Discuss the below:
Leadership Theories & Practices: FINAL PAPER - THE MEANING OF LEADERSHIP
Purpose
Assignment is designed to provide you with an opportunity to analyze and synthesize the theoretical perspectives we have been studying and discussing in class. It will also allow you to integrate the theories with your personal experiences by describing how they have influenced your emerging leadership philosophy. Finally, it should hone your skills of critical thinking and articulate expression. Your paper should be used as a reflection tool. It will analyze your learning on the topic of leadership theories and practices and your current thinking regarding your personal definition and understanding of leadership. The purpose of this paper is NOT to summarize the theories that you feel are most useful.
Guidelines
This paper is designed to challenge you. Understand that if ideas are not well thought-out and expressed with clarity and you have not spent adequate time throughout the semester by reading, studying, and reflecting on how you understand and experience leadership, it will be evident in your paper.
• Approximately 6-8 pages, typewritten, double-spaced
• Written in the first person, yet maintain the formal tone appropriate for written, scholarly work
• Eliminate the repetition of concepts or examples. Do not repeat your ideas with different words. Instead, develop your ideas. Be concise. Provide specifics and use examples to support your point. Your personal experiences are important when they are relevant.
Outline of Topics
Your paper should include an analysis of leadership theories and practices and how they relate to one another and your personalexperiences. Include your insights from our readings, discussions, and journal reflections. Topics to include are as follows:
1) Your definition of leadership that succinctly (1-2 sentences) incorporates the foundational principles you believe are important in understanding leadership. This can be a definition that you create or you may choose use someone else's definition (be sure to give him/her credit). Discuss 1) the foundational concepts that are most important in this definition and why they are important.
2) Your personal philosophy of leadership that incorporates a unique analysis of the theories that you feel are most useful in understanding and practicing leadership. You should analyze and synthesize the theories we studied that are incorporated into your philosophy, NOT summarize them. The purpose of this assignment is to develop your own leadership model or philosophy while giving credit to the theories that have influenced you. In other words, your analysis should focus on specific concepts/elements/values in leadership that are foundational and the theories that influenced you in selecting those elements. Furthermore, your philosophy should relate to your definition. Reference our textbook or the articles where appropriate. Use APA/MLA to cite sources in text and citations page.
3) Your critical life experiences ("triggers") that have influenced your philosophy