In this assignment, you will select a leader who has been known to have had a transformational leadership style and write a four-to-six-page
Learning Goal: I’m working on a management writing question and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.
In this assignment, you will select a leader who has been known to have had a transformational leadership style and write a four-to-six-page biographical analysis of this leader.
Determine which leader you plan to write about and research their background and history, leadership impact, and how they may have matured over the years.
Leader: Walt Disney, Innovator
In your paper,
- Provide relevant historical background, including important experiences and influences in their life.
- Discuss three important actions this leader took that began to influence transformational change in their field and in the world.
- Describe the influence this leader had on employees or others by providing examples of the following:
- This leader’s style of interaction with employees or others in their sphere, and
- How individuals respond to this leader
- Evaluate the overall impact this leader had on the world, including how they changed the way things were done in business or society and their lasting influence on the world today.
- Evaluate how analyzing this leader has deepened your understanding of your own leadership style and of the transformational leadership style.
The Analyzing a Transformational Leader paper
- Must be four to six double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA Style (Links to an external site.) as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft Word (Links to an external site.) resource.
- Must include a separate title page with the following:
- Title of paper in bold font
- Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page.
- Student’s name
- Name of institution (The University of Arizona Global Campus)
- Course name and number
- Instructor’s name
- Due date
- Title of paper in bold font
- Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice (Links to an external site.) resource for additional guidance.
- Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
- For assistance on writing Introductions & Conclusions (Links to an external site.) and Writing a Thesis Statement (Links to an external site.), refer to the Writing Center resources.
- Must use at least three scholarly, peer-reviewed, or credible sources in addition to the course text.
- The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source.
- To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, view the Quick and Easy Library Research (Links to an external site.) tutorial, which introduces the University of Arizona Global Campus Library and the research process, and provides some library search tips.
- Must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.) guide.
- Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center. See the APA: Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) resource in the Writing Center for specifications
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