Assignment:
Analyzing Leadership Decisions
For this option, your final Portfolio Project is a thoughtful analysis of an ineffective or poor leadership decision. You may use a well-known leadership decision, such as the 2011 decision to split Netflix, which resulted in serious financial losses for the organization. Your project must include the following:
• Research a leadership decision that was ineffective or did not have the desired results.
• Describe the problem that may have precipitated the decision, as well as the apparent processes used by the leaders involved in the decision-making effort. Use terms from this course.
• Critique the processes they implemented, applying what you learned from this course.
• Recommend a different approach that could have been taken, using theories and methodologies from this course.
• Present a strong case for how your recommendations could have altered the decision made, leading to more effective results for the organization.
• Use theory from this course to support your evaluation, critique, and recommendations.
This assignment may be delivered in the form most suitable to your response. You can write a paper or create a slide presentation, website, or video. You could also try out a new tool such as Prezi or VoiceThread.
Hi tutor: Let's proceed to choose a written format of 10 to 12 pages in length for this paper, thanks.
• If you choose a written format, your paper should be 10 to 12 pages in length; if you choose a slide presentation, it should include 20-24 slides, with notes and narration to support the content of your slides. If you choose an alternative format, it should contain the same depth, breadth, substance, and quality as described above. A website must contain at least 3 to 4 pages based on sound design principles, and include content depth. A video must be 5-6 minutes in length, and an audio cast must be at least 20-30 minutes long, both demonstrating good production principles.
Such principles include, for example, color choices, readable font sizes and types, and appropriate and professional graphics for a website or presentation. For audio, make sure the recording is not "choppy." It is usually a good idea to follow a script when recording. The recording should sound professional and be free of background noise.
• Cite a minimum of eight scholarly sources to support your positions, claims, and observations, in addition to the textbook, six of which should be academic, peer-reviewed sources. (You may not use the required and recommended readings for this course.)
• Format your project according to theCSU-Global Guide to Writing & APA. The CSU-Global Library also has helpful information on creating presentations.
It is recommended that you review the Portfolio Project requirements throughout the semester to ensure you are working on the assignment incrementally.