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Corporate Leadership in the Twenty-First Century ASSIGNMENT 1 PROMINENT BUSINESS LEADERS
INSTRUCTIONS
Assignment 1
Assignment Purpose:
In the first four weeks of this class the students have examined the difference between
leadership in the 20 th  and 21 st  century. They have examined the need for leaders to develop
leadership styles and presence as a way to help build followers. Also, the need to build trust
for relationship building in the organization was examined. Globalization movement in the
industry was the final discussion topic which examines the unique leadership challenges in
the 21 st century.
For this assignment, students will research several business leaders to discover their views
on leadership skills needed for the 21 st  century. The purpose of this assignment is to have
the students demonstrate their understanding of the challenges and skills needed for the
21 st century leader.
Assignment Instructions:
Step 1: Review the assignment instructions carefully.
Step 2: Review the grading rubric for the assignment carefully.
Step 3: Choose a large, medium and small size companies to examine. Pick leaders from
each company. Submit your choices of leaders for approval by the Professor in the
discussion area – Week 2.
Step 4: In completing the paper, research prominent business leaders and their views on the
leadership skills needed for the 21 st  century. Respond to the following items:
? Select at least one large corporation (fortune 500 company) leader, one medium
sized (other public companies), and one small business (any company with one
million dollar revenue) leader and compare and contrast their viewpoints.
? In separate paragraphs, describe each leaders view on 21 st  century leadership using
primary source video or written interviews on their opinions of 21 st  century leadership
(Refrain from providing a biography or a discussion of the businesses they lead).
? Evaluate the remarks of the leaders with respect to leadership styles, skills, and
business landscape of the future.
? Compare each leader’s views and contrast them with the reading for weeks 1-4.
NOTE: In the case of personal interviews with business leaders, the questions must be
cleared with the professor ahead of time and added to the paper as appendices.Step 5: Write down or highlight key facts from the interviews. Consider making an outline to
capture key points in the paper.
Step 6: Create a Word or Rich Text Format (RTF) document that is double-spaced, 12-point
font. The final product will be between 5 pages in length excluding the title page and the
reference page.
Step 7: Follow this format:
? Title page with title, your name, the course, the instructor’s name;
? Introduction paragraph (must induce a description of the leaders chosen). The
introductory paragraph is the first paragraph of the paper but is typically written after
writing the body of the paper. View this website to learn

how to write an introductory
paragraph: http://www.writing.ucsb.edu/faculty/donelan/intro.html;
? Body part addressing the items from step # 4.
? Summary paragraph. A summary paragraph restates the main idea(s) of the paper.
Make sure to leave a reader with a sense that the paper is complete. The summary
paragraph is the last paragraph of a paper.
Step 8: In writing a formal paper it should be done in the third person. What this means is
that there are no words such as “I, me, my, we, or us” (first person writing), nor is there use
of “you or your” (second person writing). If uncertain how to write in the third person, view
this link:http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/first-second-and-third-person
Step 9: In writing this assignment, students are asked to support the reasoning using in-text
citations and a reference list. A reference within a reference list cannot exist without an
associated in-text citation and vice versa. View the sample APA paper under Week 1
content.
Step 10: In writing this assignment, students are expected to paraphrase and not use direct
quotes. Learn to paraphrase by reviewing this
link:https://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/QPA_paraphrase2.html
Step 11: Using the grading rubric as a comparison, read through the paper to ensure all
required elements are presented.
Step 12: Proofread the paper for spelling and grammatical issues, and third person writing.
? Use the spell and grammar check in Word as a first measure;
? Have someone who has excellent English skills to proof the paper;
? Consider submitting the paper to the Effective Writing Center (EWC). The EWC will
provide 4-6 areas that may need improvement.Step 13: Submit the paper in the Assignment Folder. Answer Preview…………Introduction. Industrialization has created a lot of potential for corporate progress. To this end, various companies exist across a spectrum that is dictated by their incomes. According to this spectrum, fortune 500 companies are the most successful, followed by mid-size companies and then small ones. The analysis discusses leadership across this range of enterprises. The details of this range depend on the revenues that a company makes in a fiscal year. Because there are different types of businesses in the United States, the leadership styles that are most active in every business are invariably different. For instance, leadership in a large company does not mean the same thing as leadership in a small sized company. Due to the differences amounting to the human resource available, leaders in the small sized company is more likely to lead by walking along than one in a fortune 500 company. Furthermore, the leadership structures are different; the former is more inclined to a board for leadership while small-sized companies and even a few mid-sized ones have a penchant for selecting people for leaders (Canals, 2011)…………APA 1479 words
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