This document provides guidelines for a paper assignment in a leadership course. Students are asked to choose one of two scenarios and write a 750-1,050 word paper addressing questions about their chosen scenario. The goal is for students to critically apply leadership concepts and theories to analyze and present solutions to the leadership challenges presented in the scenarios. Students should cite sources properly and draw on course materials, discussions, and lectures to inform their analysis. Papers will be graded on grammar, spelling, development, logic, and brevity.

1. Consider
the following:
An important learning objective in this course is for students to
critically apply leadership concepts and theories in order to
analyze and present solutions to leadership
challenges. Increasing your ability to accomplish this
objective, is the main goal of the paper assignments. The paper
assignments are designed to help you apply the assigned
materials, lectures, and class discussions to specific cases. This
is a critical part of your learning process because it helps you
translate the abstract concepts introduced in the materials to
real-world scenarios.
Read
the two scenarios in the attached Word document.
Choose
one of the scenarios to focus on for this assignment.
Write
a 750- to 1,050-word paper that addresses the questions
associated with your chosen scenario (found in the Word
document).
Keep
the following guidelines in mind as you work on your paper:
You can draw on the assigned materials, power points, class
discussions etc. but be sure to cite properly all quotations and
paraphrases used from existing sources.
The course papers are not a test on your ability to recite all the

2. concepts and theories discussed in class so pick carefully one or
more perspectives that you think informs the leadership
challenge at hand.
Grades will take into account grammar and spelling. Papers
must be well developed, logically consistent, and brief.
The assignment is to be completed individually but students are
welcome to discuss the case description questions in groups.
Papers should be single-spaced. Excluded from the word count
are cover pages (not required) and a reference list (required if
quotations or paraphrases from external sources are used).
All quotations and paraphrases should be properly cited using
APA, MLA or some other academic writing format. It is up to
you which format you use but use it consistently. Students may
not submit work undertaken for a different class.
Papers should use professional language. No slang, emoticons,
text-speak etc.
Wikipedia should not be used as a source – it is a fine place to
become familiar with topics, but you must move to more
reputable references (e.g., see the reference list to the
Wikipedia page).