Leadership Development.
The cut-off date for this assignment is 16th October 2018 (Tuesday) , 2355hrs.
This is a group-based assignment. You should form a group of maximum 5 members from
your seminar group (T Group).
Each group should nominate one leader, who will submit the assignment on behalf of the
group via Turnitin in your T group Canvas webpage. Please inform the various group
members after the group assignment has been submitted. The group leader is advised to keep
the acknowledgement receipt of submission as evidence that the group assignment has been
submitted.
Please read the instructions on how to complete this group assignment carefully and consult
with your instructor if there are any clarifications.
Academic Integrity
Students are REQUIRED to uphold academic integrity when writing and submitting their
assignments. Students are required to ACKNOWLEDGE and CREDIT the sources from
which the ideas are taken from. Failure to do so will be regarded as plagiarism and
disciplinary action will be taken.
Please refer to Section 5.2 Academic Matters of the University Student Handbook on
academic integrity and plagiarism. This can also be found on the training and learning
website.
Formatting Instructions
1. The group assignment should be submitted in Microsoft Word.doc or .docx (preferred).
2. The group assignment should be in the following format
a. Font type: Times New Roman
b. Font size: 12 point
c. Line spacing: double
d. Margin: 1” all round
e. All page numbers should be numbered.
3. Please INCLUDE a cover page that contains ONLY the Title of this course, Group
leader name & PI number, followed by names and PI numbers of the team members.
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4. Please also include the following declaration:
“We declare that this assignment is our own work, unless otherwise acknowledge or
credited by appropriate referencing. We have read and abide by the SUSS Honour Code
and we are aware of the penalties associated with plagiarism and collusion listed in the
Student Handbook.”
5. In accordance to the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA), please DO NOT include
other personal particulars.
6. Please INCLUDE a cover page that contains ONLY the Title of this course, Group
leader name & PI number, followed by names and PI numbers of the team members.
Please do not include other Personal Information.
7. To facilitate your submission into Canvas, please name your document file strictly to this
format – FullName_GBA01. (Full Name to be the same as your Student Records)
For example, TanMeiMeiSally_GBA01, PremaSubroyan_GBA01 (omit D/O, S/O)
8. All in-text citations, references, figures and tables must follow the American
Psychological Association (APA) format for this group assignment. For more
information, you may refer to https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/.
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What You Need to do in this GBA
The theme for your group project is “Leadership Development: putting theory into practice”.
Each group must choose an industry and create an organization within that industry. The
business1 will be located in Singapore.
Your assignment is to create a leadership development programme for the company where
there is alignment between the organization’s mission, values, goals, strategies and leadership
development programmes.
The report should not exceed 4,000 words, excluding the cover page, references and or
appendices. Please note that we are not likely to read beyond the 4000 word limit. Your
efforts will be wasted if you exceed this limit.”
Guiding Questions:
1) What is the name of your organization?
2) What is the organization’s mission?
3) What is the organization’s values?
4) What is the organization’s goals?
5) What is the corporate culture of the organization?
6) What does leadership mean in your organization?
7) Who do you consider to be leaders in your company?
8) Are there more than one group of leaders?
9) Develop competencies framework for 2 groups of leaders in your company.
10) What are the strategies you would use to develop these leaders?
11) Describe how you would know if your leadership development programs have been
effective
12) Describe how your leadership development programs align with your company’s
mission, values, goals and strategies.
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1 It could be any kind of business: start-up company, technology company, food and beverage, social enterprise,
service company, manufacturing company.