Criteria for Assessment: Range and relevance of research undertaken Depth and breadth of issues covered with respect to the selected organisation Demonstrated level of understanding of issues, insights, including insights acquired into leadership within the selected organisation Professional recommendations that reflect advanced knowledge of Leadership theory and its application

	COURSE:		Master of Business Research
			Master of Business Administration
Unit:	Leadership Theory

Unit Code:	BUS 500

Type of	Assessment 3 – Leadership Paper
Assessment:	Assessment 3 – Leadership Paper
Assessment:

	a)	Analyse and explain historical trends in the concept of
		leadership
	b)	Analyse and explain how leadership overlaps with, yet can
		be distinguished from, management.
	c)	Demonstrate an ability to synthesise and apply knowledge
		and understanding of contemporary theories and practices
		of leadership to the analysis of case study and research
		data.
Unit Learning	d)	Demonstrate a critical understanding of how leadership
Outcomes		theory informs contemporary leadership practice across a
addressed:		spectrum of organisational contexts.
	e)	Demonstrate a critical understanding of the differences
		between leadership influence and coercion, and other forms
		of power and authority.
	f)	Integrate biblical frameworks into a contemporary
		understanding of leadership theories.
	g)	Demonstrate a critical appreciation of the types of leadership
		styles and behaviours adopted by self and others, and their
		efficacy.

Criteria for
Assessment:
Range and relevance of research undertaken
Depth and breadth of issues covered with respect to the selected organisation
Demonstrated level of understanding of issues, insights, including insights acquired into leadership within the selected organisation
Professional recommendations that reflect advanced knowledge of Leadership theory and its application

	Each individual student will research and write a paper with analysis
Assessment Task:	of leadership practices and associated issues within a selected
	organisation (word count: 2,500 words).
Submission Date:	Week 12

Total Mark &	40 marks \| 40%
Weighting:	40 marks \| 40%
Weighting:

Students are advised that any submissions past the due date without an approved extension or without approved extenuating circumstances incurs a 5% penalty per calendar day,

calculated from the total mark e.g. a task marked out of 35 will incur a 1.75 mark penalty per calendar day.

ASSESSMENT DESCRIPTION:

Each individual student will research and write a paper with analysis of leadership practices and associated issues within a selected organisation, aimed at synthesizing the learning experience of the unit. The paper will cover the following:
General overview of the organisation’s activities

A general overview of the leadership practice within the selected organisation including

leadership styles, any leadership challenges identified and leadership development activities in the organisation
Analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the identified leadership practices in the organisation. This should include an analysis that the leadership practice has had on the overall organisational strategy or how the identified leadership practices have affected the performance of the organisation

Basing on the issues identified and supporting theory, make recommendations for the organisation (focus on how the leadership practices can be optimised for maximum organisational impact).

RUBRIC:

		High Distinction		Distinction		Credit	Pass	Fail
Content / Range of	9-10		8		7		5-6	0-4
research
Range and		Excellent		Good analysis		Some attempt at	Evidence of	Limited research
relevance of		articulation and		with evidence of		critical analysis	research but it is	and poor quality
research undertaken		sound analysis		good research		with evidence of	inadequate.	sources with little
		with evidence of		undertaken for		research.	Limited critical	indication the
		good research.		the presentation.			analysis	author tried to
								critically analyze
								material.
Depth and breadth	9-10		8		7		5-6	0-4
of issues
Depth and breadth		Appropriate		Good and in-		Major sections of	Limited scope of	Major sections of
of issues covered		content is		depth coverage		relevant content	coverage,	relevant content
with respect to		covered in-depth		of issues		are included but	relevant content	have been
leadership in the		without being				not covered with	not covered in-	omitted.
selected		redundant.				depth as	depth.
organisation						expected.

Understanding and	9-10		8		7		5-6	0-4
analysis
Demonstrated level		Exceptional		Good		Good	Basic	Limited
of		understanding of		understanding of		understanding of	understanding of	understanding of
understanding of		leadership issues		leadership issues		leadership issues	leadership issues	leadership issues
issues,		and practices		and practices		and practices	and practices in	and practices in
including insights		with exceptional		with good insights		organization.	the organization.	the organization.
acquired into		insights on the		on the topic.		Some insights	Limited insights	Generic
leadership		topic. Excellent		Competent		offered. Basic	offered. Limited	presentation of
		analysis of the		analysis of the		analysis of the	analysis of the	issues; no insights
		organization’s		organization’s		organization’s	organization’s	offered. Lack of
		leadership issues		leadership issues		leadership issues	leadership issues	analysis of the
								organization’s
								leadership issues
Lessons /	9-10		8		7		5-6	0-4
Recommendations
Professional		Exceptional		Very good		Good analysis	Analysis with fair	Limited,
recommendations		analysis with		analysis with		with some	recommendations	insufficient
that reflect		professional		professional		recommendations	that demonstrate	analysis.
advanced		recommendations		recommendations		that demonstrate	some knowledge	Inappropriate
knowledge of		that demonstrate		that demonstrate		knowledge and	and applicability	recommendations;
Leadership theory		strong knowledge		good knowledge		applicability of	of leadership	demonstrates
and its application.		and applicability		and applicability		leadership theory	theory	limited knowledge
		of leadership		of leadership				and applicability of
		theory.		theory.				leadership theory

Total	/40

GENERAL NOTES FOR ASSIGNMENTS

Assignments should usually incorporate a formal introduction, main points and conclusion, covering the key issue in the selected organisation. Rather than giving a personal account of events, students are encouraged to write a professional paper with appropriate evidence to substantiate claims and citations and references as required.

Marks will be deducted for failure to adhere to the word count of 2,500 – generally you may go over or under by 10% than the stated length of 2,500 words.

GENERAL NOTES FOR REFERENCING

Students may draw on both academic sources (books, chapters from edited books, journals etc) and non-academic sources (e.g. company website, annual reports). Your work must show evidence of that you conducted your own research.

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