The final term paper is to view one of the following movies and write about the leadership styles and traits exhibited by the characters (movies: Rudy, Gladiator, We Were Soldiers, Apollo 13, Saving Private Ryan, Braveheart, Remember the Titans, We Are Marshall, Lincoln, Coach Carter, Invictus, Band of Brothers, Gettysburg, Gods and Generals, Ghandi, Miracle, McFarland USA, Its a Wonderful Life, Men of Honor, Schindlers List, Seabiscuit. Other movies may certainly be used with approval of the professor).
The paper is to present and summarize the movie in the introductory paragraph, then expound on assessing the leaders (positive and dark), followers, and the situation (context). The leaders, followers, leadership styles, context, and other aspects covered in the course/text should be substantiated by class topics of leadership. This is not to be a review of the movie, but rather an in-depth analysis of the leaders, followers, and situation.
Go through each weeks topics and make sure to address topics. This may be the interviewees statements of topics, or your perception of the movies character traits and context. Present how the movie or interviewee displays leadership traits discussed in class, how their experiences heightened their leadership skills, how followers responded, and situations in which the leaders had to operate in. Make sure to tie content to class/text topics and cite all paraphrases & direct quotes: all papers should have numerous citations to the text (and any other sources) as to how topics relate to topics discussed in class or in the text.
In the Conclusion section, state who you identify with as a leader (or potential and developing leader) and the leadership traits, theories, and styles that you assess yourself as possessing, and why. Makes sure to cite the styles, etc.
Final papers are to be exhaustive, tying class topics to the paper. The final deliverable is to be in a Word document. As with all scholarly/professional submissions, a fully APA formatted paper is required (including cover page and reference page, abstract, and table of contents, as well as proper headings). Class topics are to be substantiated (referenced & cited) from the text, and/or other sources. An abstract is required. As scholarly/professional writing is to evidence- based, any submission with no substantiation will be graded a 0.
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