6.3 Assignment: Leadership as Situations Change

Resources

• Textbook: Leadership: Enhancing the Lessons of Experience

Background Information

In Chapter 16 of Leadership: Enhancing the Lessons of Experience, Hughes, Ginnett, and Curphy (2021) describe a "rational approach" to organizational change, including a diagnostic framework for understanding why many change eorts fail.

The authors also provide an intriguing assessment of the charismatic and transformational leadership model and how these types of leaders can have a dramatic inuence on change: "The personal magnetism, heroic qualities, and spellbinding powers of these leaders can have unusually strong eects on followers, which often lead to dramatic organizational, political, or societal change" (Hughes, Ginnett, & Curphy, 2021, p. 560).

CHARISMATIC Vs.TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADER
CHARISMATIC LEADERSHIP	TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP
Leader influences the followers with the dint of his or her personality and charm.	Leader inspires change through his or her vision and passion to get things done.
Leader is the "head of the show."	Leader is open to followers' input and participation.
Vision fulfillment by stimulating followers to leader's vision.	Vision fulfillment inclusive of follower and leader vision.
Charismatic leaders are most likely to emerge in crisis situations.	Transformational leaders can emerge at different levels of the organization.
Behavior aimed at leader-driven goals and promote feelings of obedience and dependency in followers.	Behavior aimed at encouraging teamwork and commitment to shared goals.

*Table adapted from www.techofunc.comChartered Techofunctional Institute

In Chapter 18 of the text, the authors describe the skills necessary for optimizing leadership as situations change:

• Creating a compelling vision
• Managing conict
• Negotiation
• Diagnosing performance problems in individuals, groups, and organizations
• Team building at the top (p. 668)

In this assignment, you will apply the leadership theory provided in Chapters 16 and 18 to a real-world change initiative based upon your personal experience or a situation with which you are familiar.

Instructions

1. Review the rubric to make sure you understand the criteria for earning your grade.
2. Read Chapters 16 and 18 of our textbook, including all Proles and Highlights for added perspective on the chapter's content.
3. Write an analysis paper in response to the following:
   1. Describe a major change initiative that you have either experienced personally or of which you are familiar.
   2. Using the information in Chapter 16, illustrate how that change initiative depicted aspects of the rational approach to organizational change and characteristics of charismatic and transformational leadership. Provide a detailed explanation for your evaluation that demonstrates clear, insightful critical thinking.
   3. Using the information in Chapter 18, illustrate how that change initiative utilized one or several of the leadership skills listed in the chapter (i.e., creating a compelling vision, managing conict, etc.). Provide a detailed explanation for your evaluation that demonstrates clear, insightful critical thinking.
4. Your analysis should be 600 to 800 words in length. Use proper spelling, grammar, and APA stylein your analysis and any sources cited. For question on APA style, go to the APA Style Guide.
5. When you have completed your assignment, save a copy for yourself and submit a copy to your instructor by the end of the workshop.

Preview Rubric 6.3 Assignment (70 Points)

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Criteria	Level 4	Level 3	Level 2	Level 1	Criterion Score
Major Change Initiative and Rational Approach to Change	25 points You demonstrated clear, insightful critical thinking in describing a change initiative and the rational approach to change.	21 points You demonstrated competent critical thinking in describing a change initiative and the rational approach to change.	17 points You demonstrated limited critical thinking in describing a change initiative and the rational approach to change.	16 points (0-16 points) You demonstrated little to no critical thinking in describing a change initiative and the rational approach to change.	Score of Major Change Initiative and Rational Approach to Change, / 25
Application of Leadership Skills	25 points You demonstrated clear, insightful critical thinking in identifying leadership skills used in the change initiative you described.	21 points You demonstrated competent critical thinking in identifying leadership skills used in the change initiative you described.	17 points You demonstrated limited critical thinking in identifying leadership skills used in the change initiative you described.	16 points (0-16 points) You demonstrated little to no critical thinking identifying leadership skills used in the change initiative you described.	Score of Application of Leadership Skills, / 25
Organization and Writing	15 points You used a logical and coherent sequence in structuring your responses. You demonstrated exceptional simplicity, clarity, and conciseness in your writing.	12 points You used a logical sequence in structuring your responses. You demonstrated sufficient simplicity, clarity, and conciseness in your writing.	9 points You used an illogical sequence in structuring your responses. You demonstrated limited simplicity, clarity, and conciseness in your writing.	8 points (0-8 points) You used an illogical and incoherent sequence in structuring your responses. You demonstrated a lack of simplicity, clarity, and conciseness in your writing.	Score of Organization and Writing, / 15
Grammar, Spelling, Length, Citations	5 points Your sentence structure is complete with correct spelling, punctuation, and capitalization and varied diction and word choices. Your assignment length is correct with sources correctly cited.	4 points Your sentence structure has minor errors (fragments, run-ons) with correct spelling, punctuation, and capitalization but limited diction and word choices. Your assignment length is correct with sources correctly cited.	3 points Your sentence structure has several errors in sentence uency with multiple fragments/run-ons, poor spelling, punctuation, and/or word choice. Your assignment length is inappropriate with several format and citation errors.	2 points (0-2 points) Your sentence structure has serious and persistent errors in sentence uency, sentence structure, spelling, punctuation, and/or word choice. Your assignment length is inappropriate with several format and citation errors or sources not cited.	Score of Grammar, Spelling, Length, Citations, / 5

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