Leadership: An Interdisciplinary Approach

ARTS 1160 A01

Assignment: Results Based Leadership
Due Date: November 29th 2016
5% of Final Grade

The purpose of this results-based leadership assignment is to enable you to apply the various

concepts of leadership covered thus far by (a) reflecting upon your own commitment as a

student, and (b) formulating your demonstrated leadership style in relation to the results you

are getting while at the University of Manitoba. In your response, you are required to use the

literature to support your thinking.

House and Mitchell (1974) suggested that followers (students; you) will be motivated if they

(you) (a) think they (you) are capable of performing their (your) work, (b) believe their (your)

efforts will result in a certain outcome, and (c) believe that the payoff for doing their (your)

work are worthwhile.

Situation:

1) Future-focus: What outcome(s) do you envision for yourself at the end of this academic

year?

2) Now-focus: What are the results that you are currently getting as a student at the University

of Manitoba and in this class? Are you satisfied with the results you are getting? Do you

think you are capable of performing better? Please explain.

3) What are you currently doing to get the results you are getting? (Do not focus on what you

are NOT doing, but rather on what you ARE doing)

4) What way of thinking is moving you to do what you are currently doing?

5) In direct relation to your current results, what traits, skills, and/or styles have you adopted

either intentionally or unintentionally?

Literature:

6. What specific leadership concepts that you learned thus far in this course will aid you in

improving, enhancing, or changing your approach to being the best student that you can

be?

7. How will the concepts you identified help you be the best student that you can be?

Action:

8. What specific actions will you now need to take to improve on or change your current

practices for the sake of achieving what you envision for yourself?

9. What kind(s) of support will you need?

10. For the sake of achieving what you envision for yourself, what leadership style(s) and

way(s) of thinking would you need to embrace?

No more than 5 pages (double spaced)

Cover page:

Make sure your cover page includes the following

Name of Course
Title of Assignment
Student Name and #
Submitted to: Name of Instructor
Date Submitted

APA

While no points will be deducted for inappropriate APA formatting in this assignment,
I encourage you to practice appropriate APA formatting.

Submission of Assignment

Submit your assignment as a Word Attachment: first and last name_resultsbasedleadership.doc

Reference:

House, R.J., & Mitchell, R.R. (1974). Path-goal theory of leadership. Journal of
Contemporary Business, 3, 81-97.