Individual Assignment I
for Service Leadership: Promoting a Better World (GCAP3213)
Semester 1, Academic Year 2024/2025
Requirements of Individual Assignment I (20 marks)
Select a leader in reality and analyze his/her characteristics with evidence.
Discuss whether the selected leader’s characteristics and actions show his/her service leadership.
Written Report Guideline
You may use the following points to guide you in preparing the report:
A) Content
• Analyze the characteristics of a selected leader
o Briefly introduce the leader you have chosen.
o Identify and describe two or three key characteristics of this leader with evidence.
o Evaluate the impact of the leader’s characteristics and actions on his/her followers, organization, or community.
o Discuss whether the selected leader’s characteristics show his/her service leadership.
• Discuss your own opinions
o Reflect on how the leadership qualities and styles of the selected leader have influenced your own understanding of leadership.
B) Format and Submission
• The report should be double-spaced, with font size 12, and the Times New Roman font type. The maximum allowable length is 6 pages.
• Note: Written report of individual assignment I will be submitted to ispace by 17:00, on Friday, 27 September, 2024.
C) Research Sources and Referencing
• If research is needed, possible sources are newspaper, journals, magazines, internet, databases, etc. Proper referencing and in-text citation must be done using the American Psychological Association (APA), Seventh Edition style.
• Marks will be deducted for non-compliance.
D) Other Instructions
• Note that plagiarism is a serious offence. Anyone found to have plagiarized its report will get a zero for the assignment.
• The similarity rate of the report should not exceed 20%. Please do not use generative AI (e.g., ChatGPT) to write your report; the AI rate will also be checked through the Turnitin system.
• The project must be written in English Language only. Reports with many grammatical and typographical errors will affect the overall assessment.
• The assignment must be submitted to iSpace before the deadline in PDF format.
• Late Work Policy: A deduction of 20% of the total marks will be applied if the
assignment is submitted 1 calendar day late, 40% if 2 calendar days late, and 60% if 3 calendar days late. The assignment will not be graded, and a zero mark will be awarded if submitted 4 or more calendar days late.