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Essay Instructions: ***LEADERSHIP APPLICATIONS IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE***

Module 1

Self-Assessment Report /Leadership Skill-Building Exercises

Continue organizing your Course Project (Leadership Self-Reflection Portfolio) by completing Leadership Skill-Building Exercises 1-2 and 2-4.
Submit a written report (not to exceed 1,000 words) that covers both of the portfolio building leadership skill-building exercises. The report should also incorporate your findings and conclusions from the self-assessment quizzes in this module, and from personal reflection.


Leadership Self-Assessment Quizzes

The Leadership Self-Assessment Quizzes are an important component of the Written Exercise for this module. The quizzes are intended to reveal certain personality traits and leadership behaviors that you may not be fully aware of. By no means are these quizzes regarded as ?all knowing? of your leadership skills, and thus the results should not be taken as the end, but rather as the beginning, of the self-assessment process. You are expected to critically analyze the results and not just accept them at face value.

Take the following Leadership Self-Assessment Quizzes in the text:
? Leadership Self-Assessment Quiz 1-1: Readiness for the Leadership Role
? Leadership Self-Assessment Quiz 1-2: The Leadership Experience Audit
? Leadership Self-Assessment Quiz 2-1: How Self-Confident Are You?
? Leadership Self-Assessment Quiz 2-2: Behaviors and Attitudes of a Trustworthy Leader
? Leadership Self-Assessment Quiz 2-3: Personal Resiliency Quiz

Essay Instructions: Leadership and Management

When thinking about leadership, it is essential to know the roles and responsibilities associated with being a leader. Leadership is more than just a job or duty in an organization. It is a multifaceted role that requires interaction and communication with followers and a vision for the organization or group being led. The role of a manager also requires working with staff, setting goals for employees, and communicating the needs of an organization. There are distinct differences in how these tasks are carried out by managers and leaders. In organizations, the two roles do not always overlap. In some cases, a leader may also be a manager, yet a manager may not be considered a leader. In this assignment, you compare leadership and management, keeping in mind concrete examples that you have noticed in organizations today.

To prepare for this assignment:

?Review the article, "When to Lead? When to Manage?" Think about examples of leadership and management.
?Review the online article, "The Successes of Leaders," and consider what leadership success means.
?Using the Walden Library or the Internet, identify an article or other scholarly resource related to leadership and management.
?Review the article you identified and consider any new information you gained about the differences between leadership and management.
?Consider the similarities and differences between leadership roles and responsibilities and management roles and responsibilities.

Essay Instructions: An essay applying for undergraduate scholarship: I am an event coordinator / marketing specialist with about 4 years experience.

Essay 1 - Leadership Plans for Upcoming Academic Year
In 150 words or fewer (1,050 character limit), please describe your goals for the upcoming academic year (July 2012 ?" June 2013) to further develop your leadership and create a positive effect. Please include your plan of how to achieve those goals.

join undergraduate research program and more activities, to utilize my skill and build network.

Essay 2 - Leadership Philosophy
In 150 words or fewer (1,050 character limit), please succinctly explain your leadership philosophy and its specific application to the activities you listed above.

I believe leadership is founded on solid network with consistency, authenticity and honesty relationship.

Essay 3 - Effective and Inspirational Leadership
In 500 words or fewer (3,500 character limit), and based on the activities listed above, please answer all parts of the following:
• Describe the leadership role(s) you are most proud of that you held between July 2011 and June 2012.
• Explain the most important direct effect you caused while in that role.
• Describe how you motivated your peers to perform at their highest level in pursuit of a common goal.
Please be specific in your description. For example, include the number of people involved, details of your leadership process, the measurable outcome/results, and so forth.

Essay Instructions: Setting: It is 5-10 years in the future and you have just been appointed to a highly desirable leadership role (Chief Financial Officer of a healthcare organization), one for which you have been preparing for many years. The organization has strong viability but is currently ineffective due to power struggles and an unhealthy organizational culture that is preventing it from reaching its potential

Write a seven to ten (7-10) page paper (excluding title and reference pages) that includes the following:

?Introduction ? include some background on the organization (real or fictitious) and the leadership role to which you have been appointed.

?Research on empowering leadership and its effect on organizational culture.

?Analysis of the influence of leadership on organization effectiveness, including the use of power and politics to accomplish goals.

?Recommendations for empowering your team members and subordinates and how you will use honest and ethical influence tactics to increase organization effectiveness.

?Conclusion should briefly summarize the primary points of the paper and bring forward a call to action.


Ensure it is written with proper grammar, in APA format (including clear section headings), and includes at least 3 cited and referenced resources ? one of which must be a peer reviewed (scholarly) journal article.