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Assignment Task -

Students must form groups of two for the purpose of this assignment.

Study a leader of your choice. Your leader may be either a real-life present day or historical person or a leader-character featured in literature or film. You must provide appropriate referencing including citing the novel or film if you choose a fictional character.

1. Write a maximum 900 word essay on the nature of this person and the nature of their influence: What makes/made this person a successful leader? What can be learnt about leadership from a thoughtful study of this person?

2. Prepare a Power-Point presentation based on your study and present this to the class on the date allocated to you. You are required to attend all presentations given by fellow students.

Length: The group verbal presentation is tightly time contrained. The group essay is limited 900 words in length. Individual tasks undertaken during the presentation meeting will be limited in length and must be submitted at the end of the meeting.

Further information About task -

Your verbal class presentation:

A computer, data projector and remote slide changer/pointer will be available for student use on the day of presentation: the presentations will be preloaded onto the computer. Amended files will not be accepted on the day of presentation. Both members of the group must make an equal contribution to the verbal presentation (ie about 2 min 30 seconds). An individual member dominating the presentation time is indicative of poor planning and a lack of proper group rehearsal.

For the duration of the presentation meetings students must silence their mobile phones and have them out of sight. Personal computers/tablets must also be put into bags.

Please remember that individual tasks must be completed during the meetings so there is no opportunity to mentally rehearse your own speech during the class.

The talk must be:

1. Focused, succinct, and tell a coherent story.

2. Pitched at the level of your peers, that is it must be understandable by students in the class.

3. Delivered in a highly professional manner, each student's component to the verbal presentation must demonstrate significant prior preparation, organisation and practice. Students should not read from notes or visual aids for any extended length of time. They are expected to communicate with passion and confidence.

4. Interesting AND relate to and explain important concepts associated with good leadership.

5. Stylish in presentation of introduction, evidence, and conclusions. The power point presentation should not be a reproduction or simply a summary of the groups essay. It must be specifically designed to accompany the verbal presentation adding emphasis and interest to the each speaker's words. It needs to be easy for the audience to read and easy to understand.

6. Structured to dearly demonstrate the group has undertaken sound research.

7. Well referenced, but not overly so; references on individual slides should be indicated as: (Author, Year). On the last slide of your presentation supply a list of the most relevant references that were essential to your talk (probably about 3).

Note - Please write me a two page concise report of maximum 900 words and a 7 to 10 pages presentation file.