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Assignment - Individual Essay

Overview - Enterprise leaders are often challenged by the scope and complexity of their roles. These challenges create periods of uncertainty and may impact on the effectiveness and efficiency of the organisations they lead. One of the key challenges many enterprise leaders face is operating within global environments. Although the role of global enterprise leaders is to 'lead', doing that requires managing internal business units in ways that harness diverse teams and multi-cultural workplaces. The purpose of this assessment is to examine the challenges of leadership and management roles in global environments and to consider the important role of enterprise leaders.

Details - Write a 1,000-word academic essay addressing the following question:

Assessment question - Discuss the challenges of leadership and management roles in global environments. What role can enterprise leaders play to overcome these challenges?

Mandatory readings -

1. Cseh, M.B, Davis, E.E. & Khilji, S. (2013), Developing a global mindset: learning of global leaders, European Journal of Training and Development, Vol.37, Issue:5, pp. 489-499.

2. Maranga, K. & Sampayo, J. (2015), Management and Leadership in a global environment, Journal of Management Policy and Practice, Vol. 16, no.1, pp.83-88.

3. Nienaber, H. (2010), Conceptualisation of management and leadership, Management Decision, Vol.48, no.5, pp.661-675.

4. Simonet, D. & Tett, R.P. (2012), Five perspectives on the leadership-management relationship: A competency-based evaluation and integration, Journal of Leadership and Organisational Studies, Vol.20, no.2, pp.199-213.

5. Watkins, M.D. (2012), How managers become leaders: the seven seismic shifts of perspective and responsibility,Harvard Business Review, pp. 64-73.

Essay format - The essay should have a clear structure which includes:

1. An introduction that:

a. Includes a few general statements supported by the mandatory readings (in-text citations) about the topic to clarify your interpretation of the question;

b. Includes a thesis statement that presents your position on the topic; and

c. Outlines the main points that support your position.

2. A body that:

a. Includes a series of logically developed arguments that support your position and

b. Ensures that each argument and/or sub-argument is supported by the mandatory readings (in-text citations and examples from the readings).

3. A conclusion that:

a. Summarises the main points discussed in the body of the essay;

b. Restates the thesis statement; and

c. Includes a final comment that does not introduce any new ideas.

4. Cohesive text that aids with the logical flow of the arguments presented.

5. A reference list which is in alphabetical order by authors last name and includes only the resources that are used in the body of the text (i.e. in-text citations).

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