choose an example of a leadership theory or concept in action to illustrate/relate to the concept (cite the textbook you use as foundational
Application papers: “Leadership moment” case papers
DO NOT USE CASES SUPPLIED IN OUR TEXTBOOKS!
Students will read the weekly assigned chapters (6, or 8, or 11) in the assigned textbook (Northouse 2016) and choose an example of a leadership theory or concept in action to illustrate/relate to the concept (cite the textbook you use as foundational material copiously throughout the paper, literally in almost every sentence except the part where you are “setting the stage”). Choose your real case scenarios from current news, scholarly or business articles, or from personal experience. The purpose of this assignment is to integrate the theory and concepts with "real world" examples.
These papers will be shared in class so that others may learn and benefit from
this integration. Each paper should be at least 2 to 3 double-spaced pages of
content (or about 7-10 paragraphs) and written in APA format using the APA
referencing methodology. For this assignment only: no cover page; no page
break for References, no abstract, TOC, etc. please.
Recommended Outline for application papers:
DO NOT WRITE ANY INTRODUCTION: START YOUR PAPER WITH YOUR
STORY: What happened? Where? When? DO NOT RETELL OR
SUMMARIZE THE CHAPTER IN NORTHOUSE – I WILL NEVER ASK YOU TO
REGURGITATE WHAT YOU HAVE READ IN THE BOOK!
Case Summary: A brief restatement of the case in summary form: What
happened? When? Where? – No longer than 200 words (This could also be a
summary of an article from a business publication: you are welcome to use an
article, a TV show, or a movie –if you cannot think of any real-case situation).
Discussion: (Why did it happen? What is right? What is wrong?) The
major issue(s) to be addressed in your paper. This can be a statement of the
major problem(s) and or opportunities presented in the case.
Your paper should use the relevant terminology identified in the text (Northouse)
to show your understanding of the terms and their applications. If you quote the
text for any referencing to support your discussion, you must use quotation marks
and cite the page and author
(in our text case, Northouse, P.G. (2016).Leadership theory and practice, (6 ed).
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. ISBN 978-1-4522-0340-9)
in each citation.
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