Transactional Leadership Theory

classical management and role theory, transactional leadership theory, transformational leadership theory, collaborative leadership theory, ethical leadership theory, etc) In this essay, you will execute a case study. You need to pick a case that suits your interest and analyze a case using leadership concepts and theories. * A case in this context means a story of the leader or manager at any levels of governance who pursue and advance public value to solve social problem. Example(s) Many examples are stored at Program for the Advancement of Research on Conflict and Collaboration E-PARCC in Maxwell School, Syracuse University. In this link, you can read a great story of non-profit leadership in Minnesota. I do not expect you to be fully thorough and comprehensive in the essay. But you can still be benefitted from this example and use as a prototype of leadership case study. You can also read many other examples in E-PARCC website. https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/parcc/eparcc/cases/2011_Snow_Case/ Organization of the midterm essay 1. Write an Abstract: Abstract is a concise summary of your essay. It is usually a single paragraph. 2. Background: You may describe historical background of certain policy condition, administrative and political context, professional background of this leader, etc. in order to situate your analysis in a specific time and policy context. 3. You need to analyze the leadership using leadership concepts and theories. But you do not have to be limited by these sources only. You can use other frames and theories if those are relevant to your case. Formatting The maximum length is 5 pages including Abstract, main body, and citation. You are highly encouraged to use double spaced and Time New Roman setting in Word document. For citations in your essay, I highly recommend that you use the Endnote (References -> Insert Endnote) for your citations. You might use a variety of online sources. I do not impose any restrictions about data sources. But you should be transparent about your cited sources. If you do not provide systematic citations, you can lose the reliability of the data you employ to the essay.