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People, Culture and Contemporary Leadership
Assessment - Comparison of Classical and Contemporary Leadership
Task
Students will critically review classical and contemporary leadership approaches, characteristics and styles and prepare a written summary of their findings.
Assessment Description
In the first weeks of this subject, students will learn about both classical and more contemporary theories, models and frameworks of leadership traits, styles and behaviours. Applying this by researching some of the most recent business and leadership articles, students will identify, describe and explain the most contemporary approaches to leadership in the post-pandemic, digital, data, and AI era, and identify any similarities or differences to classical approaches to leadership.
Learning outcome 1: Explore the advantages and disadvantages of various contemporary leadership styles.
Learning outcome 2: Analyse the traits and behaviours of contemporary leaders.
Assessment Instructions
This is an individual assessment which is to be completed out-of-class.
Students will first conduct their own research to identify the most common leadership "themes" in 2024/2025. This will be accomplished by searching relevant articles available via the Kaplan Library databases or other reliable internet searches. A minimum of four (4) articles are to be identified, reviewed and referenced following the Kaplan referencing guidelines. Hire best assignment help now!
Students should summarise and critically review the four (4) leadership articles to identify the common themes in terms of contemporary approaches and challenges for leadership. Based on the identified themes identify the associated traits, behaviours, styles and characteristics of the leadership. Having identified the contemporary themes and characteristics, a brief comparison to classical leadership theories and approaches is to be made which highlights any similarities or differences between contemporary and classical approaches of leadership.
Students have the OPTION to assist their research with the aid of ChatGPT/Artificial Intelligence (AI) in doing so it must be referenced and included in the appendix.
The review findings are to be written-up in essay style format (headings may be used) with the following suggested structure and word counts:
Introduction - state the purpose, structure and findings. (250 words)
Summary of articles and identification of contemporary leadership themes - clearly identify each article by author, date and title. (400 words)
Critical review of the contemporary themes identified in (2) above with a comparison to some of the most relevant factors of classical theories of leadership (similarities and differences) - fully referenced including ChatGPT if applied. (500 words)
Concluding remarks - a clear statement on contemporary leadership themes, outlining the advantages and/or disadvantages identified. (350 words)
Reference list - following KBS referencing guidelines (not in word count)
Appendices - (not in word count)
Chat GPT prompts
Chat GPT summaries / outputs
Please refer to the assessment marking guide to assist you in completing all the assessment criteria.