Wk 1 – Leadership Styles & Diverse Teams
Assignment Content
1.
Select one of the leadership styles in Ch. 6 of Project Management Leadership.
Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper explaining why that leadership style is the most effective one to help lead diverse teams, provide effective negotiation techniques, and help mitigate conflict within a project team.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines, including the citation of any references.
Submit your assignment.
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o Wk1 Leadership Styles Grading Guide
o Center for Writing Excellence
o Reference and Citation Generator
o Grammar and Writing Guides
PM/582: Project Leadership
Leadership Styles & Diverse Teams
Grading Guide
Purpose of Assignment
This assignment provides an understanding on how to lead diverse teams and to develop a project management strategy that may assist with leading those teams. In today’s world, you, as a project manager, will work with virtual teams, individuals from other cultures and those with other differences than you may have already experienced. Assessing your own management style is key to learning how to manage the conflicts that may result out of those differences.
Resources Required
Project Management Leadership, Ch. 6
Content Met Partially Met Not Met Comments:
The student selects one of the leadership styles in the textbook.
The student explains why that leadership style is the most effective one to help lead diverse teams.
The student explains why that leadership style provides effective negotiation techniques.
The student explains how that leadership style helps mitigate conflict within a project team.
The paper is 1,050 to 1,400 words in length.
Total Available Total Earned
85 #/85
Writing Guidelines Met Partially Met Not Met Comments:
The paper—including tables and graphs, headings, title page, and reference page—is consistent with APA formatting guidelines and meets course-level requirements.
Intellectual property is recognized with in-text citations and a reference page.
Paragraph and sentence transitions are present, logical, and maintain the flow throughout the paper.
Sentences are complete, clear, and concise.
Rules of grammar and usage are followed including spelling and punctuation.
Total Available Total Earned
35 #/35
Assignment Total # 120 #/120
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