Assignment
3: Presentation of Leadership and Management Strategy
Due Week 10 and
worth 100 points
In this
assignment, you will present what you have learned about leadership and
management from this course. Combine your research from Assignment 1 and Assignment
2 into a PowerPoint presentation that focuses on best practices in
organizational leadership. Your presentation should highlight at least two (2)
different business leaders and describe their business and philosophy. Your
presentation should also include examples of leadership characteristics,
traits, and behaviors of the chosen leaders. Your presentation should be
detailed enough that it could provide new leaders with strategies to help them
develop their own leadership and management styles.
In addition to
your textbook, review the following optional articles and videos that detail
creating a PowerPoint presentation for this assignment:
·
“Create your
first PowerPoint 2013 presentation” by Microsoft, located athttp://office.microsoft.com/en-us/support/create-your-first-powerpoint-2013-presentation-RZ102925085.aspx?CTT=5&origin=HA102809627
·
“Top Ten Slide
Tips” by Garr Reynolds, located athttp://www.garrreynolds.com/preso-tips/design/
·
“Top 10 Best
Practices When Using PowerPoint for Presentations” (22 min 57 s). Video Source:
DNN Corp. (2012, April 9). Top 10 Best Practices When Using PowerPoint for
Presentations [Video file]. Retrieved fromhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtygW25vj_I
Create a nine to
twelve (9-12) slide presentation in which you:
1.
Develop a
PowerPoint presentation in which you focus on overall best practices in
organizational leadership.
2.
Choose two (2)
different business leaders that you learned about from the previous two
assignments, and describe two to three (2-3) fundamental aspects of each of
their most important business philosophies. Provide one to two (1-2) examples
of the application of such philosophies to support your response.
3.
Identify three
to four (3-4) characteristics, three to four (3-4) traits, and three to four
(3-4) behaviors that have made each of them successful leaders.
4.
Provide both a
title slide (see the formatting requirements below) and an introductory slide
to your presentation.
5.
Provide a
summary slide that addresses key points of your presentation.
6.
Develop
narration for each of the slides. Use the speaker’s notes section of the slides
to indicate what you would say if you were actually presenting in front of an
audience.
7.
Select three to
four (3-4) relevant images, photographs, or graphs to focus your audience’s
attention during your presentation.
Your assignment
must follow these formatting requirements:
·
Format the
PowerPoint presentation with headings on each slide and three to four (3-4)
relevant graphics (photographs, graphs, clip art, etc.), ensuring that the
presentation is visually appealing and readable from 18 feet away. Check with
your professor for any additional instructions.
·
Include a title
slide containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s
name, the course title, and the date. The title slide is not included in the
required slide length.
The specific
course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
·
Explain the
principal theories of leadership and motivation, and describe the fundamental
considerations in managing and motivating individual and group behavior.
·
Describe control
systems that can improve a firm’s operations and facilitate change.
·
Use technology
and information resources to research issues in management concepts.
·
Write clearly
and concisely about management concepts using proper writing mechanics.
