Choose the CEO of one of the following organizations for this assignment: Google, Zappos, Southwest Airlines, Hewlett Packard, Xerox, W.L. Gore, DuPont, or Procter & Gamble. Use the Internet to investigate the leadership style and effectiveness of the selected CEO. Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you: Provide a brief (one [1] paragraph) background of the CEO. Analyze the CEO’s leadership style and philosophy, and how the CEO’s leadership style aligns with the culture. Examine the CEO’s personal and organizational values. Evaluate how the values of the CEO are likely to influence ethical behavior within the organization. Determine the CEO’s three (3) greatest strengths and three (3) greatest weaknesses. Select the quality that you believe contributes most to this leader’s success. Support your reasoning. Assess how communication and collaboration, and power and politics influence group (i.e., the organization’s) dynamics. Use at least six (6) quality academic resources in this assignment.  Note:  Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources. Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements: Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length. The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are: Analyze the formation and dynamics of group behavior and work teams, including the application of power in groups. Outline various individual and group decision-making processes and key factors affecting these processes , including ethical considerations . Examine the communication process, the primary conflict levels, and the process for negotiating resolutions within organizations. Examine how power and influence empower and affect office politics, political interpretations, and political behavior. Use technology and information resources to research issues in organizational behavior. Write clearly and concisely about organizational behavior using proper writing mechanics. Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric. Points: 200 Assignment 3 Part I: Leadership Style: How Are Leaders Leading in the 21st Century? Criteria Unacceptable Below 70% F Fair 70-79% C Proficient 80-89% B Exemplary 90-100% A 1. Provide a brief (one [1] paragraph) background of the CEO. Weight: 5% Did not submit or incompletely provided a brief (one [1] paragraph) background of the CEO. Partially provided a brief (one [1] paragraph) background of the CEO. Satisfactorily provided a brief (one [1] paragrap.

1. Choose the CEO of one of the following organizations for this
assignment: Google, Zappos, Southwest Airlines, Hewlett
Packard, Xerox, W.L. Gore, DuPont, or Procter & Gamble. Use
the Internet to investigate the leadership style and effectiveness
of the selected CEO.
Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:
Provide a brief (one [1] paragraph) background of the CEO.
Analyze the CEO’s leadership style and philosophy, and how
the CEO’s leadership style aligns with the culture.
Examine the CEO’s personal and organizational values.
Evaluate how the values of the CEO are likely to influence
ethical behavior within the organization.
Determine the CEO’s three (3) greatest strengths and three (3)
greatest weaknesses.
Select the quality that you believe contributes most to this
leader’s success. Support your reasoning.
Assess how communication and collaboration, and power and
politics influence group (i.e., the organization’s) dynamics.
Use at least six (6) quality academic resources in this
assignment.
Note:
Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic
resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size
12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references
must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your
professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the
student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the
date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in
the required assignment page length.

2. The specific course learning outcomes associated with this
assignment are:
Analyze the formation and dynamics of group behavior and
work teams, including the application of power in groups.
Outline various individual and group decision-making processes
and key factors affecting these processes
, including ethical considerations
.
Examine the communication process, the primary conflict
levels, and the process for negotiating resolutions within
organizations.
Examine how power and influence empower and affect office
politics, political interpretations, and political behavior.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in
organizational behavior.
Write clearly and concisely about organizational behavior using
proper writing mechanics.
Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality,
logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing
skills, using the following rubric.
Points: 200
Assignment 3 Part I: Leadership Style: How Are Leaders
Leading in the 21st Century?
Criteria
Unacceptable
Below 70% F
Fair
70-79% C
Proficient
80-89% B
Exemplary
90-100% A
1. Provide a brief (one [1] paragraph) background of the CEO.
Weight: 5%

3. Did not submit or incompletely provided a brief (one [1]
paragraph) background of the CEO.
Partially provided a brief (one [1] paragraph) background of the
CEO.
Satisfactorily provided a brief (one [1] paragraph) background
of the CEO.
Thoroughly provided a brief (one [1] paragraph) background of
the CEO.
2. Analyze the CEO’s leadership style and philosophy, and how
the CEO’s leadership style aligns with the culture.
Weight: 15%
Did not submit or incompletely analyzed the CEO’s leadership
style and philosophy, and how the CEO’s leadership style aligns
with the culture.
Partially analyzed the CEO’s leadership style and philosophy,
and how the CEO’s leadership style aligns with the culture.
Satisfactorily analyzed the CEO’s leadership style and
philosophy, and how the CEO’s leadership style aligns with the
culture.
Thoroughly analyzed the CEO’s leadership style and
philosophy, and how the CEO’s leadership style aligns with the
culture.
3. Examine the CEO’s personal and organizational values.
Weight: 10%
Did not submit or incompletely examined the CEO’s personal
and organizational values.
Partially examined the CEO’s personal and organizational
values.
Satisfactorily examined the CEO’s personal and organizational
values.
Thoroughly examined the CEO’s personal and organizational
values.
4. Evaluate how the values of the CEO are likely to influence
ethical behavior within the organization.
Weight: 15%
Did not submit or incompletely evaluated how the values of the

4. CEO are likely to influence ethical behavior within the
organization.
Partially evaluated how the values of the CEO are likely to
influence ethical behavior within the organization.
Satisfactorily evaluated how the values of the CEO are likely to
influence ethical behavior within the organization.
Thoroughly evaluated how the values of the CEO are likely to
influence ethical behavior within the organization.
5. Determine the CEO’s three (3) greatest strengths and three
(3) greatest weaknesses.
Weight: 15%
Did not submit or incompletely determined the CEO’s three (3)
greatest strengths and three (3) greatest weaknesses.
Partially determined the CEO’s three (3) greatest strengths and
three (3) greatest weaknesses.
Satisfactorily determined the CEO’s three (3) greatest strengths
and three (3) greatest weaknesses.
Thoroughly determined the CEO’s three (3) greatest strengths
and three (3) greatest weaknesses.
6. Select the quality that you believe contributes most to this
leader’s success. Support your reasoning.
Weight: 10%
Did not submit or incompletely selected the quality that you
believe contributes most to this leader’s success. Did not submit
or incompletely supported your reasoning.
Partially selected the quality that you believe contributes most
to this leader’s success. Partially supported your reasoning.
Satisfactorily selected the quality that you believe contributes
most to this leader’s success. Satisfactorily supported your
reasoning.
Thoroughly selected the quality that you believe contributes
most to this leader’s success. Thoroughly supported your
reasoning.
7. Assess how communication and collaboration, and power and
politics influence group (i.e., the organization’s) dynamics.
Weight: 15%

5. Did not submit or incompletely assessed how communication
and collaboration, and power and politics influence group (i.e.,
the organization’s) dynamics.
Partially assessed how communication and collaboration, and
power and politics influence group (i.e., the organization’s)
dynamics.
Satisfactorily assessed how communication and collaboration,
and power and politics influence group (i.e., the organization’s)
dynamics.
Thoroughly assessed how communication and collaboration, and
power and politics influence group (i.e., the organization’s)
dynamics.
8. 6 references
Weight: 5%
No references provided
Does not meet the required number of references; some or all
references poor quality choices.
Meets number of required references; all references high quality
choices.
Exceeds number of required references; all references high
quality choices.
9. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements
Weight: 10%
More than 6 errors present
5-6 errors present
3-4 errors present
0-2 errors present
Create a twelve (12) to fifteen (15) slide PowerPoint in which
you:
Illustrate the concepts from your written report in Part I of this
assignment.
Create bulleted speaking notes for your presentation in the
Notes section of the PowerPoint.
Use a professional technically written style to graphically
convey the information.

6. Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Include a cover slide containing the title of the assignment, the
student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the
date. The cover slide and the reference slide are not included in
the required assignment page length. Each slide should contain
no more than five (5) bullets per slide. Speaker notes for each
slide must be included. Speaker notes should be at least 150
words.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this
assignment are:
Analyze the formation and dynamics of group behavior and
work teams, including the application of power in groups.
Outline various individual and group decision-making processes
and key factors affecting these processes
, including ethical considerations
.
Examine the communication process, the primary conflict
levels, and the process for negotiating resolutions within
organizations.
Examine how power and influence empower and affect office
politics, political interpretations, and political behavior.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in
organizational behavior.
Write clearly and concisely about organizational behavior using
proper writing mechanics.
Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality,
logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing
skills, using the following rubric.
Points: 100
Assignment 3 Part II: PowerPoint Presentation
Criteria
Unacceptable
Below 70% F

7. Fair
70-79% C
Proficient
80-89% B
Exemplary
90-100% A
1. Illustrate the concepts from your written report in Part I of
this assignment.
Weight: 30%
Did not submit or incompletely illustrated the concepts from
your written report in Part I of this assignment.
Partially illustrated the concepts from your written report in
Part I of this assignment.
Satisfactorily illustrated the concepts from your written report
in Part I of this assignment.
Thoroughly illustrated the concepts from your written report in
Part I of this assignment.
2. Create bulleted speaking notes for your presentation in the
Notes section of the PowerPoint.
Weight: 30%
Did not submit or incompletely created bulleted speaking notes
for your presentation in the Notes section of the PowerPoint.
Partially created bulleted speaking notes for your presentation
in the Notes section of the PowerPoint.
Satisfactorily created bulleted speaking notes for your
presentation in the Notes section of the PowerPoint.
Thoroughly created bulleted speaking notes for your
presentation in the Notes section of the PowerPoint.
3. Use a professional technically written style to graphically
convey the information.
Weight: 30%
Did not submit or incompletely used a professional technically
written style to graphically convey the information.
Partially used a professional technically written style to
graphically convey the information.
Satisfactorily used a professional technically written style to

8. graphically convey the information.
Thoroughly used a professional technically written style to
graphically convey the information.
4. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements
Weight: 10%
More than 6 errors present
5-6 errors present
3-4 errors present
0-2 errors present