Management Assignment
Assessment 2: Essay
Length: 2000 Words
Conditions: Individual
Weighting:50 %
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 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 different types of employees? Why do emotions (of
for example leaders, managers, employees) significantly impact employees’
performance?
Or
Analyze the
leadership and/or employee performance (such as their engagement, turnover,
commitment, wellbeing) 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 different types of employees (such as professionals versus
administrative employees, emotional labor, blue-collar versus white-collar
employees, different generational cohorts, and/or different ethnicities). Use positive leadership and/or Psychological Capital literature to suggest how to
move your workplace towards being more effective?
Note: if
you select this option you must get approval from your tutor and you MUST
demonstrate evidence that you are currently or recently employed by
the organization you are analyzing.
Marking criteria
Sections
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Assessing criteria
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Weight
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Literature
review
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· The 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 analyze and synthesize the emerging themes from at least
6 journal arguments to support your argument
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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 detailing the topic of the essay, and an outline of the essay.
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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 development.
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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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