LDR 6302 Unit III Case Study

Leadership In Organizations-Case Studies

This paper will have three parts:

 

Part 1

Select a diverse organization with powerful leadership and follow the guidelines below:

• Briefly describe the organization and the main leadership.
• Describe how the leadership is developed for cultural shifts and organizational changes.
• Analyze how the leadership influences performance in the diverse organization
• Examples: Tesla, Microsoft, Apple, Facebook, Disney, General Motors, WhatsApp

 

Note: you are not limited to choosing from this list.

 

Part 2

Select a charismatic leader and a transformational leader of your choice, and follow the guidelines below.

Include the following information about the leaders:

• Describe the five qualities of your selected charismatic leader (self-confident, inspirational, articulate, revolutionary/disruptor, supportive).
• Describe any four of the six qualities that your selected leader possesses using the framework for analysis for a transformational leader, which was discussed in Van Wart’s (2015) article located in the Unit II readings.
• Predict the possible drawbacks of being a charismatic or transformational leader.
• Reflect on why you selected your leaders.
• Examples of charismatic leaders include General George Patton, John F. Kennedy, Nelson Mandela, and Moses;
• Examples of transformational leaders include Ross Perot, John D. Rockefeller, Attila the Hun, Walt Disney, and Julius Caesar

 

Note: you are not limited to choosing from these lists

 

Part 3

• Conclude with an evaluation: Does (do) the key leader(s) in the organization you presented in Part 1 exhibit any charismatic or transformational leadership qualities? Explain your answer.

 

Research sources to support your ideas. Your essay should be at least five pages in APA Style. The title or reference pages do not count toward this requirement. You must include at least three sources, at least two sources should come from the CSU Online Library. Your textbook can be a resource. Please label each part of your paper according to the outline listed above.

 

All sources used must have in-text citations and references, and your paper must be properly formatted in APA Style.