Task

Mid Term Assignment: Effective Leadership

Purpose of the Assignment:

The assignment is designed to provide learners the opportunity to demonstrate their ability to discuss leadership traits & styles and explore contemporary
challenges.

Leadership Implementation Individual report:

Please select an organization that you are familiar with or wish to conduct research on. Please answer the following questions:

1. Please discuss the most appropriate leadership style that needs to be implemented for your organization to survive and prosper. You will need to reflect on
the relevant theoretical concepts and leadership styles we cover during our webinars.

2. Please explain how Covid – 19 and the contemporary business environment and its challenges affect leadership in your selected organization. What
additional leadership qualities and characteristics are required today for effective leadership?

Deadline: Wednesday 17 March, 14:00 CEST

Word Limit: 1500

Both questions carry equal marks

Suitable Reference System: Harvard

Credit will be given for evidence of:

• Library/Internet based research. Try to use a mixture of resources – books, articles as well as the internet.

COURSE CODE BCO323 COURSE NAME Organizational Communication Task brief & rubrics

• Understanding of the issues raised by the questions.

• Concise and clear presentation. Acknowledge any quotes, ideas or arguments that are not your own using the Harvard system. Include a list of references.

• Originality and a critical and questioning approach. It is important to be objective and to support statements with evidence.

• A logical structure and well-argued conclusion.

Good luck!

Formalities:

• Word count: 1500

• Cover, Table of Contents, References and Appendix are excluded of the total wordcount.

• Font: Arial 12,5 pts.

• Text alignment: Justified.

• The in-text References and the Bibliography have to be in Harvard’s citation style.

Submission: Week (7) Via Moodle (Turnitin).

Deadline: Wednesday 17 March 2021 – 14:00 CEST

Weight: This task is a 40% of your total grade for this subject.

Rubrics

Exceptional 90-100 Good 80-89 Fair 70-79 Marginal fail 60-69

Knowledge & Student demonstrates Student demonstrates Student understands the Student understands the task

Understanding excellent understanding of good understanding of the task and provides minimum and attempts to answer the
(20%) key concepts and uses task and mentions some theory and/or some use of question but does not

vocabulary in an entirely relevant concepts and vocabulary. mention key concepts or uses
appropriate manner. demonstrates use of the minimum amount of relevant
relevant vocabulary. vocabulary.

Application (30%) Student applies fully Student applies mostly Student applies some Student applies little relevant
relevant knowledge from relevant knowledge from relevant knowledge from knowledge from
the Leadership Leadership the Leadership Leadership

topics topics topics topics
delivered in class. delivered in class. delivered in class. delivered in class.

Misunderstanding may be Misunderstands are evident.
evident.

Critical Thinking Student critically assesses Student critically assesses Student provides some Student makes little or none

(30%) in excellent ways, drawing in good ways, drawing insights but stays on the critical thinking insights, does
outstanding conclusions conclusions from relevant surface of the topic. not quote appropriate
from relevant authors. authors and references. References may not be authors, and does not
relevant. provide valid sources.

Communication Student communicates Student communicates Student communicates Student communicates their

(20%) their ideas extremely their ideas clearly and their ideas with some ideas in a somewhat unclear
clearly and concisely, concisely, respecting word clarity and concision. It and unconcise way. Does not
respecting word count, count, grammar and may be slightly over or reach or does exceed
grammar and spellcheck spellcheck under the wordcount limit. wordcount excessively and
Some misspelling errors misspelling errors are
may be evident. evident.