OBR250 Week 7.4 Assignment - Leadership Report (2174)

Organizational Behaviour Assignment – Leadership Sources of PowerReport Purpose and Overview This assignment will further your research and writing skills, and connect some of the concepts you havelearned in class to a contemporary business leader 1. You may use leaders from around the world, but allsources must be in English. (Don’t know where to find a leader? Ask Google! Or tryhttp://www(dot)ceocouncil(dot)ca/about-ccce/members or http://fortune(dot)com/businessperson-of-the-year)The assignment consists of three major parts:1. Business Leader Profile2. Sources of Power Analysis3. Why This Leader?1. Business Leader Profile (One Page)From your research, develop a one page summary profile of the leader which could include: Background, education and career Achievements (What makes him/her successful) Activities outside of work (Causes/ Philanthropy/ Interests) Etc.2. Sources and Contingencies of Power Analysis (One-Two Pages)Identify and describe examples of the leader’s sources of power (see Chapter 10). You may use a tableshowing the “Five Sources of Power”. If you feel that one or more of the sources do not apply, explainwhy.Next, assess the leader’s “Contingencies of Power”. Describe how the contingencies apply to theexamples of power. If you feel that one or more of the contingencies do not apply, explain why.3. Why This Leader and Personal Impact (Two Paragraphs)In the first paragraph, explain why you selected the leader for this assignment.In the second paragraph, describe your personal impact of writing this report.Submission InstructionsYour reports are to be submitted via Blackboard as Microsoft Word compatible files. You will havemultiple attempts until the due date should you wish to revise your report. Reports will be marked afterthe due date, and not before.