Week 1 – Assignment

Leadership versus Management

[WLO: 1] [CLOs: 2, 3, 4]

Prior to beginning work on this assignment, read Chapter 2 of The Leadership Experience and the Daniel Goleman: The Truth About What Makes a Great Leader (Links to an external site.) article.

In a three- to four-page APA-formatted paper, examine the concepts of leadership versus management. Using a minimum of three scholarly sources (not including the textbook), identify the main differences between leaders and managers.

*Note: You are encouraged to integrate any feedback from your instructor and upload the assignment to Folio. For assistance using Folio, review the Folio Quick Start Guide (Links to an external site.).

In your paper,

• Analyze the key roles managers play in an organization.
• Analyze the key roles leaders play in an organization.
• Identify the personality traits that are important for a leader.

The Leadership Versus Management paper

• Must be three to four double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s APA Style (Links to an external site.) resource.
• Must include a separate title page with the following:
  • Title of paper
  • Student’s name
  • Course name and number
  • Instructor’s name
  • Date submitted
• For further assistance with the formatting and the title page, refer to APA Formatting for Word 2013 (Links to an external site.).
• Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice (Links to an external site.) resource for additional guidance.
• Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
  • For assistance on writing Introductions & Conclusions (Links to an external site.) as well as Writing a Thesis Statement (Links to an external site.), refer to the Ashford Writing Center resources.
• Must use at least three scholarly sources in addition to the course text.
  • The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.
• Must document any information used from sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.) guide.
• (Links to an external site.)Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. See the Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) resource in the Ashford Writing Center for specifications.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.) for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.