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Assignment 2: 21st Century Leadership
Due
Week 8 and worth 300 points
The
20th and 21st centuries have produced many business leaders, such as corporate
giants like Jack Welch of GE, Daymond John of FUBU, Steve Jobs of Apple, and
Herb Kelleher of Southwest. In addition, many hip-hop moguls have risen to prominence,
such as Sean Combs, aka P Diddy, of Bad Boy Records; Russell Simmons, founder
of Def Jam; and Sean Carter, aka Jay Z, of Rock Nation.
Regardless
of their business models and industries, organizational leaders are expected to
create realistic visions for their companies and the people that they guide.
However, such visions often result in vastly different leadership styles.
Therefore, experts have concluded that there is no one best leadership style
geared towards guiding employees and companies to accomplishing organizational
goals.
Using
the Internet and Strayer databases, research your favorite senior executive
(CEO, CFO, COO, Director, President, Founder, etc.) from any organization that
has made a strong impact on his or her industry (fashion, music, food, banking,
technology, automotive, etc.).
Write
a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:
- Describe the overall leadership
style(s) of your chosen senior executive.
- Analyze the organizational
structure and culture of the company your chosen executive has led, or is
currently leading, and determine the company’s approach to human capital
management and employee development. Next, explain whether or not you believe
your chosen senior executive’s leadership approach has enhanced workplace
productivity and the shared vision of the organization. Provide one to two
(1-2) examples of your chosen senior executive’s actions to support your
response.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of
your selected leader’s performance, based on his or her ethical conduct and
effective communication. Next, determine whether the chosen leader was
successful in motivating and empowering his or her employees and gaining
customer loyalty.
- Determine three (3) best
practices that other organizational leaders can use in order to motivate
employees and transform their company, based on practices that you believe made
your chosen leader successful at his or her company and within his or her
industry. Support your rationale with an explanation of the potential benefits
that other business leaders may reap from your chosen best practices.
- Use at least five (5) quality
references. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not
qualify as academic resources.
Your
assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
- Be typed, double spaced, using
Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations
and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your
professor for any additional instructions.
- Include a cover page containing
the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the
course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not
included in the required assignment page length.
The
specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
- Explain the multiple aspects of
the managerial planning process and the application of various business- and
corporate-level strategies.
- Analyze the importance of
ethical behavior to an organization’s culture and the new ethical dilemmas created
by globalization.
- Determine viable organizational
structures by addressing the key considerations in organizational structure,
applying the process of division of labor, and adapting basic structural
formats.
- Explain the principal theories
of leadership and motivation, and describe the fundamental considerations in
managing and motivating individual and group behavior.
- Describe actions to improve
communications, manage conflict, develop strong organizational culture, and
improve the ethical behavior in organizations.
- Use technology and information
resources to research issues in management concepts.
- Write clearly and concisely
about management concepts using proper writing mechanics.
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