Assignment 3: Leadership Journey
Reflective Essay
Due date: before 23:55 of Sunday, May 30
Weighting: 40%
Details of task: Provide an overall concluding discussion of the unit which draws together your major observations about leadership as studied during the semester. Hint: taking notes over the semester of things that interest you from your studies, in your organisation, or in the world generally, may help.
This exercise should be written in the first person (I did, I learned, I will). Take your leadership definition from week one and discuss how your ideas have changed or been reinforced over the semester. What is your definition of leadership now? And why?
You may format your discussion by addressing each topic and what you learned each week (e.g., liked/disliked/agreed with/disagreed with). However, please do not merely summarise each week's readings. Instead, explain how the readings, activities, discussions, video clips, and your observations have helped you understand and apply leadership concepts to your work or life experiences and/or goals, and where you will go from here to learn more and become a better leader.
What have you learned about leadership through your studies that is of benefit to you and/or your organization? You may also choose to analyse the leadership skills of the people in your organisation/life generally. Who are good leaders? Who are bad leaders? Why? Whose leadership needs improvement? Why? How might that improvement happen?
What implications do your studies of leadership have for you in the future? What more do you need to learn or do? How will you develop your own leadership knowledge and skills? Where are your developmental opportunities? How will you improve where improvement is needed?
Word limit: 2000 words
Presentation requirements: Although you need to write in the first person, this is an academic assignment and should be referenced in the normal manner. Otherwise, the format, is up to you but lots of headings will help you to organise your thinking.
Submission requirement: Online submission using the Moodle site
Estimated return date: 3 to 4 weeks after submission
Criteria for marking: The marking rubric is available on the Moodle site.
Penalties for late lodgement: Extensions must be according to the Faculty of Business and Economics’ policy and by arrangement with your lecturer.
Generative AI tools cannot be used in this assessment task: In this assessment, you must not use generative artificial intelligence (AI) to generate any materials or content in relation to the assessment task.