Organization Leadership
JOHN DEERE INC.
This assignment requires you to apply the theoretical frames of leadership presented in this course to analyze your own organization's effectiveness in relationship to its vision. Theoretically, vision and mission are supposed to be based on values. Unfortunately, some organizations "lose their way" to the extent that their actions do not remotely connect with their vision. Others, craft their vision around
"actions" and "things" they value, not the values themselves.
When approaching this assignment, first you need to ask, "How does the performance of my organization align with and fulfill its vision?" Secondly, you will propose ways to better connect or improve the relationship between the vision and performance of your organization. Remember you need to provide some background information about your organization. Use these points to help guide the
development of your analysis:
1. Provide a profile of your organization that includes its vision, mission, goals and structure.
2. Describe the leadership styles, and compare them to those presented in this course.
3. Analyze the actions of your organization and compare them to the intent of the vision. Use your knowledge of leadership to form conclusion.
4. Make judgments about the vision and performance of your organization and provide solutions for improvement, if required. (This may require crafting of a new vision.)
Please remember that this is a scholarly paper, and not an opportunity to vent. Your opinion is not as important as the factual information you discover and support with research.
This assignment is a research paper 6-8 pages long excluding cover and reference page, and to be written in current APA 6th edition style. Use a minimum of 5 academic sources in addition to the course text.