ASSIGNMENT
Course name: Contemporary Leadership Themes
Core text: Northhouse, P.G. (2015) Leadership 7th Edn., Sage Publications, London
| Notes for students :
1. Students should make correct use of the Harvard referencing method. 2. Word guide: 2000 words |
| Learning Outcomes Tested in this Assignment :
1 Conceptualise the role of leadership practices from different theoretical perspectives, which enhance the performance of a contemporary organisation 2 Propose suitable leadership solutions to achieve results within a complex organisational setting and provide a supporting rationale |
Assignment task
This is an individual assignment.
According to the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the world population is projected to reach approximately 9.8 billion in 2050, and 11.2 billion in 2100. This rapid growth will have a huge impact on the world’s natural resources and will impact different countries in different ways. The three main resources which may be most at risk are:
- Water shortage – as we know, there is a finite amount of water on our planet and there are links between irrigation and growing crops
- Energy needs – there is also a finite quantity of fossil fuels and currently, our food production is reliant on fossil fuels to power machinery and in some fertilizers
- Land use – spreading deserts and other natural disasters reduce the land which is available to grow crops and is habitable for humans
Using your organization, or one with which you are familiar as a case study, analyze the current corporate leadership attitudes in these 3 areas and identify the initiatives, actions, and activities within leadership that will drive positive actions and create logical solutions.
Before start working on the paper, please See the “Company selection” file first . There is a “Company selection” form need to fill out first.
Would students please note that achievement of the learning outcomes for this assessment is demonstrated against the assessment criteria shown below (which are not necessarily weighted equally). All marks/grades remain indicative until they have been considered and confirmed by the Assessment Board
| Assessment Criteria | Marks Awarded | Marks Available | |
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Critically analyse current corporate attitudes and action |
50 | |
| 2 | Make practical recommendations for action that is currently feasible
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50 | |
| Additional Comments from Second marker or External Examiner (if required) :
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| Sections | Word Guide |
| Introduction | 200 |
| Motive/investigation – the reason for writing the essay. Academic theory is required here. | 200 |
| Structure – the outline and shape of your investigations in relation to corporate leadership. Academic theory is required here to support critical analysis. | 600 |
| Analysis – what you have found in relation to attitudes and action and initiatives. Academic theory and models are required here to support critical analysis and evaluation. Remember to bring in arguments and discussions around your findings, challenge the norms, and make recommendations for action. i.e. explain how you would approach this differently, and why, using theory to back up your recommendations. | 700 |
| Conclusion and final recommendations. Final recommendations can be bullet points. Underpin this section with academic theory. | 300 |
Master Level Marking Criteria
| No work has been submitted in the time allowed, or the work submitted demonstrates little or no understanding of the task or the subject matter. This may be evident where the work is substantially incoherent, irrelevant or lacking in factual content, or where these shortcomings are present in combination such that the work as a whole is unsound. Major errors of fact, or evidence of substantially poor cognitive or other relevant skills will also lead to a fail.
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Fail:
Marks below 30% |
| The work shows some knowledge and required skills are present to a degree. There may be appreciable error or omission of facts, poor structure, misdirection to the task, or poor conceptualisation or illustration of the work. Evidence of analysis and evaluation is weak. There will be indications in the work that the candidate is capable of improving it by further application to the task.
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Fail:
Marks in the range 30% – 39% |
| The work contains sufficient descriptive information. There is some analysis and explanation with appropriate illustration and example, and some attempt to evaluate. The work will generally be coherent and relevant, it will contain some useful proposals or solutions related to familiar solutions and there will be some attempt at originality. It will be communicated clearly.
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Pass:
Marks in the range of 40% – 49% |
| The work contains all the necessary contextual information. There will be adequate analysis, explanation and conceptualisation, with appropriate illustration and example, and sound attempts to evaluate and judge. The work will be substantially coherent and will contain relevant and feasible proposals or solutions related to familiar situations, some responses to uncertainty or ambiguity and some acknowledgements of the implications of change.
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Pass:
Marks in the range of 50% – 59% |
| The work will contain complete explanations using most available information. There will be substantial analysis; the ability to recognise evidence, use ideas, conceptualise, evaluate and judge in familiar situations will be clearly demonstrated. Proposals or solutions will be contextually relevant and useful, with substantial evidence of the skill necessary to operationalize them in a variety of situations, including those in which uncertainty, ambiguity or change are present. The work will provide evidence of originality and of useful knowledge transfer to novel situations. It will be coherent and convincing.
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Pass:
Marks in the range of 60% – 69% |
| The work will clearly demonstrate the ability to analyse accurately, reliably and fully, all relevant information; to use evidence; to conceptualise, evaluate and judge; to propose and operationalise effective solutions, and to show substantial originality and creativity in a variety of familiar situations or in the face of ambiguity, uncertainty or change. It will demonstrate valuable knowledge transfer and propose feasible solutions for a wide range of situations. Evidence of the ability to innovate will be present.
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Pass:
Marks in the range of 70% and above |