Attend an open meeting of a government body such as your
local school board or other ongoing group and observe the interactions and
style of leadership. Apply your knowledge from the class and discuss both the
strengths and weaknesses of the meeting. Was the leadership appropriate? If you
were asked to be a consultant to the group, what would your recommendations be.Make
sure to support your assignment with a clear point of view and purpose, provide
supporting evidence, and elaborate how to address any issues. Provide a summary
of what the reader should take away from the topic. Remember that you are a
consultant-observer.
Write a 3 page persuasive essay about what you have observed
using Standard English. Assignment is to be in APA 7th edition formatting and
style, well organized, logical and unified.
Demonstrate comprehension of patterns of human behavior by
observing and discussing the interactions of the people present and the effects
on the meeting.
Discuss the style of leadership observed.
What conflicts were present?
What recommendations would you make?
Make sure your persuasive essay expresses a clear purpose
and point of view.
Introduce your topic.
Respond to the questions in this assignment providing
support or evidence for your point of view or argument you are trying to make.
Tell your readers what action they should take, or provide a
summary of what the reader should take away from reading/learning about the
topic.
Describes leadership, conflict management, negotiation,
group communications, and interactions of observed problem-solving group.
Discusses at least three (3) different recommendations based
on observations.
Student work includes a highly developed viewpoint and
purpose. Assignment is in Standard English and demonstrates superior
organization. Communication is highly ordered, logical and unified. The
assignment displays exceptional content, organization, style and mechanics.
Student work demonstrates exemplary comprehension of
patterns of human behavior based upon real world observation; data was superbly
collected and lends strong support to the thesis of the project; analysis of
data was superb; strongly integrates knowledge base criteria in a clear and
articulate manner.
Student demonstrates a high ability to correctly describes
leadership principles and conflict management strategies and apply them in the
correct circumstances to increase team effectiveness