BMIB5005 Leadership and Change Management (AS1) Assignment 1 Brief | De Montfort University

Part 1: Prepare a 15 min individual recorded video presentation based on PowerPoint.

Part 1 requires you to critically analyse and evaluate a selection (either 2 or 3 – not more) of business leaders of your choosing using the concepts that have been introduced in the module to determine what makes them an effective, ineffective or partially effective leader and what we can learn from them about business leadership.

Requirements:

Introduction

Introduce the business leaders that will be analysed and evaluated. Give an overview of topics such as their career, examples of successes (and perhaps failures), personality, expertise, values, situational factors and any other information that provides insights that can be used to evaluate their leadership.

Analysis

Drawing on the various concepts we covered in the module (for example, traits, behaviours, situational approach, charismatic and transformational leadership, ethical leadership, cross-cultural, the importance of leadership in times of change, and more) critically analyse and evaluate the chosen leaders.

Conclusion

By synthesising the results of your analysis conclude whether the leader is effective, not effective or partially effective.

Recommendations

What has been learned from the leader case studies that can be recommended for leadership effectiveness?

References

As well as in-text references (i.e. author, date) a list of references is required at the end of the presentation (you do not need to read them out).

Notes:

• Are ideas presented in a logical and coherent manner?
• Is there an introduction to the leaders, analysis, conclusions and recommendations?
• Have you chosen two or three business leaders (no more)
• Are they business leaders? (not, for example, predominantly political or religious leaders)
• Is the presentation research-informed? i.e. is it based on academic reading, not your own practical experience or opinions?
• Does the presentation demonstrate a thorough knowledge of leadership concepts?
• Is there evidence of further reading beyond the module materials?
• Have references been given in the presentation and a list at the end?
• Have you checked the rubric? This will help you to identify the key factors for each marking criteria.

Part 2: Write a 1,000 word reflective report on the presentation.

This part of the assignment requires you to reflect on the experience of producing the leadership presentation and demonstrate what you have learned and how it has influenced your thinking and future practice. 

What is a reflection paper?

A reflection paper is an essay that requires you to express, reflect on, analyse and synthesise your opinions about a topic. It is one of the few academic essays where you get to discuss your own opinions.

What are you reflecting on?

The leadership presentation. Think deeply about your experience completing the presentation and what you have learned. Consider questions such as:

• How has the material affected me?
• What particularly interested me? Why?
• Are there unsolved questions or critical issues?
• How will the material affect my future thinking?
• What were the common themes?
• Etc.

How should the report be structured?

It’s important not to simply present random thoughts. Find a model to guide and structure your reflections, for example, Gibbs’ Reflective Cycle, ERA (Experience, Reflection, Action) Cycle or Kolb’s Experiential Learning Cycle are popular, but you can use others. Using a model is likely to enable you to reflect more deeply and from different perspectives.

Reference list

• If you include quotes or information from secondary sources, you will need to correctly reference them in the text and have a reference list at the end of your reflection paper

The rubric can be found in the assessment brief document posted on Learning Zone. Further information on University mark descriptors can be found here.

learning outcomes:

LO1: Conceptualise and critically assess the practice of leadership in organizations.
LO2: To analyse and critically assess the influence of organizational culture and national cultures on leadership practice to develop value- creating executives.
LO3: To demonstrate strong self-awareness as a leader and the ability to use this positively to achieve sustainable organizational operations and sustainable organizations in these disruptive times and use sustainability as a differentiator.
LO4: Conceptualise and evaluate how organizational change could be contextualized in the institutional environment.