Week 4 – Assignment

Business Ethics

Robert Nardelli was heavily criticized for his leadership style and methods he used during his tenure as CEO of Home Depot. Using your readings for this week, along with outside research, describe his style of leadership and take a position on whether you think his actions rose to the level of being unethical.

Write a three- to four-page paper (excluding the title and reference pages) addressing the following in your paper:

1. Clearly describe Robert Nardelli’s leadership style in terms of Leadership Theory, incorporating the following theories within your paper:
   • Trait Theory
   • Behavioral Theory
   • Situational and Contingency Theories
2. State whether his actions were ethical or unethical.
3. Cite the text material and research that support your position.

Your paper must use a minimum of three scholarly sources, in addition to the textbook. Your paper must be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Grow, B., Foust, D., Thornton, E., Farzad, R., McGregor, J., & Zegal, S. (2007). Out at home depot. Business Week.

Retrieved from http://www.businessweek.com/stories/2007-01-14/out-at-home-depot

Baack, D. (2012). Organizational behavior. San Diego, CA: Bridgepoint Education, Inc.

Leadership Theory

Order Description
NURS 4020: Week 1 Application Rubric: Leadership Theory Paper??Due by Day 7 of Week 1.

2 page paper

Identify an individual whom you consider to be an effective leader and discuss the specific characteristics you see in this individual that supports your selection of him/her as an effective leader. Using your leadership assessment results as a guideline, include in your summary any strengths or characteristics you have in common with the leader you selected. Also, include how your identified strengths demonstrate mastery of ANA’s Nursing: Scope & Standards of Practice, Standards of Professional Performance, Standard 12: Leadership as evidenced in your nursing practice. Use the following guidelines, evaluation criteria, and the headings below for each section. Use a minimum of three references, no more than 5 years old. If they are relevant, you may use one or two professional websites in addition to the literature references.
Overview—20 points??Begin this paper with a brief paragraph that provides an overview of the assignment and its purpose. There is no separate heading for this paragraph; the heading for this paragraph is the same as the title of the paper. This paragraph will be about 2–3 sentences. The last sentence in this paragraph is a sentence that begins “The purpose of this paper is to . . .”
Leadership Analysis—40 points
?Identify an individual in your professional and/or work environment whom you consider to be an effective leader and discuss the characteristic you see in the individual that supports your selection of him/her as an effective leader. Include in the discussion any strengths or characteristics you have in common with the leader you selected. Also include how your identified strengths demonstrate mastery of ANA’s Nursing: Scope & Standards of Practice, Standards of Professional Performance, Standard 12: Leadership as evidenced in your nursing practice. This section will be 2–3 paragraphs.

Summary—10 points??End the paper with a 1-paragraph summary of the main points of the paper.
Format/Style
Proofread the paper as described in the tips for success in this course and correct any typos, grammar, spelling, punctuation, syntax, or APA format errors before submitting your paper in the Dropbox. Up to 40 points can be deducted from the grade for this assignment for these types of errors, or for not using at least the minimum number of required references.
Total points for assignment = 70 points??