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Description: Leadership – the key to organisational performance.
One of the most topical issues in management is what relationship exists if any between ‘good’ leadership and organisational effectiveness. You are to undertake a literature review discussing the relationship between leadership and organizational effectiveness.
Your literature review should consider the following:
• What are some of the current theories on leadership?
• How does leadership contribute to organisational effectiveness?
• What are some of the current challenges to leadership in organisations?
The Essay requires:
• A thorough research and treatment of the contemporary literature in the topic area.
• A range of references that should demonstrate breadth and depth of research.
• The incorporation of organisational examples as illustrative evidence.
• An ability to utilise the wider literature in constructing the narrative is displayed
throughout.
• A display of critical evaluation and diagnostic skills in the choice of the data
included.
• A display of critical evaluation in the choice of the information sources used.
• Appropriate and accurate use of the Harvard Referencing System.
You must use a minimum of 15 references:
• Text books: The prescribed text and at least 5 other text books
• 5 different academic journal articles
• 1 other source of your choice: Blog, newspaper, magazine or other Internet source
• No more than 1 reference may be general Internet based sources.
• Wikipedia is not to be used and does not count as an academic reference.
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