Leadership and Team Management (MGMT623)

Assignment 01
Marks: 10 Due Date: December 17, 2020
Nelson Mandela is considered one of the greatest leader of the world. He enjoyed great
followership and worked extremely hard to achieve his goals.

Requirement:

Students are required to study the life of Nelson Mandela and answer the questions given
below.

Question. 01: (2 mark for identifying the style, 3 marks for the example)

What was the leadership style of Nelson Mandela? Explain with an example. (Autocratic,
Charismatic, Transformational or Transactional)

Question. 02: (2 mark for identifying the style, 3 marks for the example)

Discuss the most prominent personality characteristic of Nelson Mandela with respect to Big
Five Personality model. Provide an example to prove your point.

Note:

You are advised to study the life of Mr. Mandela thoroughly before attempting the assignment.
Your answer of each question should be supported by any example or event from the life of Mr.
Mandela exhibiting his leadership style or personality characteristic mentioned by you.

Word limit for the complete assignment is 250 to 300 words.

IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS:
DEADLINE:
 Make sure to upload the solution file before the due date on VULMS
 Any submission made via email after the due date will not be accepted.

FORMATTING GUIDELINES:
 Use the font style “Times New Roman” or “Arial” and font size “12”.
 It is advised to compose your document in MS-Word format.
 Use black and blue font colors only.
RULES FOR MARKING
Please note that your assignment will not be graded or graded as Zero (0), if:
 Word limit is not followed
 It is submitted after the due date.
 The file you uploaded does not open or is corrupt.
 It is in any format other than MS-Word or Open Office; e.g. Excel,
 PowerPoint, PDF etc.
 It is cheated or copied from other students, internet, books, journals etc.