MNP-502: LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY Final Project    Purpose  This final project provides students the opportunity to plan and apply theories and concepts of leadership to their own professional life by composing a 7–9 page paper (1750 to 2250 words with a typical font and spacing) in which a leadership plan is laid out within a specific organizational setting

MNP-502: LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

Final Project 

Purpose 

This final project provides students the opportunity to plan and apply theories and concepts of leadership to their own professional life by composing a 7–9 page paper (1750 to 2250 words with a typical font and spacing) in which a leadership plan is laid out within a specific organizational setting. 

Recommended Topics  

Consider the following topics for this final project and keep in mind the context of this paper — your organization or one that you have researched online:

• Trait perspective
• Assigned vs. emergent leadership
• The role of power in leadership
• Coercive leadership
• The skills approach to leadership
• The style approach to leadership

• Situational leadership
• Contingency theory
• Path-goal theory
• Leader-member exchange theory

• Transformational leadership
• Servant leadership

Instructions

1. Describe the context/setting (current workplace, past workplace, or a business/organization you have researched online.) Also, describe the position, title, duties, and responsibilities.

2.             Provide an analysis of which models or aspects of leadership's primary theories (those covered in this course) align with your beliefs, personality, ethics, and vision. [CO1, CO5]

3.             Describe and evaluate a minimum of four leadership approaches and evaluate their potential for success in this context. [CO1, CO2]

4.             Choose one (or a combination of approaches) that would be most effective in this environment, considering ethics and personality (your own). [CO3, CO4, CO5, CO6]

Support your choice with critical assessment and analysis. [CO1,