Organizational Analysis Assignment Instructions

Overview

This assignment provides you with the opportunity toanalyze a present organization where sound leadership principles are necessaryfor the organization to operate ethically and most effectively. This assignmentwill provide you with the opportunity to apply leadership concepts we havelearned about in our course to this organization.

 

Instructions

While this organization may be any criminal justiceorganization, you should select an organization that you are able to researchto gain a deeper understanding of the functions of its management and itsmanagement philosophies. Once you have selected an organization, analyze theorganization for evidence of the path-goal theory and assess how the path-goaltheory can be used to strengthen the organization from a management perspective.In addition, analyze the organization for evidences of Kouzes and Posner’s Steps One and Two anddiscuss how they are implemented. If evidence does not exist, then explain howSteps One and Two can be used to improve the organization and its leadershipeffectiveness. Also, please examine the organization for evidences of LMX. Besure to assess how the “Inspire a Shared Vision” or the “Model the Way” conceptsexist within the organization through the lens of a Christian Worldview. Thisassignment is derived from the subject matter in your weekly assigned reading,the overall construct of leadership, and organizational leadership. To gain insightinto the leadership practices of this organization, you may conduct internetresearch on the organization or interviews of higher-level management.     

 

·       The length of the assignment is required to bea minimum of 6 pages.

o  The page count does not include the titlepage, abstract, reference section, or any extra material.

·       Thepaper must follow current APA guidelines.

·       Thereis not a minimum required number of references for this assignment.

·       Acceptablesources include scholarly sources from the past 5 years.

 

Note: Yourassignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.