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Assignment - Reflective Journal and Report

Effective leadership is central to leading and managing an organisation at all levels. Reflection is increasingly being recognised as an important tool to "cultivate on-the-job learning conditions" (Seibert 1999, p.201).

Reflection is a critical aspect of an authentic learning environment (Herrington, 2012; Herrington, Reeves, & Oliver, 2010; Lombardi, 2007).

You are required to keep a journal over the course of the semester that outlines how your understanding of the topic of leaders and leadership has been shaped by your participation in the course.

Your task is to produce a report that describes your growth, or journey, showing how your reading, participation in on-line work and reflection have shaped your view of what leadership is and isn't. It can incorporate any reflections you may have noted during, or following, a class.

You will need to:

1. Demonstrate an understanding of the ways in which reflection is defined and understood academically.

2. Describe how the various class activities have shaped your understanding of yourself and others and the effect this is having on your capacity to lead, as well as to follow.

3. You must in some way connect or relate your reflection to the readings assigned throughout the course. You must reference at least 10 academic articles as well as making use of the textbooks on the topic of leadership. These references must be cited correctly.

4. Describe other experiences that you consider relevant to describing how your thoughts, ideas and views of leading and leadership have emerged, or remained constant, for example, any work place experience such as a restructure, change of manager, or significant change that affected your employer, or your employment, or your life circumstances generally.