Critically evaluate leadership in Iphone, demonstrating how leadership led to a particular (singular) outcome. Ensure that you focus on one outcome (desirable or otherwise). As you are doing the analysis for a new CEO, assume that they are aware of important information about the company, and that therefore they do not require general background information. ONLY GIVE BACKGROUND INFORMATION THAT IS CLEARLY RELEVANT TO YOUR ANALYSIS. Using theory make reference to practical examples that highlight your analysis and discuss practical areas of improvement where possible.  The aim of the report is to critically evaluate leadership and identify how leadership led to a specific outcome in your chosen organisation. Below is a general guide of the content expected in the report.  Executive summary Introduction Organisation summary Theme 1 Indication à Explanation à Application à Implication à Critique à Response Indication: Indicate what point you are going to make to your audience. “The aim of this chapter is to use a functional perspective to help explain why leadership led to the failure of Iphone”, “In this section  explore ethical issues at Iphone and provide evidence that this had a significant impact on the organisations bankruptcy. To do this first explain what unethical behaviour is, then show the relationship between unethical behaviours and demotivated employees. Having done this,  explain how demotivated employees can lead to a downturn in performance at organisations and ultimately bankruptcy.”, “Having shown the importance of employee motivation now demonstrate how it led to greater innovation at Apple.” Explanation: Explain theory - e.g. what is organisational culture?  Application: How is culture enacted at Iphone (generally this will be using appropriate sources of information). Implication: What is the implication of what you have discussed so far, i.e. how does it lead to the outcomes of Iphone? – e.g. “Having a role culture leads to higher market share” Note that sometimes to get to the outcome, you may need to take a few steps e.g. Role culture leads to engaged employees (step 1) engaged employees leads to greater innovation within organisations (step 2) More innovation generally results in greater market share (step 3). Each step can only be referenced with an appropriate source of analysis. Critique: What other academic perspectives are there ? Provide evidence that you thoroughly understand the material and have read wider. Repeat the above if necessary to shed more light on your chosen theme. Response: Defend yourself from yourself. Having shown the limitations of your argument, now explain why you’re still right.   Theme 2 As above Recommendations In light of the discussions above, in what areas could you organisation improve? As with the themes, justify improvements theoretically then practically, i.e. explain using sources of analysis the theory behind what you’re suggesting the organisation should do. Explain practically what the organisation should do. Explain theoretically how it will lead to desirable outcomes. What other academic perspectives are there on what you’ve suggested? What are the limitations to your plan? How can they be overcome, or why do they not apply in this instance?

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Critically evaluate leadership in Iphone, demonstrating how leadership led to a particular (singular) outcome. Ensure that you focus on one outcome (desirable or otherwise). As you are doing the analysis for a new CEO, assume that they are aware of important information about the company, and that therefore they do not require general background information. ONLY GIVE BACKGROUND INFORMATION THAT IS CLEARLY RELEVANT TO YOUR ANALYSIS. Using theory make reference to practical examples that highlight your analysis and discuss practical areas of improvement where possible. 

The aim of the report is to critically evaluate leadership and identify how leadership led to a specific outcome in your chosen organisation. Below is a general guide of the content expected in the report. 

Executive summary

Introduction

Organisation summary

Theme 1

Indication à Explanation à Application à Implication à Critique à Response

Indication: Indicate what point you are going to make to your audience.

“The aim of this chapter is to use a functional perspective to help explain why leadership led to the failure of Iphone”, “In this section  explore ethical issues at Iphone and provide evidence that this had a significant impact on the organisations bankruptcy. To do this first explain what unethical behaviour is, then show the relationship between unethical behaviours and demotivated employees. Having done this,  explain how demotivated employees can lead to a downturn in performance at organisations and ultimately bankruptcy.”, “Having shown the importance of employee motivation now demonstrate how it led to greater innovation at Apple.”

Explanation: Explain theory - e.g. what is organisational culture? 

Application: How is culture enacted at Iphone (generally this will be using appropriate sources of information).

Implication: What is the implication of what you have discussed so far, i.e. how does it lead to the outcomes of Iphone? – e.g. “Having a role culture leads to higher market share” Note that sometimes to get to the outcome, you may need to take a few steps e.g. Role culture leads to engaged employees (step 1) engaged employees leads to greater innovation within organisations (step 2) More innovation generally results in greater market share (step 3). Each step can only be referenced with an appropriate source of analysis.

Critique: What other academic perspectives are there ? Provide evidence that you thoroughly understand the material and have read wider.

Repeat the above if necessary to shed more light on your chosen theme.

Response: Defend yourself from yourself. Having shown the limitations of your argument, now explain why you’re still right.

 

Theme 2

As above

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In light of the discussions above, in what areas could you organisation improve? As with the themes, justify improvements theoretically then practically, i.e. explain using sources of analysis the theory behind what you’re suggesting the organisation should do. Explain practically what the organisation should do. Explain theoretically how it will lead to desirable outcomes. What other academic perspectives are there on what you’ve suggested? What are the limitations to your plan? How can they be overcome, or why do they not apply in this instance?

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