Students will complete short essays during several modules. I will assign a topic relevant to the module’s focus. To successfully complete this assignment, short essays must adhere to the following guidelines:
- Your written submission should be a minimum of 350 words in length to receive full credit and include citations from at least two references from the reading or self-study.
- Your submission should be double-spaced and written in 12-point font; the style used—APA, Chicago, MLA—is the student’s choice, but that style must be used consistently and correctly.
- Submissions will be assessed for narrative style, written clarity and tone, and passive voice, and must be free of spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors.
- You must submit your completed response by the posted due date. Essays submitted after that close of the module will lose one letter grade for every day it is late.
Our attributes and competencies play a significant role in our effectiveness as leaders, where success is not just a factor of what we know, but how we represent ourselves in the workplace and what we do with that knowledge. This is the essence of the Be-Know-Do model, which captures the fundamental attributes, behaviors, and characteristics reflected in the most effective leaders. For this assignment, students will choose a leader with whom they are familiar and prepare a short essay discussing how the elements of the Be-Know-Do model were—or were not—demonstrated and the overall impact of their leadership style.
This assignment will be submitted electronically as a Word file.
