Critically analyse one of the three statements below. You may want to consider the questions listed in your
answer; but you are encouraged to make your own argument and go beyond these initial questions. You
should not simply answer these questions one by one.
1. In a crisis situation, feminine leadership serves organizations best.
What personal characteristics are traditionally considered leadership traits? How is “feminine”
leadership different? Is “feminine” leadership a set of traits or a type of behaviour contingent on
context? What is the problem with labelling a type of leadership feminine? Could “feminine”
leadership be useful in a crisis situation? Why (not)?
You must engage with, and properly reference, at least five academic sources (min. one of which must be
from the module presentation schedule) in your paper. The textbook, module slides as well as various blogs,
Wikipedia etc. are not academic sources but they are good starting points as they may list journal articles
and books that you can use for the assignment. You are encouraged to investigate arguments for and against
the statement, make your own argumentative response using the literature, and find practical examples from
corporate life (news, interviews, biographies, statistics, etc.) to support your claims.
The assignment should be 2,000 words long (A4 sheet, 2cm margins, 12pt font size). Papers shorter than
1,800 and longer than 2,200 words lose 10 points; papers shorter than 1,600 words fail automatically. Sources
must be referred to using the Harvard-style. Assignments must be uploaded on Moodle.
Marking criteria: the assignment will be assessed based on the following criteria (see the grid on Moodle):
• Understanding of Organizational Behaviour material (20%)
• Analysis (40%)
• Source use (literature, statistics, 5 academic articles, etc.) (20%)
• Structure (10%)
• Language and mechanics, referencing (10%)
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