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Improvement Intervention Paper.
As strategic leaders, we encounter daily challenges. If we are not strategic leaders, we use the leaders in our environment as touchstones to determine whether we want to emulate them. To be more effective leaders, knowledge of strategic leaders’ character, competencies, and actions is critical. With this in mind, you are asked to do the following:
Part 1: Determining Strategic Leaders’ Views of Leadership In 2,500-3,000 words:
1. Conduct a short interview (10 questions) with 2 leaders/managers in your workplace (place interview questions in appendix);
2. Ensure that you ask their opinions on the following: (questions must cover a-h) :
a. Evolving Leadership Realities;
b. The role of strategic leadership competencies in executing their leadership functions.
c. The role of Ethics and Value in Leadership;
d. Which theory/theories of leadership do they practice?
e. What leadership attributes do they consider the most critical given their work environment?
f. What symbols do they use to represent a successful strategic leader?
g. What is their understanding of the interactional framework for analysing leadership?
h. What is their strategy for dealing with conflict and negotiations?
3. Categorize the findings into themes (related to one or more theories) and use
3 to 5 scholarly peer-reviewed articles to justify the themes; the responses from the 2 interviews have to be looked at as ‘one’ and not separately to determine the themes that came out from the interviews. It must relate back to one or more leadership theories. coding into themes can be done via Nvivo or manually.
4. Create a concept map showing the connection of theories to the themes.
Part 2: Design a Leadership Approach In 1,450-1,500 words:
Based on the findings from the interview and your observations of the leaders. Do the following:
1. create a hybrid strategic leadership approach that would best suit your workplace;
2. create a definition of the hybrid model;
3. describe two examples of how it can be implemented in your workplace; and
4. substantiate this approach using 3 to 5 scholarly peer-reviewed literature.
Part 3: Personal Framework Reflection (PFR) In 1,500-2,000 words:
1. Throughout the process, use journaling, memoing, bracketing, and reflexivity to document the experience;
2. Present the information in number 1 in your discussion and refer to it in the appendix;
3. While conceptualizing the assignment, what was your initial approach to planning and implementing it?
4. Re-read your journal and fieldnotes etc. and determine, based on the interviews and the creation of a hybrid strategic leadership model, whether a paradigm shift took place in your belief about strategic leadership.
5. At any time, throughout the process, did you experience cognitive dissonance, if yes, give an example, if no why not?
6. Use 3-5 scholarly peer-reviewed literature to substantiate what you are saying.
Presentation of assignment
• Your work should be typed on A4 or letter-sized paper, one side only, double-spaced with margins (at least one inch) on both sides of each page.
• Use APA format for references. Please use this link to ensure that you adhere to APA 7TH edition format https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_a nd_style_guide/general_format.html
• Pages should be numbered consecutively, including the references and/or appendices.
• All sources appearing in your text must be cited in the “References”, in alphabetical order.
• Each piece of work should have a cover sheet, showing your name, course code and title, an appropriate title of the assignment, course tutor, and submission date.
• Avoid errors of punctuation and spelling. Keep your tense usage consistent. Check your work by using the spell checker and ask friends to proofread your completed work.
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