• For this assignment, you will create an APA 7th ed. format paper. You will research the leadership/management style of a high-profile leader/manager (one of the ten CEOs listed below). The topics in your paper are required to include the following three (3) topics:

1. The CEO's Professional Background:Brief information about the CEO's professional background related to their current role as a CEO. This is not a biography of the CEO.

2. How Does the CEO Implement the Course Concepts as a Leader in Their Organization?:This is the focus of your paper. Include the concepts you learned and that were discussed in this course. Correlate the specific concepts in the course textbook to your CEO's overall practices in their organization/company. Review the concepts in the Weeks 1-4 Discussion Questions.

Included Concepts Required:

• Management Concepts and the Application of Concepts to the Functional Areas Related to Local and Global Business.

Include the Following:

• Social Responsibility of the Organization
• The CEO's Approach Toward Social Responsibility
• The CEO's Business-Level and Corporate-Level Strategies Implemented in their Organization
• Organizational Structure Implemented in their Organization
• Source(s) of Power Implemented by the CEO
• Sources of Motivation for their Employees
• Legal and Ethical Business Practices including Diversity and Inclusion
• Global Environment in Relation to Business Decisions

3. Why this CEO is (or is not) an Effective Leader/Manager:Please note it is required to provide cited research to support why you feel this person is (or is not) an effective leader/manager. Please address their display of social responsibilities, ethical practices, and any supported regulations related to their leadership/management style. Include the concepts you learned in this course and the concepts in the course textbook

The information provided in the paper is required to include the managerial concepts learned in this course from the Discussions, Case Assignments, and the weekly readings.

Please choose one of the following high-profile CEOs to research as the focus of your paper (pictures on the left):

• Michelle Buck (The Hershey Company)
• Brian Chesky (Airbnb)
• Jamie Dimon (JPMorgan Chase & Co.)
• Thasunda Brown Duckett (TIAA)
• Sue Gove (Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.)
• Antonio Neri (Hewlett Packard Enterprise)
• Brian Niccol (Chipolte Mexican Grill)
• Yamini Rangan (Hubspot, Inc.)
• Russell Stokes (GE Aviation Services)

Please read the Grading Assessment Rubric prior to writing your paper and include all the required criteria in your paper. Please download and print the Assessment Rubric to follow as you write your paper. Please click on this link for the Assessment Rubric:

Grading Rubric Requirements:

The paper is required to include the following:

• A strong understanding of management concepts and application of the concepts to the functional areas related to local and global business
• A strong understanding of ethical decision-making including a strong understanding of legal and ethical business practices including diversity and inclusion
• A strong understanding of the global environment in relation to business decisions
• The paper is required to be clearly organized and provide convincing evidence to support conclusions.
• The argument is required to incorporate critical and analytical explanation, is logical, persuasive, and clearly communicated in a conclusion.
• The reader should be able to follow a line of reasoning.
• The paper is required to include research and correct APA 7th ed. formatting.
• APA format is required to be used accurately and consistently in the paper.
• The paper is required to include compelling evidence from professionally legitimate sources to support the claims made.
• Attribution should be clear and fairly represented.
• The reader of the paper should be confident the information and ideas presented can be trusted.

General APA Guidelines For This Paper:

Your paper is required to be an APA 7th ed. format Microsoft Word document.

Please use the APA 7th ed. format APA paper template. You can type directly in the template and submit it. Please be sure to click 'Save' when it opens.

MAN1021_APA 7th ed. Format Paper Template for Week 4 CEO Paper.docx

If you do not have Microsoft Office 365 please note Keiser University provides students with Microsoft Office 365 at no charge in their Keiser Outlook (email) account. Use the Microsoft Word app to create your paper rather than an online template that may not be compatible with Blackboard. If your instructor provides or requires a Microsoft Word APA 7th ed. format paper template to use it is recommended you use it for your paper.

Your APA paper should be typed, double-spaced on standard-sized paper (8.5" x 11") with 1" margins on all sides.

All text should be in Times New Roman 12-point font.

A Running head and page headers are not included in APA 7th ed. format student papers. Include a page number at the top of every page flush right at the margin.

Please refer to the 'Business Writing and Research APA Formatting Videos" module in the 'Getting Started' tab located in the course menu on the left sidebar to learn correct APA format.

Major Paper Sections

Your paper is required to include these three components: Title Page, Main Body, and Reference Page. An Abstract is not necessary for this paper.

Title Page

The Title Page of your paper should include the title of your paper, author's name (your name), the institutional affiliation (Keiser University), course number and course name, and the date.

Include the following centered in the upper-middle of the page:

Title of Your Paper

Author's Name (Your Name)

Keiser University

MAN1021 Principles of Management

Date (Month, Day, Year)

Body of the Paper

The content of your paper should be uniformly double-spaced. Begin the body of your paper on page 2 by typing in your full title at the top of the page. The title must be centered and in title case in bold text. Title case means all major words are capitalized. This is an APA Level 1 Topic Heading. Then press the enter key once, change your alignment to left and begin typing. Each paragraph must be indented by ?? inch.

Do not write the word 'Introduction' at the beginning of your paper. In APA format papers the first paragraph is always the introduction, so it is it does not need to be titled as such.

The body of your paper is required to be a minimum of 3-5 pages in length excluding the Title and Reference pages.

Introduction

Do not write the word 'Introduction' as a Topic Heading in APA format Papers

Include the following three required assignment topics as APA Level 1 Topic Headings:

CEO's Personal and Professional Background

CEO's Implementation of the Course Concepts

Why This CEO is (or is not) an Effective Leader/Manager

Summary

Reference Page

The Reference page is the last page in your paper. This should be a new page with the title References at the top of the page in bold text and centered.

• Only include the references for the sources you cited in your paper on the Reference page.
• In APA format all references are required to be in hanging indent format and uniformly double-spaced.
• Each of the references for your sources should be listed alphabetically by last name.
• All references are required to be in correct APA 7th ed. format.

Sources:

• It is required to provide the George (2024) course textbook as a source.
• A minimum of three full-text academic journal articles from the Online Keiser Library are required sources. Please use the Library Training/Instructional Videos provided in the Online Keiser Library for assistance in researching academic journal articles.
• In addition to the course textbook and academic articles from the Online Keiser Library you may use professional business sources.
• All sources are required to be published from 2016 to the present.
• All information provided from the sources you use is required to be paraphrased in your words and cited appropriately in correct APA 7th ed. format using narrative and/or parenthetical in-text citations. Direct quotes from your sources are not accepted even if cited.

*Please note: You may not find scholarly journal articles in the Online Library on your CEO if you only type in their name in the search bar. First, determine the leadership/management style of your CEO and then research the leadership/management concepts in the library. There are thousands of articles in the Online Library on management and business concepts, leadership styles, theories, models, etc.

Helpful Hint: The ProQuest Database Platform in the Online Keiser Library has an option to select only full-text articles if you check the box. Be sure to also check the box for 'Peer-reviewed.' For Publication date: Click on the dropdown arrow and choose: 'After this date...' In the yyyy box type in 2015 to access journal articles published after 2015 which will access articles from 2016 to present.

The following are not accepted sources: Wikipedia, Wiki websites, Blogs, encyclopedias, bibliography.com, other textbooks, books, online books, book reviews, dictionaries, newspapers, online essays, other students' papers, assignments, and essays found in online websites, any any Artificial Intelligence (AI) websites, online paraphrasing tools, Dissertations, White Pages, online interviews, videos (except for the video in the Week 4 Discussion), .edu websites, job search websites such as Indeed, Monster, etc., and non-professional online websites.

Please follow the above guidelines and requirements. Prior to submitting your assignment please review your paper to be sure you have met all the Assignment Guidelines and Rubric requirements.