Overview
This assignment will be completed in two parts:
Part 1: Gap Identification
For this assignment, you will continue with your prior work from Units III and IV. Revisit your literature review from Unit IV and your feedback from your instructor and identify gaps in the literature for each theory discussed.
Part 2: Workplace Leadership
For the second part of your assignment, you will consider leadership within your own organization and identify ways to improve it. For this second part, please use your own place of employment. If you are not currently employed, use a previous employer or volunteer organization. Write a response that outlines the following:
- How are groups and teams established? Explain how they are effective?
- Discuss three issues that lead to team ineffectiveness and what a leader may do to address each issue. Discuss a theory or theories that may inform a leader’s behavior when addressing the team issues and explain why.
- What are the benefits of goal setting, and how does your organization support employee goals?
- What leadership does your organization embody? How could it be more effective?
- How does your organization help build trust among employees? Is it effective? Why, or why not?
Format:
Literature Review from Instructor: Darien,
You address the required motivational theories and make connections to transformational and authentic leadership, but several areas need more development. The strongest improvement would be to more clearly and accurately explain the elements of Self-Determination Theory and Goal-Setting Theory and then support the practical leadership applications with research.
For improvement, expand the source-evaluation section. Additionally, review all references and citations for proper formatting, as well as spelling and grammar.To improve, provide a clearer road map in the introduction that explicitly identifies the major sections of the review, including practical application and source evaluation.
Your paper is organized around the required topics, but several sentences are difficult to follow because of wording, grammar, or unclear phrasing.
A careful proofreading and revision for clarity would strengthen the scholarly quality of the paper.
You identify and discuss both required motivational theories and make connections to transformational and authentic leadership. Self-Determination Theory includes autonomy, competence, and relatedness, and Goal-Setting Theory addresses clear and challenging goals and feedback. However, some of the theory explanations are a bit underdeveloped and/or unclear.
For example, the SDT section does not clearly distinguish autonomy, competence, and relatedness in a precise manner, and the Goal-Setting Theory section does not fully develop additional elements such as commitment, task complexity, or the conditions under which goals are most effective. The practical application section provides general recommendations, but several ideas are stated broadly rather than fully supported with research.
As a reminder, all level 1 headings should be accompanied with content, before the level 2 heading begins.
Page numbers are missing.
You have a duplicate "Introduction" heading that should be removed.
The reference list incorrectly uses et al. for Mao et al. (2023) and Shah et al. (2023); APA 7 requires listing up to 20 authors in a reference entry.