Length: Paper: six-page (excluding title and ref pages)

OLCU 613 Week 8: Leadership Effectiveness Application Paper -

Leadership Effectiveness Application Paper Guidelines

Six-page paper that identifies four (4) important insights gained into organizational dynamics, and how you have or will apply them to enhance your leadership effectiveness. A well-constructed paper will ref 4 or more scholarly sources including 3 peer-reviewed journal articles retrieved from UMass Global's virtual library, and adhere to APA standards.

As outlined in the rubric below, your paper should address the following:

• Use course theories and concepts to identify 4 significant insights gained into organizational dynamics that has changed your behavior and/or thinking; define and discuss the value and importance of the theories and concepts to leadership effectiveness.
• Assess your current effectiveness as a leader, and describe how and why the application of the insights gained will improve your leadership practice.
• Make a specific action plan based on the insights gained from course theories and concepts to improve your leadership effectiveness.

Rubric

1. Clearly and concisely identifies and reflects in-depth on 4 important insights gained from course theories and concepts that have or could enhance leadership effectiveness; links 4 insights to course theories and concepts discussing how and why behavior and/or thinking has changed

2. Comprehensively assesses current leadership effectiveness, and creates a specific action plan to integrate the 4 insights to improve leadership practice discussing how and why the actions planned are appropriate.

3. Consistently employs critical analysis in creating an effective action plan that synthesizes and integrates insights gained, course theories and concepts, and actions planned to improve leadership practice.

4. Uses 4 or more scholarly sources including 3 journal articles. Accurately adheres to APA standards; reference page and citations are correct. All sources listed in Ref are cited.