BUS 520 Assignment 3: Using Leadership
to Improve Ethical Performance
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BUS 520 Assignment 3: Using Leadership to
Improve Ethical Performance
PART ONE
In Assignment 3: Using Leadership
to Improve Ethical Performance, you will conduct an interview with someone who you consider a
leader (e.g., current or former boss, a pastor or spiritual advisor, a friend
who can be considered a leader, etc.). You will then use the information that
you gather during the interview to write about the leadership characteristics
he / she possesses. Take a few minutes to review the specific criteria for Assignment 3 before you begin creating the Leader Profile. Next, complete the
following steps:
1. Identify an individual in your community that
you believe to be leader.
1.
Contact the individual
to determine if he / she will be able to participate in this project for
school.
2.
Schedule an
appointment to conduct an interview. Assignment 3 is due Week 9, so please plan
accordingly.
Note: As you think about the type of information you will need to
gather from your chosen leader during the interview, use your outline from
Assignment 2 as approved by your professor to guide your interview process.
1. Submit the following information in a Word
document:
1.
Provide a brief two [2] paragraph biography of the selected person, which includes a description of the individual, his / her job title, and name the organization where he / she works.
PART TWO
Assignment 3: Using Leadership to Improve Ethical Performance
Due Week 9 and worth points 300
At this point, you should have identified the leader you would
like to interview. You should also have already contacted him / her and have
scheduled an interview time / date. If not, do it as soon as possible. The intention
of this assignment is to describe leadership skills, ethics, and communication
which impact motivation and improve ethical performance.
Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:
1. Create five to seven (5-7) questions to ask
your chosen leader to determine his / her views of motivation, ethical
leadership and performance. Then, conduct the interview based on your selected
questions.
HINT: The following are some examples of questions. Feel free to
select them from here. However, we urge you to revise your Assignment 2 for
some ideas of what you would like to know from an experienced leader.
1.
1.
How would you define
leadership?
2.
As a leader, what do
you do when people on your team aren’t pulling their weight?
3.
What is one of the
greatest leadership challenges you have ever faced? What did you do? What was
the result?
4.
How would you describe
your communication style?
5.
Describe a situation
in which effective interpersonal communication skills contributed to your
success.
6.
Describe your personal
actions by which you convey to your staff that ethics/ethical behavior is a
high priority with you and that you also expect it to be a high priority with
your staff.
7.
Related to the
previous question, describe how your personal actions (demonstrating ethics is
a priority) have impacted your staff and/or colleagues.
8.
Describe a situation
where you recognized a need to communicate clear expectations for ethical
practice. How did you recognize that expectations had to be clarified? What did
you do or say to clarify the expectations?
2. Analyze the leadership, motivation, and
ethical values of the leader interviewed and assess its impact in the ethical
performance of the organization.
HINT: You should summarize the answers that you gathered in your
interview. Thereafter, you should compare and contrast his / her point of view
about leadership with your own perception of it.
1. Use at least two (2) quality academic
resources you have located using the Strayer Library resources / data bases in
this assignment. Note: Wikipedia does not qualify as an academic resource, and
neither do web-based blogs.
2. Format your assignment according to the
following formatting requirements:
1.
Typed, double spaced,
using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2.
Include a cover page
containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s
name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the
required page length.
3.
Include a reference
page. Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is
not included in the required page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this
assignment are:
·
Explain the variety of
motivational theories and job design considerations.
·
Explain the variety of
leadership theories and roles.
·
Evaluate ways
organizational culture can be managed and promote ethics in an organization.
·
Use technology and
information resources to research issues in leadership and organizational
behavior.
·
Write clearly and
concisely about leadership and organizational behavior using proper writing
mechanics.
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