstrate your complete
understanding of the model.
Section 5: Advice for the Leader
In this section offer your analysis of the actions the leader took and your expert
recommendation for actions he/she might have done differently (and why). You
will want in this section to not only use the theories you have learned but some of
the reflection exercises to think through how this leader could improve on their
skills. It is not enough in this section to say “they are doing a great job”, leaders
can always improve! After you have identified things he/she might have done
differently, offer them advice for going forward – what can they do to improve their
leadership?
