Final Assignment – Leadership and Management Treatise
(DUE Sun. 4/29)
This is an opportunity for you to reflect and apply theories and principles you have learned throughout the
semester, the readings, and your overall experience and evolution as a leader and manager. Most importantly,
you will be asked to put forth your general leadership and management model and values that will serve as a
guide for you in the future.
This assignment should be used as a portfolio item and also serve as a reference to you once you begin your full
time library/information science career. Please bear in mind that your like or dislike of concepts should not
be directly related to my take on leadership but rather why you think something is a good or bad idea based
on its own merit and supported by a well articulated rationale.
Life in many ways is an application of one’s own philosophy so please articulate what these are in terms of
your own, current thoughts on leadership.
Requirements: 5 page minimum, double spaced, 12 point font. Please cite your
sources and include references at the end of your paper.
I.
Your Leadership and Professional Model (3 points Total)
1) Leadership Mission and Values (1 point)
If you had to encapsulate your leadership philosophy into a one sentence mission
(action) statement, what would it be? Please provide the rationale for why you selected
the mission statement that you did.
Now, list your fundamental values, which are the major tenets in which you intend to
lead by and you feel are critical to you and your organizational culture (regardless if you
are the recognized leader or not). Please provide examples of how each value could or
should be implemented and a rationale for each of the values you selected. Refer to the
leadership model attached for an exemplar.
2) Your talents and personal/professional development plan (1 point)
This is an open discussion about what some of your natural talents are and how these
relate (or not) to your professional development plan in the future. Walk me through
how you see your career evolving and whether leadership and management may have a
role to play. Feel free to take this section wherever you wish starting with your status as a
student now and where you see your career in 3-5 years, where you see yourself
personally in 15 years.
3) Generate a professional cover letter and resume (1 points)
Write a general cover letter about yourself, your passions, and prominent qualifications
for you next job. Revise your resume based on course discussions and include as an
attachment to this assignment.
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II.
Vision for an Ideal Library (3 points)
1) Articulate a vision of your ideal library (1-2 pages)
2) Management Tools
1) Put together an example budget
2) Discuss the role and value of strategic planning
3) Discuss the role and value of a needs assessment
4) Discuss the role of quality control and quality management
principles
III.
Your Top Five Questions (3 points total)
At the beginning of the semester you were asked to list five questions you most wanted
answered in this course. Below, please state how you would answer each of these top
five questions now using a combination of readings, lectures, class discussions,
interviews, personal opinion, and a minimum of three outside sources (not per question but
cumulatively).
At minimum, please provide at least three paragraphs for each response citing your
sources.
IV.
Review and discuss the course student learning outcomes (2 point total)
Please identify all that have been met and strengths and weaknesses of the course.
Discuss each of the four SLOs and each of the subareas for each outcome - which ones
were met?
Student Learning Objective (SLO)
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs)
1. Advanced Communication Skills
1. Verbal
2. Written
3. Listening
4. Presentation
5. Discussion
6. Conflict Resolution
2. Organizational and Personnel
Management Skills
1. Strategic Planning
2. Policies (Establishing and Refining)
3. Budgeting
4. Meetings
5. Personnel Management
6. Resource Allocation & Management
7. Hiring and Firing
8. Diversity of thought and values
9. Research & Development
10. Needs Assessment
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3. Relationship Management,
Professional Development, and
Teamwork Skills
1. Lateral Leadership
2. Self-Regulation and Self-Awareness
3. Group Development
4. Conflict Resolution
5. Resonant Leadership
6. Evaluations
7. Professional Development Plan
8. Revised Resume
4. Knowledge of Leadership and
Management Theory
1. Leadership styles
2. Leadership and Management Theory
3. Leadership and Management Research
4. Case Studies
V.
Final thoughts about your leadership and management potential and
general future over the next five years (1 points total)
From this point and into the near future, reflect on your leadership and management
potential and what role you think it may play in your current and future career/life.
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References
Here are some examples in APA format:
Guide to APA 6.0 Format
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Improve Schools? Journal of Educational Thought: Vol. 36, No. 1, 2002, 7-26.
Associated Press (2006). Salary to degree comparison retrieved on October 29th, 2006
from www.diverseeducation.com.
Baines, L. & Stanley, G. (2004). High Stakes Hustle: Public Schools and the New Billion
Dollar Accountability. Educational Forum, Fall 2004, vol. 69, no. 1, pp. 8-15.
Barr, R., Bizar, M. (2001). Conceptualizing leadership in the context of school reform. In
M. Bizar & R. Barr (Eds.), School leadership in times of urban reform (pp. 1-20).
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Blair, L. (2000). Strategies for Change: Implementing a Comprehensive School Reform
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Blasé, J., Blasé, J. (2003). Handbook of Instructional Leadership: How Successful
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Publications
Brandt, R. (1992). On Deming and School Quality: A Conversation with Enid Brown.
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