Write a paper on leadership. This will require you to develop your own ideas and to conduct some research of your own. However, you will need to...

Write a paper on leadership. This will require you to develop your own ideas and to conduct some research of your own. However, you will need to cover all the topics covered in this unit.

Explain what you consider the characteristics of a good leader to be. Justify your ideas. Explain how leaders can serve as positive role models. List some people that you know or know of who could be considered to be good leaders. Explain why these people are good leaders and explain how the behavioural characteristics that they demonstrate can be translated into the achievement of organisational goals.

What are the different styles of leadership and the different power bases from which leadership and management characteristics devolve? How can and should these leadership styles be applied in the workplace?

Provide details of how leaders can help to support team members through the stages of group development. How can they encourage the right kind of group behaviour?

Outline how leaders can enhance an organisation's image and promote an organisation's stated or implied values and standards. What should leaders do if the organisation's image is being damaged?

Explain how leaders can encourage and facilitate high standards of performance in employees.Describe the decision-making strategies leaders can use to make informed decisions, how they should communicate those decisions to teams and how they can monitor those decisions.