Reference no: EM133012347

MNGT2005 Leadership and Ethics - University of Newcastle

Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is to provide you with the opportunity to showcase your ability to individually reflect on your own leadership experience, and on your capacity to practice ethical leadership.

Description: In this assessment, you will construct a reflective essay that responds to your own or others' experience from a leadership position. Using leadership and ethics models and theories, you will apply analysis and critical thinking to the experience, as well as reflecting on lessons learnt for the future.

More specifically, the kinds of things you may wish to include in your reflective essay are:

1. A brief account of formative positions you have held, and the skills and competencies you have acquired, utilised and developed in each position - along with a reflection on the lessons learnt. Positions may include work, school, sporting groups etc.

2. An analysis and reflection of your Personality Attributes - areas of strength, and (potential) areas for further development - and the relevance that these have for you as a leader. You will be provided with several personality questionnaires throughout this course which you may use to help you reflect on your traits, personal inclinations, and overall temperament or disposition.

3. A considered analysis of your predominant or preferred Leadership Style, behaviour and approaches, and a reflection on the strengths and (potential) limitations of these. Numerous leadership style questionnaires are widely available for you to source. We will be referring you to these instruments in class.

The important overarching aspect of this assignment is that it is a "self-reflection" exercise - and in that respect, there is plenty of scope and latitude for you to include elements and aspects that are relevant to you. Ultimately it is for you to decide what to include in this assignment, and how best to present it.

Here are some additional aspects that might be very valuable inclusions in your reflection document:

(a) A reflection of your current organisation's culture and the extent to which you ‘fit' well with that culture

(b) A reflection on your core values and how they help to define you as a leader, and an assessment of your ethical framework.

(c) An overview of your networking efforts, important connections, mentors, role models, influential colleagues or friends in professional positions

(d) An overall learning and development plan - which could include your current studies as well as any work-related training and development programs you are or will be undertaking - and a reflection of the skills and competencies you expect to attain from these experiences

(e) An assessment of your relationship with your immediate superior, or mentor - if you happen to have a mentor.

You may most certainly utilise appendices to include other relevant materials that don't fit seamlessly into the body of your assignment. Your final submission should be formatted in a professional manner, with relevant sections clearly delineated so that it is easy to read and make sense of. You will need to include substantial paragraphs with analytical discussion to demonstrate meaningful reflection on your part.

Attachment:- Reflective Essay Guidelines.rar