Contemporary Issue Management Assignment $(10\%$ of Final Grade$)$

Please thoroughly read the instructions and carefully review the rubric to confirm that you have incorporated all necessary components into your work.

Instructions:

Assignment type: Individual

Overview:

For your report, you need to study and explain your topic and how it links to the challenges leaders face at work. Then, devise a solution for handling your issue by creating organizational rules and steps based on leadership ideas you have learned in the course. Your steps should include a plan for putting them into action and a good way to check if they work. Just follow the instructions for each part carefully to get the best grade possible.

NOTE:

$$ AI$-$language generators, such as ChatGPT, are not permitted for this assignment. If you are found to be using such tools, it may be considered an Academic Offense.

Requirements of Report:

Introduction: In this part, explain your topic in detail. Define your current issue and use outside sources to support your work. Show why this issue affects leaders at different levels in a company, using examples from what you have learned about leadership $($with citations$).(20$ Marks$)$

Analysis of Leadership Style: Explain which style is best for dealing with your issue. Talk about why you picked this style and support your ideas with examples from the course $($with citations$).$ Also, compare your chosen style with at least two others from the course, discussing their strengths and weaknesses $($with citations$).(20$ Marks$)$

Solution: Use your chosen leadership style's strengths to plan for your organization to solve the issue. Show how this plan fits with your company's culture and explain why you think it will work. $(20$ Marks$)$

Plan: Describe how you will put your plan into action. Explain how you will tell everyone in the organization about it$,$ who will be involved, and when it will be done. Make an explicit schedule for completing the new process. $(20$ Marks$)$

Success Criteria: Explain how and when you will check if your new process works. Choose what kind of evaluation you will use and why it's the best option. $(10$ Marks$)$

Conclusion: Write a summary explaining your chosen issue, how it connects to leadership, and your plan for solving it in your organization. $(10$ Marks$)$

Topics:

$1.$ Employee Recognition Impact

$2.$ Work$-$Life Balance Strategies

$3.$ Diversity & Inclusion

$4.$ Workplace Bullying Prevention

$5.$ Leadership Styles & Team Effectiveness

$6.$ Setting Goals & Feedback

$7.$ Team Building Techniques

$8.$ High$-$Performance Team Development

$9.$ Delegation Strategies

$10.$ Contingency Theories of Leadership

Deliverables:

$$ Each student must choose one topic from the above list and create a concise report covering all the requirements. Try to enhance your answers by incorporating relevant examples that link your responses to the material and topics we have explored in the course thus far.

File Naming Format: Please adhere to the file's naming format.

Course Code $-$ Student ID$-$ Assignment Name

For example: BU$1473$ Sec$201-202110435-$ Individual Assignment $02$

Submission Instructions: Access the McGraw Hill Connect platform and locate the Individual Assignment section. Attach your file before the deadline, which is $04-05-2024$ by $11$:$59$ PM$.$ It is essential to submit one file as part of your assignment.

$*$Remember to properly cite and reference any external sources and course materials using APA format.