Leaders in the News - BUSM 5110 (10%)

Please include a title page (APA formatted) and a brief introduction.

Part 1: approximately 0.5 pages

In the news (magazine, newspaper, journal, etc.), find an article that discusses a relevant leader.
It could be a politician, celebrity, or businessperson. The article should outline a key decision
that the leader has made. Briefly summarize the article.

Part 2: approximately 1.5 pages

Reflect on the leader featured in this article.

• What kind of leader are they?

• Do they exhibit emotional intelligence?
• Are they making effective decisions for their team?
• Are there any goals/OKRs?
• Has there been any conflict? How have they/their team chosen to address it?
• Is there virtual management involved?
• Are they making good decisions for their organization? How do you know?

Part 3: approximately 1 page

Make 1-2 recommendations for this leader. What might they do better for their
team/organization? What leadership style might they consider using?

This assignment is intended to be open-ended. There will be many interpretations of your chosen
article, none of which will be wrong. Your grade will reflect the level of effort you have put in to
answering the above questions, and the quality of your recommendations, which must relate back
to a variety of course content.

Please provide a short conclusion to your paper and cite any references according to APA
7, including the article you selected.

You may wish to use other sources, other than your article, to learn more about the featured
leader. I would recommend this so that you are able to gain a full understanding and supplement
the article with additional information to provide a more thorough report.

Font: Times New Roman Font pt. 12, 2.0 spacing

Submission type: PDF

In the News Assignment – BUSM 5110, Serena Mawani

Grading Rubric

Professional Writing is Writing has Writing is Writing is Writing is

business mostly errors that overall good, overall well excellent
writing incomprehe detract from the with some done, with with no
nsible and meaning of the errors that do 1-2 errors. errors and is
full of paper. Required not overall extremely
grammar components are detract from 1.5 marks professional
and not within the the meaning of . All
sentence paper. the paper. required
errors. components
0.5 marks 1 mark .
0 marks
2 marks
Article No Summary is Summary is Summary is present
Summary summary is present but not present with good with accuracy. All of
provided enough information. Most the important segments
information OR of the article is of the article are
0 marks too much adequately covered.
information. summarized.
2 marks
0.5 mark 1 marks

Reflection No A bare A good reflection An exceptional critique

reflection is minimum is provided, is provided, answer
provided reflection has answering several most or all questions
been provided, of the questions in with clarity and quality.
0 marks answering 1-2 good detail.
questions. 4 marks
2 marks
1 mark

Recommend No A 1-2 Recommendation(s)

ations recommend recommendation recommendations show(s) higher level
ation(s) is is provided but are provided with thinking, excellent
(are) lacks substance good effort and effort and meaningful
provided. or meaningful detail. reflection, connected to
reflection. course content.
0 marks 1.5 marks
1 mark 2 marks

In the News Assignment – BUSM 5110, Serena Mawani