SHMS Leadership Article Comparison Paper

WGB 612 LEADERSHIP ARTICLE COMPARISON PAPERLeadership is a complex subject with many complementary as well as potentially conflicting aspects. This
first paper asks you to examine your current view of leadership based on three thought-provoking
readings from different perspectives:
• Managing Oneself by Peter Drucker
• What Every Leader Needs to Know About Followers by Barbara Kellerman
• Managing Authenticity by R. Goffee
PAPER STRUCTURE
This paper should be no less than 5 pages and no longer than 7 pages, not including a cover page or
references page. Your paper should show the following four sections:
Section 1: Managing Oneself
Section 2: Understanding Followers
Section 3: Managing Authenticity
Section 4: Conclusions on Leadership
In sections 1-3 for each author you should:
• Highlight 4-5 key points the author is making about leadership
• Highlight 2-3 insights you gleaned from the articles
• Explain how they apply to your perspective on leadership or experience as a leader
• Highlight areas where the concepts either reflect or differ from your approach or experience
When addressing where your views differ from an article, explain why. For example, is there an
assumption, value, or premise you disagree with? Do you disagree with how the author applies it? Do you
disagree with how it fits with your personality? etc.
Conclusions Section
Having read the three articles explain:
• In what ways do they complement each other as a foundation for leadership?
• In what way are these three different perspectives potentially in conflict or pose dilemmas
regarding leadership?
• How your view of leadership has started to change if at all
MBA WGB612 Leadership Comparison
Student Rubric
Use this as a guide as you develop your paper
Criterion
Needs Improvement
Meets Expectations
Exceeds Expectations
1. Demonstrates
understanding of
the key concepts
of each author
1. Describes only 1-2
basic concepts as
authors present them
without elaboration
1. Explains 1- 2 key points of
each author accurately and
clearly; partially elaborates
on what seems to be the
author’s point of view
20 points
2. Demonstrates
understanding of
how the authors’
concepts
complement each
1-14 points
2. Describes simple,
obvious, similarity of
concepts across the
authors
15 -17 points
2. Explains 2-3 important
similarities or
complementary concepts
shared by authors
1. Explains multiple points for
each author accurately and
clearly; Also, the author’s point
of view; and 1-2 insights as to
the potential strengths and
limitations of the authors’
point of view
18-20 points
2. Explains several
similar/complementary
concepts shared by authors
and why/what they seem to
say about the foundations for
leadership
20 points
3 Demonstrates
understanding of
how the authors’
concepts differ
and may pose
paradoxes against
each other
1-14 points
3. Describes 1-2 simple
obvious differences and
among the authors
15 -17 points
3. Explains 2-3 important
differences in what the
authors emphasize and why
the difference may matter
to leadership
18-20 points
3. Explains 2-3 several key
differences between the
authors’ concepts as well as 23 potential paradoxes i.e., the
tradeoff/impact that fulfilling a
concept in one author might
have on another
20 points
4 Explains how
view on leadership
may be changing
1-14 points
4. Does not describe, or
only describes 1-2 points
in simple terms
where/why you agree or
differ with an author
15 -17 points
4. Explains at least 1-2
points where/why you
agree or differ with an
author, with explanation of
how the difference matters
18-20 points
4. Explains at least 1-2 points
where/why you agree or differ
with an author; explaining
clearly why certain aspects
seem to complement or differ
from one’s current view of
leadership/or new questions
you may be asking as a result
1-14 points
7. Writes in style that
detracts from the ideas
covered – i.e., with
multiple writing errors
and/or structural
problems
15 -17 points
7. Writes in clear, concise,
and well-structured style
with minimal typos, spelling
or grammatical errors
18-20 points
7. Writes in clear, concise, and
well-structured style with no
typos, spelling or grammatical
errors; utilizes a persuasive,
logical style that enhances the
message content
1-14 points
15 -17 points
18-20 points
20 points
5. Expresses ideas
in coherent
writing style
20 points
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