Identify a leader with whom you are familiar. You can use a pseudonym if you wish (it will be better that you pick a leader that you have a firm opinion about i.e. either one that you think was particularly successful or unsuccessful).
Provide an overview of the leader you have chosen, the context in which they “lead” and your reason for choosing them. Then, drawing upon relevant theory, explain the reasons for the leader’s success (or failure). You will need to assess aspects like the leader’s traits, style and engagement with situational factors.
Finally, what does your analysis suggest about the importance of leadership in contemporary organisations?
Further Guidance
(a) Be careful not to spend too much of your assignment simply describing course concepts or examples. Your emphasis should be on applying these to allow you to analyse the issues identified in the question and for this analysis to be a foundation for your subsequent conclusions.
(b) The example used can be from your experience or suitably researched (for example using secondary sources such as case studies, academic journals and quality journalism).
(c) Ensure that you substantiate your arguments in offering an assessment of the factors which you think explain the situation. As you will be aware from your studies, different theories provide somewhat competing assessments of the relative importance of influencing factors in explaining leadership practice.

(d) Informed by your analysis, you will also need to provide a critical discussion of the importance given to leadership more generally. Consider, for example, whether you agree (or disagree) with the particular significance that is emphasised.
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(e) We also advise that you use the electronic databases (e.g. Business Source Premier and Emerald) in the library to search for additional academic articles which support your answer.
(f) All sources should be referenced sources appropriately (see guidance below)

Assessment Criteria
In addition to the criteria outlined above and in the Programme Handbook, students are expected to demonstrate:
(a) the ability to apply frameworks and concepts from the leadership literature to ‘real world’ cases;

(b) the ability to identify the implications of such an analysis for leadership practice within organisations; and (c) the ability to reach a conclusion based upon the analysis of both theory and practice in addressing the question.

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