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Leadership Assignment -
Topic - Mcdonalds Newzealand
Learning Outcomes - Evaluate and apply a range of relevant leadership models/perspectives in order to lead personal and organisational goal achievement.
TASK 1 INSTRUCTIONS: Use headings and subheadings to clearly show you are discussing all the task elements. Include a word count at the end of the essay. Use APA 6 referencing when quoting from other sources.
Essay - Evaluate and apply a range of relevant leadership models/perspectives in order to lead personal and organisational goal achievement. (1500-2400 words).
TASK 1 INSTRUCTIONS - You are required to:
- Select an organisation (Mcdonalds Newzealand) and describe its nature and cultural context.
- Describe your individual cultural context.
- Discuss two contrasting leadership styles you might use if you were a leader in the organisation.
- Evaluate and conclude by recommending one of these styles order to lead personal and organisational goal achievement with your reasoning behind your decision.
TASK 2: INSTRUCTIONS: Use headings and subheadings to clearly show you are discussing all the task elements. Include a word count at the end of the essay. Use APA 6 referencing when quoting from other sources.
Essay - Factors that Influence Leadership - 1500-2400 words
Write an essay that discusses how you think the following factors influences leadership:
- Ethics
- Social responsibility
- Stakeholders and stakeholder goals
- Society
TASK 1 INSTRUCTIONS: The following essay template is provided to assist you with this task.
Organisational Culture of (insert name of your chosen organisation): In this section discuss your chosen organisation describing its cultural context
Organisational Cultural Context: An organisation's cultural elements can include the following factors:
- The nature of the business/industry such as whether the organisation is a retailer, manufacturer, a service provider or involved in the primary sector, etc.
- Public or private - i.e. a government department, or a local or regional council, etc. or a privately owned business.
- For profit business or a not-for-profit business, such as a charitable trust.
- Business size, such as a newly established, small business, or a medium sized firm or a long-standing, large corporation.
- The internal culture of the organisation.
- The mission, vision and organisational goals.
Individual Culture - In this section discuss your individual cultural context and your personal goals and motivation.
Individual Cultural Context: An individual's cultural elements can include the following factors:
- Ethnicity
- Family background and life experiences
- Work experiences
- The influence of key role models
- Age
- Gender
- Religious or spiritual beliefs
- Education
- Personal goals
- Motivation
- Previous leadership experience and leadership style
Leadership Style One (insert name of leadership style one) - In this section discuss one leadership style you might use if you were a leader in the organisation. Include advantages and disadvantages of your chosen leadership style.
NOTE: Do not simply describe a recognised leadership style, you must discuss the leadership style using the cultural context of the organisation and your own cultural context).
Leadership Style Two (insert name of leadership style tone) - In this section discuss a contrasting leadership style to the one above, again include advantages and disadvantages of this leadership style as if you were a leader in the organisation.
Conclusion - In this section conclude by evaluating the two leadership styles. Recommend one of the leadership styles. Include your reasoning behind your recommendation.
Include in your reflection by recommending one of these styles order to lead personal and organisational goal achievement. Include how you would achieve the following within the organisation:
- Personal Goals
- Organisational goals
- Motivation
- Engagement.
TASK 2: INSTRUCTIONS: Ensure you use headings and subheadings to clearly show you are discussing all the task elements. Include a word count at the end of the essay. Use APA 6 referencing when quoting from other sources.
Write an essay that discusses how you think the following factors influences leadership:
- Ethics
- Social responsibility
- Stakeholders and stakeholder goals
- Society
An essay template is provided to assist you with this task. Themes for each topic are suggested, but these are not compulsory and are only offered as a guide.
Factors that Influence Leadership
The following essay template is provided to assist you with this task.
Ethics
(In this section discuss how ethical expectations and behaviour influences leadership. Themes here might include how a leader influences desired ethical behaviour in the organisation and how a leader might go about improving the ethical behaviour in an organisation he or she leads. You might also discuss briefly how a person develops their ethical behaviour).
Social Responsibility
(In this section discuss how social responsibility influences leadership. Themes here might include a leader's attitude towards social responsibility, and whether or not social responsibility varies for different business entities and different organisational goals)
Stakeholders and stakeholder goals
(In this section discuss how stakeholders influence leadership. Themes here might include how a leader determines stakeholder needs and their influence-power. How might a leader manage the relationships with organisational stakeholders to achieve personal and organisational goals is also a theme you might consider).
Society
(In this section discuss what expectations society might have on the leaders of organisations. Themes here might include how these expectations might differ for different business entities. Other themes might include society's views of different leaders and how organisational leaders might respond and engage to society).
Total 3800 words - Task One 1700 words and Task two 2100 words.