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Module 2 Critical Thinking: Leadership (100 points)
Understanding our leadership styles will help us maximize our skills. This will also
help us evaluate our effectiveness in specific leadership situations. Not all
leadership styles are as effective in the same situations. Understanding the best
leadership style for each situation will help us create effective strategies to achieve
what goals? As part of this assignment, you are asked to take the following selfassessment from MindTools website
(https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/leadership-style-quiz.htm)
to determine your leadership style. Once you have completed the self-assessment,
please answer the following questions:
1. Based on the self-assessment, what is your leadership style? Do you agree or disagree with the results
presented? Explain.
2. Describe three characteristics and skills associated with your leadership style.
3. Describe a situation where your leadership skills helped you.
4. How can your leadership style create a stronger workplace environment during the COVID-19
pandemic?
5. How can you enhance your leadership style to better improve the workplace culture? Your wellwritten paper should meet the following requirements:
? Be 4-5 pages in length (double-spaced), which does not include the title and reference pages, which
are never a part of the content minimum requirements.
? Use Saudi Electronic University academic writing standards and APA style guidelines.
? Support your submission with course material concepts, principles, and theories from the textbook
and at least three current, scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles. Current articles are those published
within the last five years.
? It is strongly encouraged that you submit all assignments to the Turnitin Originality Check prior to
submitting it to your instructor for grading. If you are unsure how to submit an assignment to the
Originality Check tool, review the Turnitin Originality Check?Student Guide for step-by-step instructions.
? In advance of submission, review the grading rubric to see how you will be graded for this assignment.
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Title of Paper
MGT560: Leadership Development
Assignment Name and Module Number
Point Allotment
Student ID Number
Student Name
Due Date
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Title of Your Paper is Needed Here
In this section, you need to introduce your readers to details about your paper. As you
have read, in the Critical Thinking Assignment directions, not all leadership skills are the same.
Therefore, for this introductory paragraph/section, you should provide information about
different types of leadership styles. You should also introduce your readers to the content
discussed in your paper (specifically focusing on the five assignment requirements). For
example, you could write, ?Throughout this paper, the following topics will be explored:
_________.? Use in-text citations to support your points, please. Additionally, please ensure that
you include a well-written and well-developed thesis statement.
Your Leadership Style
In this section, you need to provide details about your leadership style results.
Specifically, you need to detail information about the results and if you agree/disagree with the
results presented. If you agree with the results, explain why. If you disagree with the results,
please explain why. For example, let?s say that your results are not aligned with what you believe
your leadership style is? Please explain specific details about why the results are poorly aligned
with your perceived leadership style. Use in-text citations to support your points.
Characteristics of My Leadership Style
In this section, you need to explain three characteristics or skills associated with your
leadership style. For example, if you receive a score that is indicative of a democratic or
participative leadership style, then explore timely literature about this leadership style. Note that
there is a plethora of literature about each of the leadership styles. Please use peerreviewed/scholarly sources to support your points.
Example of wording:
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Based upon the results of the MindTools (n.d.) survey, I am a democratic leader. Democratic
leaders, according to Claus and Lopez (2022), are those who possess the following skills:
__name the skills___ (CITE).
How My Leadership Skills Helped Me
In this section, you need to provide details of a time in which your leadership skills
helped you. Provide a personal or professional example of the benefits of using your leadership
skills in a particular situation.
Example of wording:
As noted above, I am considered a democratic leader. Democratic leaders often possess the
following skills: ____name some skills____ (CITE). When I was working for Organization X, I
was involved in a situation in which my democratic leadership skills were helpful. The situation
involved ___what____. This leadership style was helpful because ___why____.
COVID and My Leadership Style
In this paragraph, explain information about how your leadership style can enhance the
workplace environment, specifically during the pandemic. For example, if you?re an
authoritative leader, explain why this style will allow you to get things done (even during times
of COVID). Provide specific details about how your leadership style is helpful and impactful.
Remember, use in-text citations!
My Leadership Style and Improving the Organizational Culture
In this paragraph, please explain how you can improve your leadership style/leadership
competencies. As you have read, there are benefits and drawbacks associated with all of the
leadership styles explored. Based upon the drawbacks of your leadership style, explain what
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improvements you can make and how these improvements can better your organization. For
example:
I am a democratic leader, which means that I possess the following competencies: ___name
some competencies___ (CITE). While these competencies are beneficial, there are various
disadvantages associated with being a democratic leader, which include: ___name some
disadvantages___ (CITE). One of the disadvantages to my leadership style, which I possess, is
___what___. In hopes of reducing this disadvantage, I hope to make the following changes
__________ (CITE). By making these changes, I can improve the organizational culture
___how____ (CITE).
Conclusion
In your conclusion paragraph, you should summarize what was explored throughout your
paper. This conclusion paragraph should offer a recap of the major sections/headings explored in
your paper. For more information about how to create a strong conclusion paragraph, please
click on the Track Change comment (to your right).
IMPORTANT: Your paper should NOT exceed 7-7.5 pages in length. Although only 4-6
pages of text are required, you can go over this limit. With that being said, do not exceed the
required/noted limit by more than 1-2 pages.
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References
Darlin, D. (2014, August 5). How to talk about America?s newest arrivals. The New York
Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/06/upshot/how-to-talk-about-americas-newestarrivals.html
Devereaux, A. (2015). Pandemic influenza: An evolutionary concept analysis. Journal of
Advanced Nursing, 71(8), 1787-1796. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.12654
Kinderman, P. (2019). A manifesto for mental health: Why we need a revolution in mental health
care. Palgrave Macmillan.
Here is how to properly format your textbook, as aligned with APA 7th edition standards:
Northouse, P. G. (2022). Leadership: Theory and practice (9th ed.). SAGE Publications Inc.
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Additional Writing and Content Tips
1. All paragraphs must be indented.
2. Three or more sentences are needed for a paragraph.
3. Never end any paragraph with a quote. Explain the purpose of the quote.
4. Remember to seldomly use quotes? Instead, explain information in your own words and
provide in-text citations to justify your rationale.
5. When providing quotes, please follow this format, as it is APA complianta. ?This is a quote that I am writing as a sample? (Claus, 2022, p. 1).
b. ?This is a quote that I am writing as a sample? (Claus, 2022, para. 1).
c. Claus (2021) stated, ?This is a quote that I am writing as a sample? (p. 1).
i. With any quote you need to include the author?s or authors? last name(s),
the date in which the document was published, and the page or paragraph
in which the quote is located. Please note, if you?re using a quote from a
website resource, it is very likely that you will need to count from the top
of the document and determine which paragraph the quote is located in.
6. Use et al. when there are three or more authors.
a. Instead of writing, ?Claus, Smith, and Lopez (2022) wrote?? state ?Claus et al.
(2022) wrote??
7. All sentences must have a subject and a verb.
8. Stray away from using words like, ?this? or ?that? or ?it? or ?they? or ?he? or ?she? and
define your subject.
a. Problematic Example: This process is helpful because individuals know what to
expect during the performance review.
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b. Correction: Explaining the performance review process is helpful because
individuals know what to expect.
9. When providing an in-text citation, here are proper formats:
a. (Last Name of One Author, Year) = 1 author
b. (Last Name & Last Name, Year) = 2 authors
c. (Last Name et al., Year) = 3 or more authors.
10. Use your Northouse (2022) textbook! Always use your textbook, at least once in your
document, when submitting any Critical Thinking Assignment.
11. Proofread! If you struggle with writing, get a friend or colleague or family member to
read what you plan to submit.
12. Check your similarity score! SEU?s policies related to plagiarism are very specific.
Familiarize yourself with these policies and ensure that you are NOT plagiarizing.
a. Tip: A SafeAssign score of over 30%, excluding your references, is likely going
to be an issue.
13. Read! Ensure that you read the Assignment Directions and also comply with the Rubric
requirements.
14. Apply past feedback! I will notice if you continue to make document mistakes but don?t
apply my feedback. Students who do the best in my courses ask questions, are engaged,
and make a conscious effort to continuously improve.
15. Ask questions! If you don?t understand the assignment requirements, please ask me
before submitting your work. Once your work is submitted, you do not have the
opportunity to resubmit. Please do not even ask about resubmitting work, because my
answer, as aligned with SEU?s policies, will be ?No.?
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16. Reduce the number of quotes that you use! If you decide to use a quote, I recommend that
only ONE or TWO quotes are used throughout your document. Also, your quotes should
not be longer than ONE to THREE sentences.
17. Content is KEY! While writing is important, your thoughts, ideas, research, etc. account
for the largest percentage of your Critical Thinking Assignment point allotment value.
Therefore, focus on developing content, justifying your ideas with in-text citations, using
quality and scholarly resources, etc.
a. In addition to using your textbook and SEU?s Library, I also recommend using
some of these resources: Forbes, Harvard Business Review, the Society for
Human Resource Management (SHRM), governmental websites, etc.
18. Examine your spacing! Your document should be double spaced, using Times New
Roman font, which is 12-point. Here is how to ensure proper spacing. Your doublespaced document should show Before: 0 pt and After: 0 pt.
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