This course taught you about leadership theories and the relevance to
organizational change. You also learned about the 21st-century
leadership theories and how they changed significantly to include women
in leadership roles as well as technology advances. For this assignment,
you will construct a reflection paper that is 500-700 words comparing/contrasting the traditional leadership theories versus the transition into the 21st Century.
Prompt
Follow these steps to organize your reflection paper:
Create an introduction to your paper by assessing the structural
changes of the traditional leadership theories versus modern theories.
Write down what you expected before reading about these business world
changes.
Develop a thesis statement and include it at the end of your
introduction. You may use the following reflection thesis structure:
‘From reading about the changes of key leadership theories to new
leadership theories of business today, I learned….’
Explain your points in the body of the paper. Write about your
findings based on your experience, perspective, and prior knowledge of
leadership theory changes since the 1800s. Include how your expectations
relate to the chapter text or not. The body of your paper must include
at least three separate points as three separate paragraphs.
Conclude with a succinct summary that describes your overall
understanding and relative business experiences and perspectives related
to core traditional leadership theories and the new leadership
theories’ changes over time.
Related Lessons
First, review the new leadership theories presented in:
What is New Leadership Theory?
Additional lessons students from the course that students can review for help include:
Trait Theories vs. Behavioral Theories of Leadership
Comparing Core Theories of Leadership: Relevance & Differences
The Transformational Leader
The Transactional Leader
The Charismatic Leader
Sources & Formatting
You may refer to the course material for supporting evidence, but you must use at least two credible outside sources and
cite them using APA formatting. Please include a mix of primary and
secondary sources, with at least one source from a scholarly
peer-reviewed journal. If you use any Study.com lessons as sources,
please also cite them in APA (including the lesson title and
instructor’s name).
Primary sources are first-hand accounts such as interviews,
advertisements, speeches, company documents, statements, and press
releases published by the company in question.
Secondary sources come from peer-reviewed scholarly journals
like the Journal of Management. You may use sites like JSTOR, Google
Scholar, and Social Science Research Network to find articles from these
journals. Secondary sources may also come from reputable websites with
.gov, .edu, or .org in the domain. (Wikipedia is not reputable, though
the sources listed in Wikipedia articles may be acceptable.)
