Leadership to Improve Ethical Performance

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In Assignment 3: Using Leadership to Improve Ethical Performance, you will conduct an interview with someone who you consider a leader (e.g., current or former boss, a pastor or spiritual advisor, a friend who can be considered a leader, etc.). You will then use the information that you gather during the interview to write about the leadership characteristics he/she possesses. Take a few minutes to review the specific criteria for Assignment 3 before you begin creating the Leader Profile. Next, complete the following steps:

1. Identify an individual in your community that you believe to be a leader.
2. Contact the individual to determine if he/she will be able to participate in this project for school.
3. Schedule an appointment to conduct an interview. Assignment 3 is due Week 9, so please plan accordingly.
4. Submit the following information in a Word document:
5. Provide a brief two [2] paragraph biography of the selected person, which includes a description of the individual, his / her job title, and name the organization where he/she works.

This is the first part of the paper, you cannot do this paper without this interview, and the first part needs to be on one page by itself.

1. Create five to seven (5-7) questions to ask your chosen leader to determine his / her views of motivation, ethical leadership, and performance. Then, conduct the interview based on your selected questions.

2. How would you define leadership?
3. As a leader, what do you do when people on your team aren’t pulling their weight?
4. What is one of the greatest leadership challenges you have ever faced? What did you do? What was the result?
5. How would you describe your communication style?
6. Describe a situation in which effective interpersonal communication skills contributed to your success.
7. Describe your personal actions by which you convey to your staff that ethics/ethical behavior is a high priority with you and that you also expect it to be a high priority with your staff.
8. Related to the previous question, describe how your personal actions (demonstrating ethics is a priority) have impacted your staff and/or colleagues.
9. Describe a situation where you recognized a need to communicate clear expectations for ethical practice. How did you recognize that expectations had to be clarified? What did you do or say to clarify the expectations?
10. Analyze the leadership, motivation, and ethical values of the leader interviewed and assess its impact on the ethical performance of the organization.
11. Use at least two (2) quality academic resources you have located using databases in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia does not qualify as an academic resource, and neither does web-based blogs.
12. Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
13. Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
14. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
15. Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.

• Explain the variety of motivational theories and job design considerations.

• Explain the variety of leadership theories and roles.

• Evaluate ways organizational culture can be managed and promote ethics in an organization.

• Use technology and information resources to research issues in leadership and organizational behavior.

• Write clearly and concisely about leadership and organizational behavior using proper writing mechanics.

Note: As you think about the type of information you will need to gather from your chosen leader during the interview, use your outline from Assignment 2 as approved by your professor to guide your interview process.

Note: The leader’s name I’m going to give you is my boss, His name is  Richard Routh, he works for JM Lexus, it is a Lexus dealership in Margate Florida.

Now the paper:

The paper must have, the introduction, the body, the conclusion and it as to be Question 1, Answer one until the end.

APA format and double space.

Now the paper

Assignment 3: Using Leadership to Improve Ethical Performance

At this point, you should have identified the leader you would like to interview. You should also have already contacted him/her and have scheduled an interview time/date. If not, do it as soon as possible. The intention of this assignment is to describe leadership skills, ethics, and communication which impact motivation and improve ethical performance.

Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:

HINT: The following are some examples of questions. Feel free to select them from here. However, we urge you to revise your Assignment 2 for some ideas of what you would like to know from an experienced leader.

HINT: You should summarize the answers that you gathered in your interview. Thereafter, you should compare and contrast his / her point of view about leadership with your own perception of it.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Click here to view the grading rubric for this assignment.

Assignment 3: Using Leadership to Improve Ethical Performance

Criteria

Unacceptable

Below 70% F

Fair

70-79% C

Proficient

80-89% B

Exemplary

90-100% A

1. Create five to seven (5-7) questions to ask your chosen leader to determine his / her views of motivation, ethical leadership, and performance. Then, conduct the interview based on your selected questions.

Weight: 15%

Did not submit or incompletely created five to seven (5-7) questions to ask your chosen leader to determine his / her views of motivation, ethical leadership, and performance.

Partially created five to seven (5-7) questions to ask your chosen leader to determine his / her views of motivation, ethical leadership, and performance.

Satisfactorily created five to seven (5-7) questions to ask your chosen leader to determine his / her views of motivation, ethical leadership, and performance.

Thoroughly created five to seven (5-7) questions to ask your chosen leader to determine his / her views of motivation, ethical leadership, and performance.

2. Analyze the leadership, motivation, and ethical values of the leader interviewed and assess its impact on the ethical performance of the organization.

Weight: 60%

Did not submit or incompletely analyzed the leadership, motivation, and ethical values of the leader interviewed and did not submit or incompletely assessed its impact on the ethical performance of the organization.

Partially analyzed the leadership, motivation, and ethical values of the leader interviewed and partially assessed its impact on the ethical performance of the organization.

Satisfactorily analyzed the leadership, motivation, and ethical values of the leader interviewed and satisfactorily assessed its impact on the ethical performance of the organization.

Thoroughly analyzed the leadership, motivation, and ethical values of the leader interviewed and thoroughly assessed its impact on the ethical performance of the organization.

3. 2 references

Weight: 10%

No references provided.

It does not meet the required number of references; some or all references poor quality choices.

Meets a number of required references; all references high-quality choices.

Exceeds the number of required references; all references high-quality choices.

4. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements

Weight: 15%

More than 6 errors present

5-6 errors present

3-4 errors present

0-2 errors present