Ashford BUS321 Personal Program of Managerial Leadership Development Question # 00602657 Subject: Education Due on: 07/02/2019 Posted On: 07/02/2019 04:53 AM Tutorials: 1 Rating: 4.6/5

Personal Program of Managerial Leadership Development

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Prior to beginning work on this assignment, read Chapter 10
of The Leadership Experience.

The Final Paper is designed to demonstrate your
understanding of the course. Using a minimum of five scholarly sources, write a
six- to eight-page APA-formatted paper in a narrative format. Formulate a
personal program of managerial leadership development that is based on the
information presented in the course text.

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In your paper,

Designate general categories or groups of leadership
theories.

These include: Traits Theories, Contingency Theories,
Relational Theories, and others listed in the course text.

Select one specific category of theories from the course
text.

Defend why the selected category of leadership theories is
most relevant to organizational leadership.

Discuss the leadership style you will adhere to and the
specific reasons for selecting this style.

Examine how your leadership skills will influence your
ability to motivate followers in an organization.

Identify an area of weakness in your personal leadership.

Explain how you will develop this area of weakness into a
strength.

Evaluate the factors that influence organizational culture,
such as organizational structure, size, policies and procedures, staff, and
office politics.

Evaluate your leadership style based on the factors you
chose above.

The Final Paper

Must be six to eight double-spaced pages in length (not
including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as
outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s APA Style (Links to an external
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Must include a separate title page with the following:

Title of paper

Student’s name

Course name and number

Instructor’s name

Date submitted

For further assistance with the formatting and the title
page, refer to APA Formatting for Word 2013 (Links to an external site.)Links
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Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice (Links
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guidance.

Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your
introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that
indicates the purpose of your paper.

For assistance on writing Introductions & Conclusions
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Thesis Statement (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., refer
to the Ashford Writing Center resources.

Must use at least five scholarly sources in addition to the
course text.

The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources
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guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a
specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your
instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a
specific source for a particular assignment.

Must document any information used from sources in APA style
as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s Citing Within Your Paper (Links to
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Must include a separate references page that is formatted
according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. See the
Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.)Links to an
external site. resource in the Ashford Writing Center for specifications.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external
site.)Links to an external site. for the criteria that will be used to evaluate
your assignment.