Case Studies Assignment

Leadership Case Studies

Leadership Case Studies
At the end of each chapter (except for the introduction) in the Northouse (2019) book, you will read all three case
studies. The instructor will choose ONE of the case studies from EACH assigned chapter and you are to answer the
questions for it. Your response to each Case Study should be no more than one page double-spaced (that means, six
case studies = 6 pages total). Label each Case Study (i.e. 2.2) and submit all six Case Studies as ONE paper at the end
of the last week of the course. Label the computer file with your last name first, i.e. “Smith – Case Studies.” Be sure
to include a cover page following the APA guidelines and submit it in the dropbox. Do it well as this final assignment
will constitute 20% of your final grade.

For this class you will hand in the following case studies as instructed by the instructor in class:

§ 2.1 – “Choosing a New Director of Research.”
§ 3.1 – “A Strained Research Team.”
§ 4.2 – “Eating Lunch Standing Up.”
§ 5.2 – “Why Aren’t They Listening?”
§ 6.3 – “Playing in the Orchestra.”
§ 7.1 – “His Team Gets the Best Assignments”

Due date is April 16 at 11:59pm.

Grading rubric for critical thinking, reflection & application (10 points):

Subject

wgt Exceptional
A+ (rare) to A

Good Work:
A- to B

Acceptable:
B- to C

Unsatisfactory:
C-to F

Critical Thinking

3 Demonstrates strong grasp of
case study central thesis.

Demonstrates critical
thinking and personal
reflection.

Demonstrates familiarity
with central thesis of case
study.

Response is superficial or
incomplete.

Analysis

3 Clear analysis of questions
asked in the case study.

Strong description in
response to case study
questions.

Good description of
authors ideas. Sometimes
difficult to follow student’s
arguments

Superficial or incomplete.
Disconnected or fragmented
description.

Relevance

2 Clear analysis of relevance to
historical and theoretical
concepts of leadership and
preliminary topic.

Strong description of
relevance to historical and
theoretical concepts of
leadership or preliminary
topic.

Good description.
Relationship between
answers and to historical
and theoretical concepts
of leadership may be
unclear.

Superficial or incomplete
Disconnected or fragmented
ideas.

Writing

1 Exceptional writing ability:
creative, evocative, original.

Consistently writes clearly,
logically and succinctly.

Usually writes clearly,
logically and succinctly.

Often unclear or illogical,
with too much or too little
information.

Spelling, grammar
and formatting
(citation, APA, page
limits)

1 Clear and well written with
little need for grammar or
formatting edits.

Clearly written with some
need for grammatical or
formatting edits.

Significant challenges in
grammar, unclear
formatting.

Unacceptable spelling,
grammatical and formatting
matters for undergraduate
level work.

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