Leadership Assignment
Assessment 2: Essay
Length : 2000 words
Conditions : Individual
Weighting : 50%
The
following assessment aims to examine how well you understand the relationship between authentic leadership,
effective Leader-Member Exchange and management support and the psychological
capital of employees of different employee groups. It continues the
development of Cultural Competence Learning Outcome and Graduate Attribute by
facilitating students’ increased knowledge and awareness about how authentic leadership, effective Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) and
management support interact on employees outcomes.
Requirements
Pick a topic below and write a well-referenced literature review in response. You are expected to use the
academic literature to support a well-constructed argument. This assignment must be
submitted through the Turnitin link for this assignment.
1.
What is the relationship between authentic leadership,
Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) and employees’ Psychological Capital (PsyCap)?
Critically review the literature that explains how to build the Psychological
Capital of some different types of employees (such as professionals versus
administrative employees, emotional labour, blue collar versus white collar
employees, different generational cohort, and/or different ethnicities)? Why do
emotions (of for example leaders, managers, employees) significantly impact
employees’ performance?
Or
2. Analyse the leadership and/or employee performance (such
as their engagement, turnover, commitment, well being) at your workplace and
compare it with the positive leadership and Psychological Capital
literature. How similar or different is
your workplace from what is potentially possible as per recent research
studies? Please consider some different types of employees (such as
professionals versus administrative employees, emotional labour, blue collar
versus white collar employees, different generational cohorts, and/or different
ethnicities). Use the positive leadership and/or Psychological Capital
literature to suggest how to move your workplace towards being more effective?
Marking
criteria
Sections
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Assessing criteria
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Weightage
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Literature review
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· Literature reviewed is relevant to the chosen topic
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5 marks
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Synthesis of the Literature
Review
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·Critically analyse and synthesise the emerging themes from at least 6
journal arguments to support your argument
·Sources reviewed are acceptable and referenced correctly
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20 marks
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Applying the
knowledge
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· Clearly address all aspects of the question
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15 mark
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Paragraphing
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· The introduction should have
a topic sentence specifying the topic of the essay; a well-developed argument
and an outline of the essay.
· Each paragraph that
follows should be a well-constructed paragraph comprising approximately 150
words each. A paragraph should have a topic sentence. This should be followed by
sentences that are referenced and add depth to the argument.
· The final paragraph should provide a summary of
the essay. It requires no references and is usually shorter than other
paragraphs.
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10 marks
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Total
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50
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