Reective Assignment #1 {15%}: Perceptions on leadership - do we still need leaders? This assignment relates to the following Course Learning Requirements: - CLR 1: Analyze the difference between managers and leaders; in order to identify what skills are needed in specific business situations. 0 Differentiate between skills used to manage and lead people. 0 Discuss how both management and leadership are critical in business management. Objectives Of this assignment: Many young people feel that there are very few opportunities left in business to apply leadership skills to they feel that the need for individual leaders has been mostly eliminated within organizations. So, as we begin our course let us explore this idea to see if it is correct or not. Let's look at some job ads to see if society still needs and values leadership qualities in our workforce - and if they do, let us nd out what kind of leadership behaviours and traits are in demand. Assignment Instructions 0 Length: Your report is to be a maximum of one (1] single spaced page in length (approximately: 500 words}. - Format: Your report is to be completed in Microsoft Word (or equivalent) please do not submit PDF les. For this assignment we will use the profession of a project manager to see if leadership opportunities still exist. Project management is an interesting profession in that it has always been a mix of leadership and managerial duties; as such, it is a good profession for us to examine to see if the profession is still a balance between leadership and management skills or if leadership skills are no longer needed and the profession has become primarily a managerial role. To complete this assignment: 1) Step #1: Background Research: Conduct a current workplace review of required project manager skills. Review several project manager related jobs to see if business places a greater emphasis on managerial responsibilities or on leadership related skills. Simply read over the responsibilities sections of several project manager jobs until you can identify five (5) examples of managerial responsibilities and five (5) examples of leadership responsibilities. 2) Step #2: Prepare a (maximum) one-page report on your findings. Your report needs to contain the following sections: Section 1: In this section, demonstrate your ability to identify managerial duties and leadership responsibilities by selecting five (5) managerial responsibilities and five (5) leadership responsibilities from the job ads that you reviewed. List of five (5) managerial responsibilities List five (5) managerial responsibilities that are contained in the various job ads that you reviewed. Simply 'copy and paste into this section of your report the entry in the ad that contain a description of the managerial task that the candidate must be able to carry out. (Just the entry itself - not the whole job ad). List of five (5) Leadership responsibilities List five (5) leadership responsibilities that are contained in the various job ads that you reviewed. 'Copy and paste into this section of your report the entry for the ad that contains a description of the Leadership task that the candidate must be able to carry out. (Just the entry itself - not the whole job ad.) Section 2: Reflect on your findings - consider the jobs that you reviewed and answer the following questions: With regards to the project management profession: Do you feel that (in the jobs you reviewed) a greater emphasis is placed on leadership skills or on managerial skills? Or was it balanced? Do you feel that, over time, this required mix of skills will change? If so, do you see the need for leadership skills increasing or decreasing in the future? Do you feel that other senior management professions place a similar emphasis on leadership skills