Case Study Assessment
For this assessment, you will examine a Case Study of LeadShare – An Appreciative Inquiry Into the Factors of Culture Continuity During Leadership Transition
(attached).
You will use the BUSN20023 (People, Lead, Culture) unit notes provided to examine and analyse the Leadshare reading. Use this knowledge and your analysis to write a report of no more than 2,500 words (excluding title page, references and appendix) that respond to two questions.
In completing this case study, you are expected to draw upon broader knowledge gained in the studies to this point. Including references to other readings to support and contextualise your opinion is required.
Task descriiption
Leadshare is a major Canadian consultancy which wanted to set up an excellent succession planning system. This case study reports on the outcomes.
Use the case material to gain a better understanding of the management and leadership challenges facing Leadshare and other organisations and write a report of no more than 2,500 words (excluding title page, references and appendix) that responds to the following questions.
The report covering “the management and leadership challenges facing Leadshare and other organisations” will include:
The provided reading concludes that “that Appreciative Inquiry provides many contributions to collective and collaborative efforts and may be most ideal in those settings”. In no more than 200 words per section (about half a page), write down and justify with at least one reference which one or two of the leadership styles, roles and types introduced in this unit would help you achieve each of the major themes in the article:
1) The Feeling of Unity,
2) Respected, Responsible, Inspirational Leadership,
3) Justice and Equality, and
4) People Development and Professional Competence. (total 800 words)
The case study discusses succession planning at Leadshare and proposes 11 “factors of Culture Continuity”. Please choose any five of these factors, and in no more than 300 words each, explain (with references) why you think this factor was “evident” or “not evident” in an enterprise you know deeply (one where you have worked). (total 1500 words)
Before you begin, you should familiarize yourself with:
1. The unit notes (attached)
2. You should have roughly 4 references per 500 words from peer-reviewed articles (general web sites are not acceptable)
3. The report will be marked using the Case Study Rubric (attached).