M3A1 Writing a Persuasive Briefing Document
In this assignment, you are the retiring CEO of a very successful business. You plan to leave your current position within one year. As a result, you have developed a 7-10 page briefing document that will persuade the Board to hire a new CEO who is a high performance manager. Using what you have learned in this course, your assignment is to persuade the Board to hire a high performance manager. In other words, you must figure out and explain to the Board why it is so important for the Board to hire someone who possesses the characteristics of a high performance manager.
Your briefing document should contain recommendations based on the most important characteristics of a high performance manager. Using examples from the course readings and other sources, properly cited using APA style, your briefing document should also integrate the critical roles and competencies of organization development and authentic leadership to demonstrate how these are associated with high performance management. Your document must contain specific examples to support your recommendations.
Your briefing document should be well-organized, rigorously objective, and faithful to the evidence about high performance management presented in the assigned texts and additional readings. The goal of this assignment is to not just dump data but to thoughtfully develop a persuasive argument about why a high performance manager is essential for the company.
Your document must be succinct and clearly written. You must use examples (e.g., texts and articles) from the course readings and other related materials as evidence to support your recommendations.
Organizational Specifics:
Use Times Roman 12 point pitch, double-spaced.
Use APA style citations (Smith, 2003).
Please LIMIT your use of direct quotations. This should be written in your own words to demonstrate your understanding of the course module concepts. Be sure to appropriately give credit where it is due to your references. You may use other reference materials, as appropriate (Please do not use Wikipedia as a reference.)
Important: Please save your file using Your Last Name_M3A1.docx (e.g., Kelly_M3A1.docx).
Course Materials:
Required Texts
MA: Harvard Business Review Press.
• Anderson, D. L. (2020 or later edition). Organization development: The process of
leading organization change. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
• George, B., & Clayton, Z. (2022). True north, emerging leader edition: Leading
authentically in today’s workplace. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons
