Details
This task requires you
to write an essay (maximum 1700 words excluding title page, references and
appendix). Your essay will be marked using the
Reflective Practice Rubric attached. Have roughly 4
references per 500 words.
Task summary
You will use contemporary leadership’s knowledge, theory,
and methodologies to reflect on and analyse a personal experience (Need to
be in a pharmaceutical company background). To do this you will pick a
personal experience that fits one of three situations and use a
structure based on Gibbs Reflective Cycle to write an essay (maximum 1700
words, excluding title page, references and appendix) that meets the criteria
outlined.
In completing this task, you are expected to draw upon
broader knowledge about contemporary leadership. Including references to other
readings to support and contextualise your opinion is required.
Task description
Select one of the following:
A challenging situation where you were working on a project and
needed to demonstrate leadership in a group.
A positive or negative situation where you observed a real-life
example of leadership.
A positive or negative situation where you were a follower working
on a project under the leadership of someone else.
Use the following essay structure (based on Gibbs
Reflective Cycle) to describe, analyse and reflect upon the situation. It
is expected that you will use the relevant literature and theory of contemporary
leadership (such as Transactional leadership, transformational leadership, different styles of
motivation, four work styles of team members and their work styles, defining
mission, visions, the blue ocean strategy and Freytag’s Pyramid, creation and
promotion of a positive work culture, importance of mistake-making in
leadership growth and business development, technology advancements are
altering the traditional workplace, decentralised work and decentralised
leadership) to understand, analyse and reflect on your chosen
situation.
Your essay should be structured using the following
headings
Description
Feelings
Evaluation
Analysis
Conclusion
Action plan
Privacy and confidentiality In
the interests of company and personal privacy, and for ethical reasons, please
do not use the real names of people in your Reflective Practice essay. Please
write on the cover page, ‘The names of people and the company have been changed
for the purpose of the assignment’.
Task conditions
Essays are marked on how well the specific requirements are achieved
in accordance with the assessment criteria in the
rubric.
Essays must follow the APA 7th edition referencing style
