Choose the CEO of one of the following organizations for this assignment: Google, Zappos, Southwest Airlines, Hewlett Packard, Xerox, W.L. Gore, DuPont, or Procter & Gamble. Use the Internet to investigate the leadership style and effectiveness of the selected CEO.
Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:
- Provide a brief (one [1] paragraph) background of the CEO.
- Analyze the CEO’s leadership style and philosophy, and how the CEO’s leadership style aligns with the culture.
- Examine the CEO’s personal and organizational values.
- Evaluate how the values of the CEO are likely to influence ethical behavior within the organization.
- Determine the CEO’s three (3) greatest strengths and three (3) greatest weaknesses.
- Select the quality that you believe contributes most to this leader’s success. Support your reasoning.
- Assess how communication and collaboration, and power and politics influence group (i.e., the organization’s) dynamics.
- Use at least six (6) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other 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:
- Analyze the formation and dynamics of group behavior and work teams, including the application of power in groups.
- Outline various individual and group decision-making processes and key factors affecting these processes, including ethical considerations.
- Examine the communication process, the primary conflict levels, and the process for negotiating resolutions within organizations.
- Examine how power and influence empower and affect office politics, political interpretations, and political behavior.
- Use technology and information resources to research issues in organizational behavior.
- Write clearly and concisely about organizational behavior using proper writing mechanics.
Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.
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Points: 200 |
Assignment 3 Part I: Leadership Style: How Are Leaders Leading in the 21st Century? |
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Criteria |
Unacceptable Below 70% F |
Fair 70-79% C |
Proficient 80-89% B |
Exemplary 90-100% A |
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1. Provide a brief (one [1] paragraph) background of the CEO. Weight: 5% |
Did not submit or incompletely provided a brief (one [1] paragraph) background of the CEO. |
Partially provided a brief (one [1] paragraph) background of the CEO. |
Satisfactorily provided a brief (one [1] paragraph) background of the CEO. |
Thoroughly provided a brief (one [1] paragraph) background of the CEO. |
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2. Analyze the CEO’s leadership style and philosophy, and how the CEO’s leadership style aligns with the culture. |
Did not submit or incompletely analyzed the CEO’s leadership style and philosophy, and how the CEO’s leadership style aligns with the culture. |
Partially analyzed the CEO’s leadership style and philosophy, and how the CEO’s leadership style aligns with the culture. |
Satisfactorily analyzed the CEO’s leadership style and philosophy, and how the CEO’s leadership style aligns with the culture. |
Thoroughly analyzed the CEO’s leadership style and philosophy, and how the CEO’s leadership style aligns with the culture. |
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3. Examine the CEO’s personal and organizational values. Weight: 10% |
Did not submit or incompletely examined the CEO’s personal and organizational values. |
Partially examined the CEO’s personal and organizational values. |
Satisfactorily examined the CEO’s personal and organizational values. |
Thoroughly examined the CEO’s personal and organizational values. |
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4. Evaluate how the values of the CEO are likely to influence ethical behavior within the organization. Weight: 15% |
Did not submit or incompletely evaluated how the values of the CEO are likely to influence ethical behavior within the organization. |
Partially evaluated how the values of the CEO are likely to influence ethical behavior within the organization. |
Satisfactorily evaluated how the values of the CEO are likely to influence ethical behavior within the organization. |
Thoroughly evaluated how the values of the CEO are likely to influence ethical behavior within the organization. |
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5. Determine the CEO’s three (3) greatest strengths and three (3) greatest weaknesses. Weight: 15% |
Did not submit or incompletely determined the CEO’s three (3) greatest strengths and three (3) greatest weaknesses. |
Partially determined the CEO’s three (3) greatest strengths and three (3) greatest weaknesses. |
Satisfactorily determined the CEO’s three (3) greatest strengths and three (3) greatest weaknesses. |
Thoroughly determined the CEO’s three (3) greatest strengths and three (3) greatest weaknesses. |
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6. Select the quality that you believe contributes most to this leader’s success. Support your reasoning. Weight: 10% |
Did not submit or incompletely selected the quality that you believe contributes most to this leader’s success. Did not submit or incompletely supported your reasoning. |
Partially selected the quality that you believe contributes most to this leader’s success. Partially supported your reasoning. |
Satisfactorily selected the quality that you believe contributes most to this leader’s success. Satisfactorily supported your reasoning. |
Thoroughly selected the quality that you believe contributes most to this leader’s success. Thoroughly supported your reasoning. |
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7. Assess how communication and collaboration, and power and politics influence group (i.e., the organization’s) dynamics. Weight: 15% |
Did not submit or incompletely assessed how communication and collaboration, and power and politics influence group (i.e., the organization’s) dynamics. |
Partially assessed how communication and collaboration, and power and politics influence group (i.e., the organization’s) dynamics. |
Satisfactorily assessed how communication and collaboration, and power and politics influence group (i.e., the organization’s) dynamics. |
Thoroughly assessed how communication and collaboration, and power and politics influence group (i.e., the organization’s) dynamics. |
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8. 6 references Weight: 5% |
No references provided |
Does not meet the required number of references; some or all references poor quality choices. |
Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices. |
Exceeds number of required references; all references high quality choices. |
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9. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements Weight: 10% |
More than 6 errors present |
5-6 errors present |
3-4 errors present |
0-2 errors present |
Create a twelve (12) to fifteen (15) slide PowerPoint in which you:
- Illustrate the concepts from your written report in Part I of this assignment.
- Create bulleted speaking notes for your presentation in the Notes section of the PowerPoint.
- Use a professional technically written style to graphically convey the information.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
- Include a cover slide containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover slide and the reference slide are not included in the required assignment page length. Each slide should contain no more than five (5) bullets per slide. Speaker notes for each slide must be included. Speaker notes should be at least 150 words.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
- Analyze the formation and dynamics of group behavior and work teams, including the application of power in groups.
- Outline various individual and group decision-making processes and key factors affecting these processes, including ethical considerations.
- Examine the communication process, the primary conflict levels, and the process for negotiating resolutions within organizations.
- Examine how power and influence empower and affect office politics, political interpretations, and political behavior.
- Use technology and information resources to research issues in organizational behavior.
- Write clearly and concisely about organizational behavior using proper writing mechanics.
Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.
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Points: 100 |
Assignment 3 Part II: PowerPoint Presentation |
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Criteria |
Unacceptable Below 70% F |
Fair 70-79% C |
Proficient 80-89% B |
Exemplary 90-100% A |
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1. Illustrate the concepts from your written report in Part I of this assignment. Weight: 30% |
Did not submit or incompletely illustrated the concepts from your written report in Part I of this assignment. |
Partially illustrated the concepts from your written report in Part I of this assignment. |
Satisfactorily illustrated the concepts from your written report in Part I of this assignment. |
Thoroughly illustrated the concepts from your written report in Part I of this assignment. |
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2. Create bulleted speaking notes for your presentation in the Notes section of the PowerPoint. Weight: 30% |
Did not submit or incompletely created bulleted speaking notes for your presentation in the Notes section of the PowerPoint. |
Partially created bulleted speaking notes for your presentation in the Notes section of the PowerPoint. |
Satisfactorily created bulleted speaking notes for your presentation in the Notes section of the PowerPoint. |
Thoroughly created bulleted speaking notes for your presentation in the Notes section of the PowerPoint. |
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3. Use a professional technically written style to graphically convey the information. Weight: 30% |
Did not submit or incompletely used a professional technically written style to graphically convey the information. |
Partially used a professional technically written style to graphically convey the information. |
Satisfactorily used a professional technically written style to graphically convey the information. |
Thoroughly used a professional technically written style to graphically convey the information. |
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4. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements Weight: 10% |
More than 6 errors present |
5-6 errors present |
3-4 errors present |
0-2 errors present |
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