Leadership Profile Assignment Management Annotated Bibliography
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Leadership Profile Assignment 1 Organizations in Sports - Fall 2020 Leadership Profile Assignment Value: 40% of course grade (80 points) Due Date: Submitting the name of your subject to Prof. Donaldson – Wednesday, October 28 by 5:00 p.m. EST. Written Report and video presentation – 2:00 p.m. on Monday, November 23 via NYU Classes. Assignment Purpose: This assignment is designed to allow students to select an individual who has served (or is currently serving) in a leadership role in a sports organization, and research and analyze the person’s leadership style and their impact on the organization’s development. This assignment allows students to draw upon the leadership knowledge they have gained throughout the semester, as well as to select an individual working in an area of sports that we have covered during the semester. Submitting the name of your subject to Prof. Donaldson Once you have selected a subject for your report, you should email Prof. Donaldson ([email protected]) the name of the person you wish to profile. Please include a brief (2-3 sentences) rationale about why you chose the person you did. This must be submitted via email no later than 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 28! Assignment Description: The report should be 1,500 words in length (+/- 150 words is acceptable), should follow MLA style, and should include the following sections: 1) Leader Biography – the report should begin with a section in which the student introduces their chosen leader and provides a brief biography of this leader’s life as it relates to their current leadership position. For example, you might include information such as where they grew up, their educational background, work history, and milestones in their career. You should include information about where this individual currently works, or if they are deceased, you can include their last leadership role. Please also include a brief paragraph about why this leader is intriguing to you, or why you chose this person to profile for the assignment. 2) Leadership Style – in this section, students should draw upon the information about leaders that we have covered throughout this semester in order to provide a detailed description and analysis of their chosen leader’s leadership style. Please draw upon sources such as our course readings, along with other sources about your leader in order to explain their leadership style while providing examples to justify your reasoning. Please note that not all leaders will follow one specific style, or will contain just one leadership trait. It is okay for you to discuss several different styles or traits as they relate to your chosen leader. 3) Leader’s Impact – the third section requires students to conduct research on their chosen leader in order to explain the impact this leader has had on their field or their organization, backed up by solid examples. For example, if your leader is a soccer coach, you might explain the impact this person has had on the sport of soccer or on the specific club(s) for which they coached. If your leader is an NBA executive, you might explain the impact this person has had on the NBA and/or professional basketball in general. 4) Conclusion – this section should be approximately one paragraph in length and should summarize the main points of your report while drawing an overall concluding statement or thought. Leadership Profile Assignment 2 It is important that you use sources throughout the report, and all sources must be cited in MLA Style within the paper text as well as on a Works Cited page at the end of your report. The Works Cited page should not be included in the total word count. You are required to use a minimum of five sources, but you are encouraged to use more than five and include readings done for class. Interviews with your chosen leader are allowed and encouraged if you are able to gain access to that person. Wikipedia is not considered a valid source, and you absolutely should not use it for this assignment. Paper Specifications: • 1,500 words (+/- 150) – this does not include your Works Cited page o While each student’s paper will be slightly different in terms of the number of words per section, the following is a basic guide for approximately how long each section should be: Leader Biography – 300 words Leadership Style – 500 words Leader’s Impact – 500 words Conclusion – 200 words • Double-spaced • 12-point font • Include a cover page with your name, the name of this course, and the name of the leader whom you chose to profile for this assignment • Page numbers and last name included at the top right corner of each page after cover page • Use section headings for the four major sections of the paper (Leader Biography, Leadership Style, Leader’s Impact, Conclusion). These headings should follow MLA style. • A minimum of five (5) total sources should be used, including some from the reading we have done for class (n.b. Wikipedia is not a source) • Use MLA Style for in-text references and your Works Cited page • Make sure that you proofread thoroughly before submitting your paper! • Evidence of plagiarism will result in a “0” on this assignment Grading Criteria: Leadership Profile Report – 80 points o Leader Biography Section – 12 points o Leadership Style Section – 20 points o Leader’s Impact Section – 20 points o Conclusion Section – 8 points o Quality of Sources – 7 points o Adherence to Paper Specifications – 7 points o Spelling/Grammar/Punctuation – 6 points Video Presentation Each student will give a five (5) minute video presentation on their chosen leader (+/- 30 seconds is acceptable; you will lose points if it goes past the 5:30 mark). Presentations will be watched by the whole class independently, between Monday, November 23 and Wednesday, December 2. The presentation should provide the class with a brief biography of your chosen leader, the reason that you chose to profile this person, a detailed explanation of their leadership style (backed up by examples), and a summary of the impact this person has had on their sports organization or field. Leadership Profile Assignment 3 Although the presentation summarizes your entire Leadership Profile Report, you should not read your paper directly to the class. Everyone is expected to use notes minimally and everyone should include at least one visual element in their presentation. A video clip of up to 45 seconds is allowed for this presentation, and/or you may also use PowerPoint or other on-screen visuals. If anyone has questions about the appropriateness of their visual, please email Professor Donaldson for clarification. In addition to the content that is presented, students will also be graded on their presentation style. Make sure that you speak loudly, clearly, and confidently; pace yourself and adhere to the 5-minute time limit; ensure that you are looking at the camera throughout the presentation; use notes minimally. Students should dress professionally (e.g., business casual) for their presentation. Grading Criteria: • Leadership Profile Report – 56 points (70% of overall assignment grade) o Leader Biography Section – 8 points o Leadership Style Section – 14 points o Leader’s Impact Section – 14 points o Conclusion Section – 5 points o Quality of Sources – 5 points o Adherence to Paper Specifications – 5 points o Spelling/Grammar/Punctuation – 5 points • Video Presentation – 24 points (30% of overall assignment grade) o Content of presentation & knowledge of this content – 10 points o Presentation skills & adherence to time limit – 7 points o Visual aid – 5 points o Professional appearance – 2 points
Leadership Profile: Yao Ming
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Yao Ming is a well-known personality in the world of sports. His impact in the NBA forced the leaders of China to make him the spokesperson for sports and a leader to innovate the basketball programs in the country. He is currently the president of the Chinese Basketball Association, which trains the current and new generation of players that can rival the west.
Leader Biography
Yao Ming, in 2011, retired from the National Basketball Association (NBA) at the young age of 30, which is mostly the time when most players are at the peak of their game (Pu, 4). Although many fans questioned his early retirement decision, Yao Ming made a mark in international basketball that granted him a title for international fame in the sports world. He grew up to 7 feet 6 inches (2.29 meters), which attracted the eyes of millions around the world (“Yao Ming NBA Player Profile”).
Yao started his basketball career with the Chinese Junior team called the Shanghai Sharks (“Biography Yao Ming”). Eventually, he played for the senior team in the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) for five years, where they claimed the championship trophy in his last season of the league (“Biography Yao Ming”). When Yao Ming was 22 years old, he the number one overall pick by the Huston Rockets in the NBA in 2002 (Lavelle, 50).
He only played with the Houston Rockets from 2002 to 2011. Throughout his career in the NBA, Yao Ming earned 8 All-star game appearances, a Rookie of the year award, and many more (“Yao Ming: Chinese basketball player”). He averages 19 points per game with 9.2 rebounds and 1.9 blocks that makes him a consistent scorer while being a strong defensive wall (FlorCruz & Hong). Yao Ming joins the Chinese National Team from time to time to represent at international tournaments such as the FIBA World Championship and the Olympics. He even carried the infamous Olympic torch at the Forbidden City of Beijing to officially start the competition (Blinebury).
Although the fans want to see him dominate more in the NBA, he announced his early retirement because of foot and ankle injuries that forced him to undergo treatment (FlorCruz & Hong). In September 2016, he was inducted in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of fame along with Allen Iverson and Shaquille O'Neal (“2016 Hall of Fame class”).
Leadership Style
Based on Yao Ming's action inside and outside the court, he can be considered a transformational leader. A transformational leader is someone that inspires and helps the people realize the value of what they do for the organization (Moradi & Shahbazi, 453). In a way, a transformational leader recognizes the role of the environment to create innovation and move the organization towards a better future (453). His presence alone makes a humbling atmosphere as an individual needs to look up to see the upper part of his body.
One aspect of transformative leadership is to create innovation for a path of growth and prosperity for the organization by developing loyalty and passion among the members and mobilize the people to a unified mission and vision (Moradi & Shahbazi, 452). Even the communist government emphasized the ability of Yao Ming as a voice of change because of his teamwork abilities, professional work ethics, and his loyalty to the country (Pu, 4). In 2017, the following year after his induction, he bought the franchise of his former team, the Chinese Basketball Association Shanghai Sharks, and has served as its president (“Yao Ming: Chinese basketball player”). He was chosen by the committee of the CBA to lead the next generation of basketball players for international success (“Yao Ming chosen to lead”). The CBA trust the leadership of Yao Ming as he founded different programs for reform and development of Chinese Sports agencies (“Yao Ming chosen to lead”). One of his goals is to transform the traditional Chinese basketball norms into a program that rivals the NBA (Ma).
The training and other lessons that he learned while with the Huston Rockets made him realize how to raise the talent level of an individual while making the game a more profitable organization (Ma). This kind of change is not normally seen in China since most of the agencies are government-sponsored, including sports. Chinese leaders adhere to authoritarian leadership, which dictates most of the activities and actions of the people and agencies (Pierson). The innovation that Yao Ming introduced in the country may be a starting point to also change China for the better of its citizens and to the world.
Another aspect of transformational leadership is the capacity to change the culture for the improvement of the organization (Moradi & Shahbazi, 453). When Yao Ming entered the NBA, the US culture tends to value race superiority from other ethnicities where prejudice and discrimination are prevalent. Yao was a victim of prejudice but he never let racial insults demoralize and demotivate him in achieving international success. His battle with racism is a hard one since he is alone in facing anti-Chinese sentiments. When the world saw that he combats prejudice with humor, the international community was captivated by his resilience and pride. Because of his conviction, Yao Ming helped in changing the supremacist perception in the basketball league that created a favorable environment for other foreigners that dream to be an international sports superstar.
Leader’s Impact
Yao Ming is a key player in the NBA and currently the head of the CBA. The most significant impact of Yao Ming's leadership is improving the relationship between the Chinese and American nations. The prevalence of globalization unified the networks in different industries around the world. Yao Ming became one of...