Kim Woods Only (600 Week 3 Leadership and Management Paper)

                                            Leadership and Management Paper 

5 page paper that defines, compares and contrasts leadership and management; identifies the traits and characteristics of effective leaders and efficient managers; assesses your effectiveness as a leader and manager; and reflects on insights gained.  

Resources: 

Greenleaf, R. K. (2008). The servant as leader. Westfield, IN: The Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership. ISBN: 780982 201220 

Northouse, P. G. (2016). Leadership: Theory and practice (7th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. ISBN: 978-1-4833-1753-3

◦Blanchard, K.H., Zigarmi, D., & Nelson, R.B. (1993). Situational leadership after 25 years: A retrospective. Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, 1(1), 22 – 35.   

◦Blake, R., & Mouton, J. (1975). Overview of the grid. Training and Development Journal, 29(5), 29 – 37. 

◦Leadership Grid:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDg84w3ZI2c 

◦Situational Leadership:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDHpyr6nlwQ

Leader-ManagerAssessment
OLCU 600 Week 3 Assignment and Rubric

Length: Paper: 4 – 5 double-spaced pages (excluding title and references pages)
Due: Week 3 by Sunday Midnight
Value: 120 Points for 12% of the grade
Post: Week 3 Assignments

Leader-Manager Assessment
Prepare and submit a 4 – 5 page paper that defines, compares and contrasts leadership and
management, identifies the traits and characteristics of effective leaders and efficient managers,
assesses your effectiveness as a leader and manager, and reflects on insights gained. A well-constructed
paper will reference 3 or more scholarly sources including 2 journal articles such as those assigned in
Weeks 1 and 2, and adhere to APA standards.

Leadership and Management
Define, compare and contrast leadership and management. Support your analysis with 2 scholarly
sources including 1 journal article.

Traits and Characteristics
Identify the traits and characteristics of an effective leader and efficient manager, and discuss why they
important. Support your analysis with two (2) or more scholarly sources including 1 journal article.

Personal Assessment
Based on your analysis of the traits and characteristics of leaders and managers, assess your personal
effectiveness as a leader and a manager. You may want to draw on the findings from the Trait and Skills
Questionnaires at the end of chapters 2 and 3 in Northouse. Include an analysis of why you are or aren’t
stronger in one and/or the other role.

Reflective Analysis
Identify three (3) insights gained into leadership, management, and/or your personal effectiveness. What
surprised you and what will you do differently to enhance your effectiveness? Describe two (2) specific
actions you will take to enhance your leadership and/or managerial effectiveness.

Rubric: Evaluation Criteria

Criteria Exemplary Proficient Developing Emerging

Leadership and
Management

25 – 23
Comprehensively
compares and
contrasts leadership
and management;
provides clear,
concise and
accurate definitions
of both. Uses 2
scholarly sources
including 1 journal
article.

22 – 20
Compares and
contrasts leadership
and management;
provides fairly clear
and accurate
definitions of both.
Uses 2 sources but
one may not be
scholarly.

19 – 17
Somewhat compares
and contrasts
leadership and
management but
may not clearly
define one. May use
1 – 2 sources that
may not be
scholarly.

16 – 0
Limited if any
comparison of
leadership and
management. May
not define one or
both. May not
support discussion
with citations and/or
scholarly sources.

Traits and
Characteristics

25 – 23
Clearly and
concisely identifies 3
traits and
characteristics of
both an effective
leader and efficient
manager; discusses
importance of each
characteristic. Uses

22 – 20
Identifies 3 traits and
characteristics of an
effective leader
and/or efficient
manager; may not
address both or
discuss importance.
Uses 2 sources
including 1 journal

19 – 17
Identifies 1 – 2 traits
and characteristics
of an effective leader
and/or efficient
manager; does not
address both or may
not discuss
importance. Uses 1
source which may

16 – 0
Limited if any
identification of the
traits and
characteristics of an
effective leader
and/or efficient
manager. May not
support discussion
with citations and/or

2 scholarly sources
including 1 journal
article.

article; 1 source may
not be scholarly.

not be scholarly. scholarly sources.

Personal
Assessment

25 – 23
Uses analysis of
effective
leader/manager
characteristics to
assess personal
effectiveness as both
a leader and
manager.
Analyzes strengths
in each role.

22 – 20
Assess personal
effectiveness as a
leader and a
manager with links to
effective
leader/manager
characteristics
Analyzes strengths
in each role.

19 – 17
Somewhat assesses
effectiveness as a
leader and a
manager but doesn’t
link to effective
leader/manager
characteristics,
May not analyzes
strengths in both
roles.

16 – 0
Limited if any
discussion of
personal
effectiveness as a
leader and/or
manager. May not
analyze strengths in
either role.

Reflective Analysis 20 – 19
Clearly and
concisely discusses
3 insights gained into
leadership,
management, and/or
personal
effectiveness.
Discusses surprises,
and identifies 2
specific actions to
enhance leadership
and/or managerial
effectiveness.

18 – 17
Discusses 2 – 3
insights gained into
leadership,
management, and/or
personal
effectiveness.
Discusses surprises,
and describe 2 fairly
specific actions to
enhance leadership
and/or managerial
effectiveness.

16 – 15
Discusses 1 – 2
insights gained into
leadership,
management, and/or
personal
effectiveness but
may not discuss
surprises. Describe 1
– 2 general actions to
enhance leadership
and/or managerial
effectiveness.

14 – 0
Limited if any
reflective analysis.
Discusses 0 – 2
insights gained into
leadership,
management, and/or
personal
effectiveness;
Identifies 0 – 1
actions to enhance
leadership and/or
managerial
effectiveness.

APA and Sources 10
Uses 3 or more
scholarly sources
including 2 journal
articles. Uses
headers and
accurately adheres
to APA standards;
reference page and
citations are correct.
All sources listed in
References are cited
in paper

9 – 8
Uses 2 – 3 scholarly
sources including 1
journal articles. .
Uses headers and
adheres to APA
standards; reference
page and citations
are correct with
minor (1-3) errors. .
All sources listed in
References are cited
in paper

7
Uses 1 – 2 scholarly
sources. May use
headers and
somewhat adheres
to APA standards;
the work of others is
cited but with
numerous (4 – 10)
errors. Sources
listed in References
and citations may
not match

6 – 0
Uses 0 – 2 scholarly
sources. Limited
adherence to APA
standards in the
paper and Reference
page; work of others
may be cited but with
multiple (11+) errors.
Sources listed in
References and
citations do not
match

Writing Mechanics 15 – 14
Paper is logical and
well-written; spelling,
grammar and
punctuation are
accurate. Paper is
the required length
of 4 – 5 pages of
content, and
includes a correctly
prepared title page.

13 – 12
Paper is logical and
fairly well-written but
with minor (1 – 3)
errors in spelling,
grammar and/or
punctuation. The
content may be 5%
too long or short;
includes a correctly
prepared title page.

11 – 10
Paper is somewhat
logical but with
several (4 – 10)
errors in spelling,
grammar and/or
punctuation. Content
may be 10% too long
or short; and may
not include a
correctly prepared
title page

9 – 0
The paper lacks
clarity and may be
confusing; may
contain numerous
(11+) errors in
spelling, grammar
and/or punctuation.
The content may be
15% too long or
short, and may not
include a title page