Leader-Manager Assessment
OLCU 600 Week 3 Assignment and Rubric
Length: Paper: 4 – 5 double-spaced pages (excluding title and references pages)
Due: Week 3 by Sunday Midnight
Value: 120 Points for 12% of the grade
Post: Week 3 Assignments
Leader-Manager Assessment
Prepare and submit a 4 – 5 page paper that defines, compares and contrasts leadership and management, identifies the traits and characteristics of effective leaders and efficient managers, assesses your effectiveness as a leader and manager, and reflects on insights gained. A well-constructed paper will reference 3 or more scholarly sources including 2 journal articles such as those assigned in Weeks 1 and 2, and adhere to APA standards.
Leadership and Management
Define, compare and contrast leadership and management. Support your analysis with 2 scholarly sources including 1 journal article.
Traits and Characteristics
Identify the traits and characteristics of an effective leader and efficient manager, and discuss why they important. Support your analysis with two (2) or more scholarly sources including 1 journal article.
Personal Assessment
Based on your analysis of the traits and characteristics of leaders and managers, assess your personal effectiveness as a leader and a manager. You may want to draw on the findings from the Trait and Skills Questionnaires at the end of chapters 2 and 3 in Northouse. Include an analysis of why you are or aren’t stronger in one and/or the other role.
Reflective Analysis
Identify three (3) insights gained into leadership, management, and/or your personal effectiveness. What surprised you and what will you do differently to enhance your effectiveness? Describe two (2) specific actions you will take to enhance your leadership and/or managerial effectiveness.
Rubric: Evaluation Criteria
Criteria Exemplary Proficient Developing Emerging
Leadership and Management 25 – 23
Comprehensively compares and contrasts leadership and management; provides clear, concise and accurate definitions of both. Uses 2 scholarly sources including 1 journal article. 22 – 20
Compares and contrasts leadership and management; provides fairly clear and accurate definitions of both. Uses 2 sources but one may not be scholarly. 19 – 17
Somewhat compares and contrasts leadership and management but may not clearly define one. May use 1 – 2 sources that may not be scholarly. 16 – 0
Limited if any comparison of leadership and management. May not define one or both. May not support discussion with citations and/or scholarly sources.
Traits and Characteristics 25 – 23
Clearly and concisely identifies 3 traits and characteristics of both an effective leader and efficient manager; discusses importance of each characteristic. Uses 2 scholarly sources including 1 journal article. 22 – 20
Identifies 3 traits and characteristics of an effective leader and/or efficient manager; may not address both or discuss importance. Uses 2 sources including 1 journal article; 1 source may not be scholarly. 19 – 17
Identifies 1 – 2 traits and characteristics of an effective leader and/or efficient manager; does not address both or may not discuss importance. Uses 1 source which may not be scholarly. 16 – 0
Limited if any identification of the traits and characteristics of an effective leader and/or efficient manager. May not support discussion with citations and/or scholarly sources.
Personal Assessment 25 – 23
Uses analysis of effective leader/manager characteristics to assess personal effectiveness as both a leader and manager.
Analyzes strengths in each role. 22 – 20
Assess personal effectiveness as a leader and a manager with links to effective leader/manager characteristics
Analyzes strengths in each role. 19 – 17
Somewhat assesses effectiveness as a leader and a manager but doesn’t link to effective leader/manager characteristics,
May not analyzes strengths in both roles. 16 – 0
Limited if any discussion of personal effectiveness as a leader and/or manager. May not analyze strengths in either role.
Reflective Analysis 20 – 19
Clearly and concisely discusses 3 insights gained into leadership, management, and/or personal effectiveness. Discusses surprises, and identifies 2 specific actions to enhance leadership and/or managerial effectiveness. 18 – 17
Discusses 2 – 3 insights gained into leadership, management, and/or personal effectiveness. Discusses surprises, and describe 2 fairly specific actions to enhance leadership and/or managerial effectiveness. 16 – 15
Discusses 1 – 2 insights gained into leadership, management, and/or personal effectiveness but may not discuss surprises. Describe 1 – 2 general actions to enhance leadership and/or managerial effectiveness. 14 – 0
Limited if any reflective analysis. Discusses 0 – 2 insights gained into leadership, management, and/or personal effectiveness; Identifies 0 – 1 actions to enhance leadership and/or managerial effectiveness.
APA and Sources 10
Uses 3 or more scholarly sources including 2 journal articles. Uses headers and accurately adheres to APA standards; reference page and citations are correct. All sources listed in References are cited in paper 9 – 8
Uses 2 – 3 scholarly sources including 1 journal articles. . Uses headers and adheres to APA standards; reference page and citations are correct with minor (1-3) errors. . All sources listed in References are cited in paper
7
Uses 1 – 2 scholarly sources. May use headers and somewhat adheres to APA standards; the work of others is cited but with numerous (4 – 10) errors. Sources listed in References and citations may not match 6 – 0
Uses 0 – 2 scholarly sources. Limited adherence to APA standards in the paper and Reference page; work of others may be cited but with multiple (11+) errors. Sources listed in References and citations do not match
Writing Mechanics 15 – 14
Paper is logical and well-written; spelling, grammar and punctuation are accurate. Paper is the required length of 4 – 5 pages of content, and includes a correctly prepared title page. 13 – 12
Paper is logical and fairly well-written but with minor (1 – 3) errors in spelling, grammar and/or punctuation. The content may be 5% too long or short; includes a correctly prepared title page. 11 – 10
Paper is somewhat logical but with several (4 – 10) errors in spelling, grammar and/or punctuation. Content may be 10% too long or short; and may not include a correctly prepared title page 9 – 0
The paper lacks clarity and may be confusing; may contain numerous (11+) errors in spelling, grammar and/or punctuation. The content may be 15% too long or short, and may not include a title page
