For this task, you will write a paper on an existing organization with which you have had personal experience. The organization can be a business or a nonprofit, and you may represent any level of the organization (e.g., team, department, division, whole) in your analysis.
write as a third person

You will first describe the chosen organization. Your description of the organization should convey personal experience, rather than information gained from secondhand sources or media coverage. You will then perform a SWOT analysis on that organization. Last, you will analyze that organizations leadership.

Your submission must be your original work. No more than a combined total of 30% of the submission and no more than a 10% match to any one individual source can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from sources, even if cited correctly. The originality report that is provided when you submit your task can be used as a guide.

 

Rewrite the paper to 10 pages long

 

A.  Describe an existing organization with which you have had personal experience and its objective(s).

1.  Describe three leadership practices of the current leader, other than yourself, in the existing organization.

Talk about mission, vision, reason exists

 

 Note: Leadership practices are routine actions, behaviors, functions, and responsibilities that the current leader performs.

 

2.  Discuss how the current leader has affected organizational culture.

 

 Note: You may represent any level of the chosen organization (e.g., team, department, division, whole) and the respective current leader in your description.

 

B.  Conduct a SWOT analysis evaluating the chosen organization by doing the following:

1.  Evaluate two of the organizations current strengths.

2.  Evaluate two of the organizations current weaknesses.

3.  Evaluate two of the organizations current unmet opportunities.

4.  Evaluate two of the organizations current unresolved threats.

 

C.  Conduct a leadership evaluation of the current leader discussed in part A1, using one of the scholarly leadership theories below that is different from task 1, by doing the following:

  transformational leadership

  transactional leadership

  situational leadership

  participative leadership

  servant leadership

  behavioral leadership

  trait theory of leadership

1.  Evaluate three strengths of the current leader, using the chosen scholarly leadership theory, including how each strength relates to the theory. Support the evaluation of the leaders strengths with at least one scholarly source.

2.  Evaluate three weaknesses of the current leader, using the chosen scholarly leadership theory, including how each weakness relates to the theory. Support the evaluation of the leaders weaknesses with at least one scholarly source.

3.  Recommend three actionable items to improve the effectiveness of the current leader, including how each actionable item relates to the chosen scholarly leadership theory. Support the recommendations of actionable items with at least one scholarly source.

 

Note: The recommendations need to address the current leaders identified leadership weakness.

Note: A scholarly source could be a reputable journal, a published book, or any source from a university faculty member or business leader. Scholarly sources also include any article or book in the online WGU library.

D.  Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.

 

E.  Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.