A 4 Page Paper: An Effective Leader Background Write a profile describing a leader (living or dead) in a diverse organization who you think is especially effective in a multicultural setting.  You should select someone you can research or know well enough to write about. Presidents of the United States from Carter to the present are ineligible. The profile should not exceed four double-spaced pages for the body of the paper .  In addition, include a Cover page, abstract, and a References page.  Cite all references using APA style. The profile should include: The leader (1-2 paragraphs on his/her background. Note: this is not a biography .) His/her organization (1-2 paragraphs on his/her organization, company, group, etc.) His/her leadership characteristics and philosophy as covered in the readings; that is, what is their approach to leadership? Discuss why this leader is effective in a multicultural setting. Use of concepts in the readings where appropriate NOTE: The Japanese word kaizen means continuous improvement in small steps. Pay attention to comments made on your previous assignment. See also Item 7 in the rubric. Description Develop a paper of 4 double spaced pages based on the topic. Presentation ● APA format (title page, text, citations, and references). You may want to refer to the paper in Conferences, “Writing Papers That Are Easy to Grade” ● 1” margins on all sides ● Times New Roman, 12 point font ● Double spacing ● Avoid use of 1 st person (I , we, etc. ) ● 4 pages ● Note: Wikipedia is not an acceptable source ● Submit to turnitin.com by 8:00 PM EDT of the due date and put the rating on the cover page. Note: a rating over 25% is unacceptable. Papers not submitted by 8:00 PM on the due-date may be subject to a penalty. ● Give credit where credit is due. It is easy to plagiarize unintentionally. If you say things like: all leaders must be resilient discrimination against women is the very worst kind diverse organizations are more productive Then you have made a claim and you must provide a reference to support it. Grading Criteria Abbreviated rubric for Homework #2 ( An Effective Leader ) Criteria Score 1 Submitted late: minus 5% per day 2 3 Meets expectations for content and purpose of the assignment. Identifies one or more of the “approaches” to leadership. 20 4 Develops a clearly articulated and original thesis and/or main idea that is consistent with expectations of content and purpose. Topic is FOCUSED and can be covered in 4 pages. 20 5 Organizes ideas in clear and sequential paragraphs that logically reinforce the main idea. A paragraph is a collection of related sentences dealing with a single topic. 10 6 Incorporates sufficient use of appropriate research, supporting evidence, and relevant sources ( readings, and module sources ). 10 7 Take the comments made on HW #1 into consideration 10 8 Conforms to APA and/or additional gu.

1. A 4
Page Paper:
An Effective Leader
Background
Write
a profile describing a leader
(living or dead)
in a diverse organization who you think is especially effective
in a multicultural setting. You should select someone you can
research or know well enough to write about.
Presidents of the United States from Carter to the present are
ineligible.
The profile should not exceed four double-spaced pages for the
body of the paper
. In addition, include a Cover page, abstract, and a References
page. Cite all references using APA style.
The profile should include:
The leader (1-2 paragraphs on his/her background.
Note: this is not a biography
.)
His/her organization (1-2 paragraphs on his/her organization,
company, group, etc.)
His/her

2. leadership characteristics and philosophy
as covered in the readings; that is, what is their
approach to leadership?
Discuss why this leader is effective in a multicultural setting.
Use of concepts in the readings
where appropriate
NOTE:
The Japanese word
kaizen
means continuous improvement in small steps. Pay attention to
comments made on your previous assignment. See also Item 7 in
the rubric.
Description
Develop a paper of
4 double spaced pages
based on the topic.
Presentation
● APA format (title page, text, citations, and references).
You may want to refer to the paper in Conferences, “Writing
Papers That Are Easy to Grade”
● 1” margins on all sides

3. ● Times New Roman, 12 point font
● Double spacing
● Avoid use of 1
st
person (I
, we, etc.
)
● 4 pages
●
Note:
Wikipedia is not an acceptable source
● Submit to turnitin.com
by 8:00 PM EDT of the
due date and put the rating on the cover page.
Note: a rating over 25% is unacceptable.
Papers not submitted by 8:00 PM on the due-date may be
subject to a penalty.
● Give credit where credit is due.
It is easy to plagiarize unintentionally.
If you say things like:
all leaders must be resilient
discrimination against women is the very worst kind
diverse organizations are more productive

4. Then you have made a claim and you must provide a reference
to support it.
Grading Criteria
Abbreviated rubric for Homework #2 (
An Effective Leader
)
Criteria
Score
1
Submitted late:
minus 5% per day
2
3
Meets expectations for content and purpose of the assignment.
Identifies one or more of the “approaches” to leadership.
20
4
Develops a
clearly articulated and original thesis
and/or
main idea

5. that is consistent with expectations of content and purpose.
Topic is
FOCUSED
and can be covered in 4 pages.
20
5
Organizes ideas in clear and sequential paragraphs that logically
reinforce the main idea. A paragraph is a collection of related
sentences dealing with a single topic.
10
6
Incorporates sufficient use of appropriate research, supporting
evidence, and relevant sources (
readings, and module sources
).
10
7
Take the comments made on HW #1 into consideration
10
8
Conforms to APA and/or additional guidelines from the
instructor. (Refer to the paper in Conferences, “Writing Papers
That Are Easy to Grade”).
20
9
Displays sound grammar, punctuation,
spelling
, and appropriate conventions. See
*
NOTE

6. below
10
Total
Where (depending on whether weight is 10 or 20:
1-6 or 1-12 = Not proficient
7 or 14 = Competent
8 or 16 = Above average
10 or 20 = Exemplary
Checklist (make sure you do the following):
• Take Comments from HW #1 into account. Do not make the
same mistakes.
• A paper consists of a title page, abstract, the text pages, and
references.
• A strong first sentence which sets the stage and entices the
reader to continue.
• Use Times New Roman 12 pt. font and 1” margins.
• Double space (this includes the References).

7. • Justify the text on the left margin with a ragged right edge
• Indent all paragraphs ½”.
• Use headings (At least levels 1 & 2).
See section on 1
st
, 2
nd
, 3
rd
and 4
th
Level Headings.
• Put a header at top left margin of page and page # in top RH
corner (see above).
• Use the proper APA format for citations and the Reference
List (double space with hanging
indent).
Note
: Sources not cited in the paper should not be in the References.
• Avoid the use of the 1
st
person (“I” and “we” and “our”).
• Proofread.
Edit. (See next two bullets)
• Fewer words are better than more; Shorter sentences are better
than long.

8. • Do not plagiarize. Give
proper
credit where credit is due.
Wikipedia
is not acceptable.
*
NOTE
: Papers that have a consistent misuse of grammar, punctuation
(commas, semicolons, quotation marks) and spelling will not
receive a grade higher than the low 80’s regardless of the
quality of the content.