The final paper will include an assessment
of a business entity or organization that you are familiar with. You will create a minimum 10-page paper that includes
the following:
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Definitions of and detailed
analysis on how that organization applies the lessons learned in the course,
including the following concepts (select those that are applicable to your selected
organization):
o
Fundamentals of leadership, including
leadership styles and traits
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Strategic thinking
o
Emotional intelligence
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Communication and leadership
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Organizational culture and
climate
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High performing teams
o
Managing change
o
Problem management and decision
making
o
Consensus building and
negotiation
o
Ethics and professional codes
of conduct
o
Managing conflict
o
Strategic planning
o
Power and Politics
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Application of course materials
that reference each of the course textbook/s, including:
o
Bradberry, T. & Greaves, J.
(2009). Emotional intelligence 2.0. San Diego: TalentSmart.
o
Kotter, John P. (1996). Leading
change. Boston: Harvard Business School Press.
o
Lewis, James P. (2003). Project
leadership. New York: McGraw-Hill.
o
Lussier, R.N &Achua, C.F.
(2012). Leadership: Theory, application, & skill development (5th Ed.).
Mason, OH: South-Western Cengage Learning.
o
Rath, T. & Conchie, B.
(2008). Strengths based leadership: Great leaders, teams, and why people
follow. New York: Gallup Press.
o
Note that other academic
citations are encouraged, but will not be accepted in lieu of the above.
·
APA style formatting, including
an abstract(See: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/18/)
·
APA citations and reference
list (See https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
·
Master’s level academic writing
style, including appropriate grammar, sentence structure, punctuation and
internal organization including appropriate paragraphs
·
Overall organization of
document to include an introduction, body and conclusion
·
Papers are required to be submitted
via Turnitinfor final grading. Papers
with a Turnitin Originality score of greater than 10% will be reviewed for
potential plagiarism. Any papers that
have evidence of plagiarism will receive a grade of “0” in accordance with the
Course Syllabus and HU policy. You may
check your paper’s score and have the opportunity to resubmit it PRIOR TO THE
FINAL DUE DATE.
Grading Rubric
The paper is worth 20% of your grade and
you will be graded according to the following rubric.
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5 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
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Accurately defined |
Fully defined. No additional improvement necessary. |
Mostly defined. Only minimal improvement necessary. |
Moderately defined. Improvement necessary. |
Minimally defined. |
Did not accurately defined. |
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Analyzed and |
Fully analyzed and applied each of the course |
Mostly analyzed and applied each of the course |
Moderately analyzed and applied each of the course |
Minimally analyzed and applied each of the course |
Did not analyze or apply course concepts. |
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Wrote with |
Fully detailed. No further improvement necessary. |
Mostly detailed. Only minimal improvement necessary. |
Moderately detailed. Improvement necessary. |
Minimal detail. Room for significant improvement. |
Insufficient detail. |
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Applied all course |
Fully applied. No further Improvement necessary. |
Mostly applied. Only minimal improvement necessary. |
Moderately applied. Improvement necessary. |
Minimally applied. |
Course material not applied. |
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Used |
Fully used APA style. No further improvement necessary. |
Mostly used APA style. Only minimal improvement |
Moderately used APA style. Improvement necessary. |
Minimally used APA style. Room for significant improvement. |
Did not use APA style. |
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Used |
Fully cited in APA style. No further improvement |
Mostly cited in APA style. Only minimal improvement |
Moderately cited in APA style. Improvement |
Minimally cited in APA style. Room for significant improvement. |
Did not cite in APA style. |
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Cited appropriately |
Fully cited where necessary to avoid plagiarism. |
Mostly cited where necessary to avoid plagiarism. |
Moderately cited where necessary to avoid |
Minimally cited where necessary to avoid plagiarism. |
Did not cite where necessary to avoid plagiarism. |
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Used |
Fully used appropriate writing style. No further improvements necessary. |
Mostly used appropriate writing style. Only minimal improvement necessary. |
Moderately used appropriate writing style. |
Minimally used appropriate writing style. Room for |
Did not use appropriate writing style. |
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Had |
Fully used appropriate organization throughout the |
Mostly used appropriate organization throughout the |
Moderately used appropriate organization throughout |
Minimally used appropriate organization throughout |
Did not use appropriate organization throughout the |
