Leadership Paper (Part 2): Leadership Book Report and Reflection Paper
This
assignment is a 2000 word written paper on Steve Jobs. Just in case it
doesn’t show everything here I am attatching a file that also explains
what is required.
This assignment provides students the
opportunity to apply their knowledge of leadership by evaluating the
skills, values, methods, and performance of someone in leadership.
Through the reading of an autobiography or biography of a leader, the
student will determine the leader’s strengths and weakness but, most
importantly, how that individual’s approach to leadership conforms or
diverges from the model presented by Kouzes and Posner in The Leadership
Challenge. Finally, students will have an opportunity to reflect on the
leader’s experience and describe what they learned and how it will help
them in their own leadership journey.
The Schmidt text
(suggested readings) provides a fairly comprehensive overview of the
influence that Christians have had in the world including in the areas
of science, art, architecture, music, economics, business, healthcare,
education, law, politics, literature, and, of course, theology and
religion. For this assignment, identify a leader in your specific field
(discipline, major, minor, area of interest, etc.); this can be a
current leader or an historical figure. Select and read a quality
academic biography or autobiography about this leader and write a book
report. Your professor must approve your topic; an assignment submission
link is provided in Unit 2 through which you can submit your book
selection. The main body of the report must address the following:
- What individuals influenced this leader and in what ways? In other words, who are his or her role models?
- Identify at least two (2) major challenges the leader faced. Did the leader succeed or fail?
- Integrate
the Kouzes and Posner text and explain how well the leader reflects the
leadership framework. Be sure to show how the leader does or does not
demonstrate each of the five leadership practices and related
commitments. Provide examples. Were the successes or failures identified
above due to leader’s conformity or divergence from those leadership
practices? Explain. - What events influenced his or her leadership journey?
- What influence (positive and/or negative) has this leader had on his or her profession or academic field and the culture?
- Does this leader demonstrate good character? Is humility essential to his or her approach to leadership?
Finally, in a Reflection
section of your report, explain what you learned from this person’s
experience that can help you be a better leader. How has your
view/definition of Christian leadership changed from the start of this
course (re: introductory blog post)? How has this leader’s story
contributed to that view? What insights do you have that you didn’t
before—about yourself, your character (re: the Christian Character
Index), your faith, the culture, and the world?
This book
report should be approximately 2000 words in length, and include the
following sections: (1) introduction, (2) brief overview of the
leader/book, (3) main body (addressing questions), (4) reflection
section, (5) conclusion, and (6) references (not included in word
count). In APA format using this book for Steve Jobs:
Isaacson, W. (2011). Steve Jobs. New York, New York: Simon &
Schuster.
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