Objectives
- Reflect on your own leadership journey to date and identify key events, people and experiences that have contributed to your leadership development and self-perceptions;
- Increase self-awareness by completing a personality or leadership styles assessment, for example Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI);
- Obtain feedback from a fellow student on your leadership journey and current challenges;
- Provide mentoring and feedback on leadership to a fellow student on his/her leadership journey and challenges;
- Identify the influences of national and organisational cultures on your perceptions of effective leadership;
- Develop and apply communication skills for relationship building and mentoring across cultures, functions and disciplines;
- Apply knowledge from the theories and models of effective leadership to interpret and understand your reflections and feedback.
How the assessment fits into the subject/course:
The focus on reflexive research methodologies and strategies is a core element of the MBA. This assessment provides you with opportunities to reflect on your own practice and to mentor another student to enhance self-awareness and to formulate personal development plans.
Assessment Linkages of Assessment 1 and Assessment 2:
Insights and understandings obtained in Assessment 1 will suggest themes that will be developed further in preparing a personal development plans in Assessment 2 of the assessment which is due at the end of the subject.
Instructions:
- Students will work in pairs for this first part of the assessment; partners will be assigned by the Learning Facilitator. In very unusual circumstances, the facilitator can authorise groups of three.
Each student will provide his or her partner(s) with information on their current organisation, role, key stakeholders and current leadership challenges, et cetera, as background for the mentoring and feedback activity. Partners will contact each other, explore each other’s leadership journey and current challenges and provide mentoring and feedback to each other. Students should consider the influence of national and organisational cultures and social practices as part of the mentoring and feedback. Other parameters will be defined by the Learning Facilitator.
Output/Deliverable and parameters of the assessment:
Each student will submit a report consisting of 2000 words which describes the leadership journey, current strengths and areas for development, a summary of feedback provided by the partner and implications for future development. You should draw on the literature on leadership models and theories to help interpret and explain your current leadership. You should also discuss the implications of your cultural and social background on your leadership.
The emphasis in the first assessment is on your leadership journey to date. The second assessment will build on the first, with emphasis on preparing a development plan for your future leadership journey.
Resources to be provided:
- A range of e-textbooks and journals is available through online journal databases, including EBSCO.
Learning Outcomes:
- Increased self-awareness, including personality preferences, leadership style and impact on other people.
- Knowledge of the major theories and models of leadership and their role in explaining and developing effective leadership.
- Understanding of reflective practice as a means of research and personal growth.
- Greater understanding of the influence of cultural and social backgrounds on leadership effectiveness.
| Assessment Attributes | Fail (0-49) | Pass(50-64) | Credit(65-74) | Distinction(75-84) | High Distinction(85-100) |
| Effective communication in report |
no logical/clear
structure, poor flow of
ideas, argument lacks
supporting evidence.
Audience cannot
follow the line of
reasoning.Information, arguments
and evidence are presented
in a way that is not always
clear and logical.
Line of reasoning is often
difficult to follow.Information, arguments
and evidence are well
presented, mostly clear
flow of ideas and
arguments.
Line of reasoning is easy to
follow.Information, arguments
and evidence are very
well presented; the
presentation is logical,
clear and well supported
by evidence.
Uses limited
presentation aids to
enhance information and
arguments.Expertly presented; the
presentation is logical,
persuasive, and well
supported by evidence,
demonstrating a clear flow
of ideas and arguments.
Engages and sustains
audience’s interest in the
topic.
Effective use of diverse
presentation aids, including
graphics and/or media.Knowledge of and
sensitivity to cultural
d i v e r s i t y a n d
implications for
effective leadership
25%Neglects core elements
important to leadership
in own and other
cultures.
Difficulty in identifying own
cultural biases.Demonstrates
understanding of the
complexity of elements
important to leadership in
own and other cultures.Articulates insights into own
cultural biases.
Analyses own cultural
biases against elements
important to members of
other cultures.Demonstrates evidence
of adjustment in own
attitudes and beliefs
reflecting learning from
a diversity of other
cultures.Describes leadership roles that
influences others and enable
positive
change in own and other
cultures.
Demonstrates evidence of
adjustment in own attitudes
and beliefs reflecting learning
from a diversity of other
cultures.Application of
knowledge to practice
25%Limited understanding
of theories and models
of leadership.
Uses a limited range of
information or sources as
the basis of
interpretations or
recommendations.Understands the main
theories and models of
effective leadership.
Applies basic concepts to
explain own experiences
and practice.Understands comprehensive
range of theories and
models of leadership.
Selects and justifies
appropriate models to
explain own experiences
and practice.Understands comprehensive
range of theories and
models of leadership.
Selects and critically
evaluates most relevant
models to deepen
understanding and insights
into own experiences, biases
styles and preferences.
Describes implications and
opportunities for personal
growth and development.Demonstrates deep
understanding of a
comprehensive range of theories
and models of leadership.
Selects and critically evaluates
most relevant models to deepen
understanding and insights into
own experiences, biases styles
and preferences.
Describes implications and
opportunities for personal
growth and development and
realistic strategies for
broadening own repertoire of
leadership behaviours.Enhanced self
awareness
25%Limited awareness of
own capability or impact
on others.
Reluctant to seek or act
on feedback from
others
Understands key events, people or experiences that have influenced own leadership development.
Describes own strengths and areas for development, based on appropriate evidence and feedback.
Shows deep understanding of events, people or experiences that have influenced own leadership development.
Describes own strengths and areas for development, based on appropriate evidence and feedback.
Understands and describes own personality preferences, leadership styles or results of other, relevant leadership assessment instrument.
Shows deep understanding of events, people or experiences that have influenced own leadership development.
Describes own strengths and areas for development, based on appropriate evidence and feedback
Understands and describes own personality preferences, leadership styles or results of other, relevant leadership assessment instrument and is aware of implications.
Demonstrates
understanding of the link
between self-awareness and
emotional intelligence.
Shows deep understanding of events, people or experiences that have influenced own leadership development.
Describes own strengths and areas for development, based on appropriate evidence and feedback.
Understands and describes own personality preferences, leadership styles or results of other, relevant leadership assessment instrument, is aware of implications and takes appropriate action to modify behaviours where necessary.
Demonstrates deep understanding of the link between self-awareness and emotional intelligence and takes effective measures to enhance EQ.
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