Assignment Content

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   Resources: Ch. 12 and 14 of Management: A Practical Introduction
   Prepare a 700- to 1,050-word paper outlining key concepts of leadership.
   Include the following in your paper:

   • Describe at least three different types of behavioral leadership approaches.
   • Select a prominent leader and identify their dominant leadership style. Provide examples to justify your selection.
   • Explain the two situational leadership approaches (the Fiedler contingency leadership model and the path-goal leadership model)
   • Analyze their potential advantages over the behavioral leadership approaches.
   • Explore the uses of transformational leadership, including the idea that the best leaders are both transactional and transformational.
   • Assess the four key behaviors of transformational leaders for inspiring employees.

   Use APA formatting to complete your paper, grammar check.

   Wk 4 – Apply: Leadership Examination [due Mon]Menu

   Rubric Details

   Maximum Score130 points

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     Behavioral Leadership Approaches

     15% of total gradeOutstanding Achievement Description of leader, leadership style, and examples thoroughly developed. 19.5Very Good Work Description of leader, leadership style, and examples sufficiently developed. 16.6Average Work Description of leader, leadership style, and examples minimally provided. 14.6Unacceptable Work Missing or inadequate description of leader, leadership style, or examples. 9.8

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     Leadership Style Identification

     15% of total gradeOutstanding Achievement Description of leader, leadership style, and examples were thoroughly developed. 19.5Very Good Work Description of leader, leadership style, and examples were sufficiently developed. 16.6Average Work Description of leader, leadership style, and examples were minimally provided. 14.6Unacceptable Work Missing or inadequate description of leader, leadership style, or examples. 9.8

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     Situational Leadership Approaches

     15% of total gradeOutstanding Achievement Situational leadership approaches were thoroughly identified. 19.5Very Good Work Situational leadership approaches were appropriately explained 16.6Average Work Situational leadership approaches were explained but, not well developed. 14.6Unacceptable Work Situational leadership approaches were not properly explained. 9.8

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     Advantages of Situational Versus Behavioral Leadership

     15% of total gradeOutstanding Achievement Skillful analysis of potential advantages. 19.5Very Good Work Analysis of potential advantages was sufficiently well developed. 16.6Average Work Analysis of potential advantages was underdeveloped. 14.6Unacceptable Work Analysis of potential advantages missing or illogical. 9.8

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     Transformational Leadership

     15% of total gradeOutstanding Achievement Transformational leadership was skillfully explored and/or key behaviors of transformational leaders was thoroughly assessed. 19.5Very Good Work Transformational leadership was explored and key behaviors of transformational leaders was adequately assessed. 16.6Average Work Transformational leadership was vaguely explored and/or key behaviors of transformational leaders was minimally assessed. 14.6Unacceptable Work Transformational leadership was not adequately explored and/or key behaviors of transformational leaders was not assessed. 9.8

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     Content

     10% of total gradeOutstanding Achievement The content was substantial and in-depth and excellent resources were used. 13Very Good Work The content and the resources used were appropriate. 11.1Average Work The content was too basic or resources were less than expected. 9.8Unacceptable Work The content was incomplete or lacking the minimum resources. 6.5

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     APA

     5% of total gradeOutstanding Achievement All of the writing style, format, and citations are consistent with APA rules. 6.5Very Good Work Majority of writing style, format, and citations are consistent with APA rules. 5.5Average Work Portions of the writing style, format, and citations are not consistent with APA rules. 4.9Unacceptable Work Writing style, format, and citations are not consistent with APA rules. 3.3

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     Tone

     5% of total gradeOutstanding Achievement Tone and level of discussion exemplify high level of ability to communicate in academic writing. 6.5Very Good Work Tone and level of discussion is at an appropriate level. 5.5Average Work Tone and level of discussion is approaching expected level, but writing should be elevated. 4.9Unacceptable Work Tone and level of discussion is not appropriate to the content and assignment. 3.3

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     Sentence Structure

     5% of total grade