Leadership and Management Assignment Essay: Evaluating Organisational Impact and Performance

A suggested layout of the essay:

1. Introduction. This should include a brief background to the organisation and may address structure, culture, size etc.
2. Leadership and organisational performance: describe and analyse the prevailing management and leadership style in the chosen organisation and include reference to theories and or models to support their assertions.
3. Issues and consequences relating to Leadership and Management approaches. Following on from the section on leadership styles you can address the key issues and consequences related to the chosen leadership and management style and its impact on the organisation citing examples and or theories/models to support their assertions.
4. Possible Solution’s/ Recommendations
5. Conclusion
6. References/ Bibliography

Any quotes from external sources are available.

The Written Assignment essay should be completed at the conclusion of the course, once all sessions have been completed. Please check the course details for the exact submission date.

The goal of the essay is to demonstrate how you are thinking about putting course concepts, models, tools and practices in your own context to demonstrate the course learning outcomes:

• Apply models that describe organisations, and approaches to Leadership and Management
• Plan for people management issues as they relate to performance in an Organisations
• Anticipate consequences of a range of management decisions and approaches
• Create a personal leadership development plan by reflecting on your own leadership journey
• Demonstrate the ability to express a personal management strategy and rationale

The essay should contain approximately 3,000 words.

The title is “The Impact and Effectiveness of Leadership and Management in My Organisation”.