Leadership Project

Coursework Information Sheet

                          To be supplied to students when they receive the coursework assignment task.

Unit Coordinator: John Grisby

Unit Name: Leadership Project

Unit Code: SHR011-6 (On campus; Off campus (Oman, Zurich & Poland)

Title of Coursework: Assignment 2: Report on Organization and Sector Leadership

% weighting of final unit grade: 60%

       Feedback details

     The university policy is that you will receive prompt feedback on your work within 15 working days of the submission date.  Exceptionally where this is not achievable (for example due to staff sickness) you will be notified as soon as possible of the revised date and the reasons behind the change.

Submission Date: 18th December

Feedback Date: 15 working days

Details of how to access the feedback: BREO

●        Please refer to the Learning Outcomes and Threshold Criteria as detailed below

●        You must submit your work to BREO by the stated deadline (late submissions not accepted)

Core learning outcomes
	On completion of this unit you should be able to:	Assessment number
1	Demonstrate a critical appreciation of how types of leadership/management styles differ depending on history, culture, geographic life and conditions and how they impact people performance, followers and productivity.	1
		2
2	Critically evaluate leadership/management styles, leadership problems and challenges and your personal leadership capabilities and needs for future development.	1
		2

Threshold standards
Assessment number	In order to pass the assessment you will need to:
1	Produce, to an acceptable standard, an evaluation and analysis of aspects of particular leadership issues in an organization through the use of relevant leadership theory.
	Compare and contrast differing leadership styles and behaviors in an organization from differing cultural, geographic and historic perspectives.
2	Produce, to an acceptable standard, an assessment of how varying leadership styles impact upon the organization and sector and systems
	Produce a critical evaluation of the impact of some leadership types upon followers.
	Reflect on some aspects of your leadership capability and needs for future personal and organizational development

The Task:

You will produce a written report of 3600 words (+/- 10%) that critically assesses and evaluates your organization and sector using organizational systems and structures theory (VMEME) and all the types of approaches and models of organizational strategy it contains.

Critically analyze particular leadership problems and challenges through critical evaluation and appropriate application of theory

1. Critically evaluate how certain types of leadership/management styles differ depending on history, culture, geographic life and conditions
2. Critically evaluate how certain types of leadership/management styles impact people performance, productivity
3. Critically evaluate how certain types of leadership/management styles determine who will ‘follow and how’.
4. Critically evaluate your personal leadership capabilities and critically analyze the need for future development

Through application of Seven Leadership Mindsets Theory (VMEME) you will have a tool (and the skill) to critically assess and evaluate all types of organizational and sector theories worldviews that include USA, UK, China, European countries, India, Oman, GCC, African countries, etc. Leadership is different depending on the relevant mindset (life conditions, how humans individuals adapt to successfully compete and socio \- cultural elements). Inevitably leadership mindset impacts everything in a company – strategy, people, performance, productivity, etc. 

Instruction: Please answer all of the following questions:

A suggested structure for the written report would include the following: This assignment can be divided into four equally weighted sections. These have been presented as four questions.

1. Having considered the theory, research and science, characteristics of organizations identify and assess:

1. The seven structures and systems present in your organization
2. Analyze and describe how the present Leadership Value Systems and Structures in your organisation impact on leadership, management and staff.
3. Consider and analyze differences to your competitors (local or global)
4. Consider to what extent are these differences positive points of differentiation or negative traits of the organisation

2. Now that you understand your organizations structure consider your organizations sector. Critically analyses:

a.     How has your sector evolved?

b.    In what way do they differ to your competitors (local or global)

c.     To what extent are these differences positive points of differentiation or negative traits of the organization

 3. Having examined change and transformation critically assess an analyze how to ensure your organizations                 continued growth and success, organization need to undertake transformation and growth.

1. What kinds of changes are taking place in your sector and what do you believe the most successful organizations are doing to embrace the changes required to deliver continued success?
2. To what extent is your organization at the forefront of this transformation (or maybe it is trailing some of the best organizations in the sector). Give examples of specific actions and leadership behaviors you are seeing to underpin your view.

4. Every organization faces challenges and problems, which can be driven from rapid growth or serious decline. Identify and critically assess:

1. The top two or three big issues your organization is facing
2. Key actions your organization needs to take to put it on a path of future sustainable success.

Criteria	Excellent 70% or higher	Very Good 60-69%	Good 50-59%	Satisfactory 40-49%	Marginal Fail 35-39%	Fail 0 – 34%
Application of theory	Draws on major theoretical contributors introduced in the unit and with substantial evidence of independent reading.	Draws on most theoretical contributors introduced and with evidence of independent reading.	Draws on a good range of theoretical contributors introduced but with limited evidence of wider reading.	Attempts to apply   appropriate theory (ies) drawing on published sources introduced. Limited evidence of understanding key issues and concepts.	Weak application of appropriate theories and models. Fails to demonstrate detailed understanding. Very little use of published sources.	Very little or no attempt to use published sources.  No evidence of understanding key issues and concepts.
Analysis	Critical evaluation of an excellent range of directly relevant quality academic and practitioner sources. Demonstrates an excellent understanding and clear practical awareness of the challenges and opportunities in the integration of theory and practice.	Critical evaluation of a very good range of relevant quality academic and practitioner sources. Demonstrates a very good understanding and practical awareness of the challenges and opportunities in the integration of theory and practice. Less in-depth than for an A grade.	Critical evaluation of a good range of relevant quality academic and practitioner sources. Demonstrates a good understanding of challenges and opportunities in integrating theory and practice.	Critical evaluation of some relevant quality academic and practitioner sources.  Demonstrate an adequate knowledge and understanding of challenges and opportunities in integrating theory and practice.	Lacks critical analysis and fails to demonstrate an understanding of relevant challenges and opportunities.	A random collection of statements with no attempt to use evidence to support the arguments. Nothing of value to the task.
Conclusions	Conclusions are valid and clearly derived from in-depth analysis and reflection drawing on application of major theoretical contributors and experiential learning.  Entirely convincing.	Conclusions are clearly derived from in-depth analysis through application of most major theoretical contributors and experiential learning.   Largely convincing	Conclusions are mainly derived from analysis through application of theoretical contributors and experiential learning.   Limited and not entirely convincing.	Conclusions are acceptable but not clearly derived from analysis through application of theoretical contributors and experiential learning.   Validity of conclusions is unconvincing.	Conclusions do not follow from the evidence and argument presented.	A random collection of statements based on the student’s own point of view with little or no attempt to draw analysis to conclusions.
Recommendations	Clear and appropriate recommendations. Professional applicability.	Clear and appropriate recommendations. Less comprehensive than for an A grade.	Recommendations are reasonably clear and mostly realistic	Recommendations are satisfactory but rather vague. Doubtful feasibility	Recommendations are unclear or unrealistic	No attempt to identify appropriate recommendations
Presentation and Referencing	Clearly and concisely structured in report format, sourced throughout and with a comprehensive bibliography.	Clearly and concisely structured in report format, sourced throughout and with a good bibliography.	Well-structured in report format, sourced throughout and with an adequate bibliography.	Acceptable but not in report format. Few citations and a passable bibliography.	Few citations and no bibliography. Not in report format. Poorly structured.	No citations and not in report format. Poorly structured

Leadership Project: Assignment 2 Evaluation Criteria

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