MGMT3105 - Leadership & Motivation- UWI Gobal Campus

Assignment Description and Instructions

Title: Personal leadership development: a self-reflection of my leadership style and opportunities for development.

Complete reflective, below with your leadership style and development by applying relevant leadership frameworks.

Instructions:

1. Research and present your perspectives on the meaning of the concept 'leadership'. Incorporate relevant references to the key theories and current practices of leadership.

2. Using the (example of) leadership style questionnaire instrument provided (below), finalize the leadership assessment questionnaire and record the results. Use your most recent real-world situations and leadership experiences to finalize this assessment.

3. Summarize the results of the questionnaire and critically analyze your leadership style. Assess how these results relate to your professional goals as a leader. This analysis should be linked to your leadership experiences. Relevant examples must be integrated.

4. Explore and critically discuss your preference of leadership styles based on the theoretical frameworks. Make reference to relevant leadership theories and concepts studied.

5. Address areas that you deem necessary for your development as a leader. Identify Suggest ways you can develop your leadership skills. Make reference to relevant leadership theories and concepts studied. Relevant examples must be integrated.

(leadership style questionnaire instrument)

This Leadership Style Questionnaire helps incoming leaders understand their preferred leadership style. The questionnaire provides three categories of leadership style (Authoritative, Democratic, Laissez faire) which are determined by a participant's cumulative score. Additional descriptions of each style are also included in the questionnaire that provides further insight into each style. StronglyD Strongly Statements sagree Disagree Neutral Agree Agree 1. Members need to be supervised closely or they are not likely to do their work. 3 4 5 2. It is fair to say that most members in the general population are lazy. 3 A 5 3. In complex situations, leaders should let members work out problems on their own. 2 3 4 5 4. Members want to be apart of the decision-making process. 3 5 5. Providing guidance withough pressure is the key to being a good leader. 5 6. As a rule, members must be given rewards or punishments in order to motivate them to achieve organizational objectives. 2 3 5 7. Leadership requires staying out of the way of members as they do their work. 2 5 8. Most members want frequent and supportive communication with their leaders. 2 3 5 9. As a rule, leaders should allow members to appraise their own work. 3 4 5 10. Most members feel insecure about their work and need direction. 4 5 11. Leaders need to help members accept responsibility for completing their work. W 12. Leaders should give members complete freedom to solve problems on their own. 4 5 13. In most situations members prefer little input from the leader. 5 14. It is the leader's job to help members find their "passion". 4 5 15. The leader is the chief judge of the achievements of the members of a group. 5 16. Effective leaders give orders and clarify procedures. 5 17. In general, it is best to leave members alone. 18. People are basicially competnet and if given a task will do a good job.Scoring Sum the responses for items 1, 2, 6, 10, 15, and 16 (authoritarian leadership) Sum the responses for items 4, 5, 8, 11, 14, and 18 (democratic leadership) Sum the responses on items 3, 7, 9, 12, 13, and 17 (laissez- faire leadership) Total Scores Authoritarian Leadership Democratic Leadership Laissez-Faire Leadership Scoring Interpretation This questionnaire is designed to measure three common styles of leadership: authoritarian, democratic, and laissez- faire. By comparing your score, you can determine which styles are most dominat and least dominant in your own style of leadership. Authoritarian Leadership - Leader needs to control members and what they do. They emphasize that they are in charge and exert influence and control over group members. Authoritarian leaders prefer communication be directed up. Democratic Leadership - Leaders treat members as fully capable of doing work on their own. They work with group members, try hard to treat everyone fairly, and to not be above others. Their main goal is to help group members reach personal goals. Communication is interactional between leader and members. Laissez-Faire Leadership - Leaders do not try to control member and do not try to nuture and guide members wither. Instead, this leader engages in minimal influence and has a "hands-off" approach. If your score is 26-30, you are in the very high range. If your score is 21-25 you ar in the high range. If your score is 16-20, you are in the moderate range. If your score is 11-15, you are in the low range. Of your score is 6-10, you are in the very low range. Adapted from Introduction to Leadership: Concepts and Practice by Peter G. Northouse (2009), Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGERubric for Assessment 1: Individual Research - 35%) Rubric out of 65 marks (Conversion: Final Score/70 x 40) Criteria Excellent Good Satisfactory Poor Introduction/ Excellently Well written Purpose, aim and Purpose, aim and Overview written summary; Purpose is objectives stated but objectives not clear summary; The evident and outlines could be more clearly or not evident; purpose is the aim, objectives presented; provides clearly and overall structure few relevant Background details outlined and of the paper; background details; not clear OR this section Information presented background details thoroughly Contains relevant provides acceptable not appropriate OR describes the background details; backdrop for the case background not aim and but with room for evident; Information objectives of Information presented improvement: presented provided the paper; The provided a good contains some inadequate backdrop overall backdrop for the case; information about the for the case, findings, structure of A concise summary of findings, recommendations the assignment the findings, recommendations and and conclusions. is excellently recommendations and conclusion. incorporated; conclusion. 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