Option #1: Leadership Analysis Paper

For this Portfolio Project paper, you will choose two leaders, one male and one female. These two leaders do not need to be from the same organization. One leader should be what you would consider “effective and successful” and the other should be what you would consider “ineffective and unsuccessful.”

Compare these two leaders regarding their leadership characteristics, use of power and influence, and how these relate to their effectiveness or lack of effectiveness within their respective organization.

The entire portfolio project is worth 35% of your overall grade for this course. Make sure to use research to back up your statements within the paper. You will need to address each of the following as they relate to your two leaders. Each element is worth equal value.

Instructions:

• A brief background and organizational framework for each leader, including job title and general description, industry in which they work, number of subordinates they supervise, and their leadership level within the organization (lower level, middle level, executive level)
• A comparison of the techniques used by each leader to gain power in his or her role within the organization
• A comparison of how subordinates relate to each leader, including how much influence the subordinates have on each leader
• An analysis of how each leader uses influence to change the behavior of other leaders, co-workers, and subordinates within the organization
• A comparison of the techniques used by each leader to influence employee motivation
• An analysis of self-destructive tendencies (dark characteristics) of each leader, and how these tendencies affect the organization
• A comparison of how each leader rewards employees, and how effective the reward systems are
• An analysis of which leadership theory best describes each leader and the reasons why you selected the leadership theory based on research

Requirements:

• Your paper must be 8 pages in length, not counting the required title, abstract (Links to an external site.), and reference pages.
• You must back up your analysis with at least six references not used as required or recommended readings in this course. The CSU Global Library is a good place to find these sources. You may also use additional credible sources including newspapers, trade journals, government reports, and white papers. You may not use Wikipedia in any CSU Global course. You may use course required or recommended readings as additional sources over the required six references.
• Include a cover page denoting the paper title, your name, the course number and name, your instructor’s name, and the date you are making the submission.
• Include an outline or table of contents.

 use amazon ceo  leader jeff bezos and facebook leader Mark Zuckerberg 

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The two leaders I chose are Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg. Jeff Bezos is the CEO of amazon. Bezos’ successful businesses have made him one of wealthiest men in the world. Jeff Bezos was born in the year 1964 in New Mexico. He had early love for computers when he was growing up. He went further and studies computer science and electrical engineering at Princeton University (Kennedy, D. 2018).  After the university graduation, Bezos worked on Wall Street. In the year 1990, Jeff became the youngest senior vice president at the investment company D.E Shaw. After four years, Jeff resigned from his luxurious job and opened Amazon.com, which used to sell books online and later became one of the internet’s greatest success stories. In the year 2013, Jeff purchased the Washington Post. Later in the year 2017, Amazon obtained whole foods.

The second leader is Mark Zuckerberg. Mark Zuckerberg is the founder and the leader of facebook. He was born in the year 1984, the month of May date 14. He was born in the White Plains, New York, and later raised in close by Dobbs Ferry. Mark Zuckerberg was lucky to be born in a well-educated family and developed interest in computer programming at a young age. At the age of 12, Mark developed a messaging program and named it Zucknet that he later implemented it as an inter-office communication program for his father’s dental application. Because of his early signs of success, his parents provided him with a computer programming tutor when he was still in high school. After prep school in New Hampshire, Mark Zuckerberg joined Harvard University (Yu, L. 2019). During his early times at the university, Mark built two programs; FaceMash and CourseMatch. The programs later became popular at the university but later they were shut down. Mark went ahead and created facebook in the year 2004 and later dropped out of University to pursue facebook, full time. This made Mark one of the richest men in the world.

References

Kennedy, D. (2018). The Return of the Moguls: How Jeff Bezos and John Henry Are Remaking Newspapers for the Twenty-First Century. University Press of New England.

Yu, L. (2019). Short History of Social Networking and Its Far-Reaching Impact. In Advanced Methodologies and Technologies in Media and Communications (pp. 511-521). IGI Global.