Leadership and Principles of Leadership Assignment
This assignment is divided into two parts.
Part 1 Format: Essay
Choose a historical leader who you believe exercised effective leadership. Note that effective leadership does not necessarily have to mean "good" leadership (from a values perspective). After providing a brief introduction about the leader, critically discuss his/her leadership in terms of how effective it appeared to be and evaluate the leadership style, or combination of styles, he/she used (link the leadership style/s to appropriate leadership theories e.g. those relating to traits, behaviour and/or situation/s). You should consider using a table or matrix to assist you in matching theory with your chosen example.
Part 2 Format: Essay
Choose a current New Zealand business leader. Briefly describe his/her personal background and the history and type of organisation that he/she leads. Critically discuss his/her leadership in terms of how effective it appears to be and evaluate his/her leadership style or combination of styles (link the leadership style/s to appropriate leadership theories e.g. those relating to traits, behaviour and/or situation/s). You should consider using a table or matrix to assist you in matching theory with your chosen example.