For this task, you will write a 10-16 page paper on an organization with which you have had personal experience. The organization can be a business or a nonprofit, and you may represent any level of the organization (e.g., team, division, whole) in your analysis. Your description of the organization should convey personal experience, rather than information gained from secondhand sources or media coverage. For this task, you will first describe the chosen organization and will then perform a SWOT analysis on that organization. You will then analyze that organization’s leadership.
Requirements:
A. Describe your chosen organization by doing the following:
1. Describe the organization and its objective(s).
2. Describe three leadership practices of the primary leader of the organization.
3. Discuss how the current leadership has affected organizational culture.
B. Conduct a SWOT analysis evaluating the chosen organization by doing the following:
Note: In your evaluation, consider the effects that communication practices, technology, ethics, and globalization have on your organization.
1. Evaluate two of the organization’s strengths.
2. Evaluate two of the organization’s weaknesses.
3. Evaluate two of the organization’s opportunities.
4. Evaluate two of the organization’s threats.
C. Conduct a leadership evaluation of the primary leader described in part A2 by doing the following:
Note: As part of your evaluation, you will need to use one scholarly leadership theory and three scholarly sources.
1. Evaluate three strengths of the primary leader’s leadership practices using a scholarly leadership theory.
2. Evaluate three weaknesses of the primary leader’s leadership practices using the same scholarly leadership theory you used in part C1.
3. Recommend three theory-based practices to maximize the future success of the leader and the organization.
4. Include at least three scholarly sources to support your analysis of the primary leader’s practices.
D. When you use sources, include all in-text citations and references in APA format.
2nd Task
You will write a 6-10 page paper evaluating your own leadership practices using a scholarly leadership theory that is different from the one you used in task 1. To help you refine your own leadership skills, you will develop at least two SMART (specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and timely) goals as part of your evaluation.
Requirements:
A. Conduct a leadership evaluation of your own leadership by doing the following:
1. Provide a completed copy of the attached “Seven Habits Profile.”
Note: You will be required to scan a completed copy of the “Seven Habits Profile” in order to include it as an attachment with your task submission.
a. Reflect on the results of your Seven Habits Profile, including what those results might indicate about your leadership style.
2. Evaluate your leadership practice by doing the following:
Note: As part of your evaluation, you will need to use one scholarly leadership theory and three scholarly sources.
a. Evaluate three strengths of your leadership practice using a scholarly leadership theory.
Note: You should use a leadership theory that is different from the leadership theory you used in task 1.
b. Evaluate three weaknesses of your leadership practice using the same scholarly leadership theory you used in part A2a.
c. Recommend three theory-based changes that you could make to maximize your success in managing organizations and leading people in the future.
d. Discuss two short-term SMART goals that will help improve your leadership practice.
i. Discuss specific actions you will take to reach each of the SMART goals discussed in part A2d.
e. Include three scholarly sources that support your evaluation of your own leadership practice.
B. When you use sources, include all in-text citations and references in APA format.





