Research Plan for Strategic Leadership Case Study
THIS SECTION I COMPLETED AS AN ASSIGNMENT, I AM SENDING IT AS IT DOES HAVE SOME SITES WHERE YOU CAN GET SOME INFORMATION TO USE, THERE MUST BE A TOTAL OF 10 REFERENCES THAT ARE EITHER PEERED-REVIEWED OR SCHOLAR JOURNAL ARTICLES AND “ “ QUOTES MUST BE CITED IN THE PAPER THAT IS USED FROM THESE ARTICLES. BELOW THIS ASSIGNMENT IS THE FINAL ASSIGNMENT THAT NEEDS TO BE WRITTEN AND THE FORMAT REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PAPER.
Research Plan Format
Write a Research Plan that includes each subheading (Introduction, Vision, Mission, Strategy,
Leadership Style, Leader Effectiveness) followed by the elements of the Research Plan for each
subheading.
Introduction
Identify the topic for this case study. Include a list of websites and other research you will use to
support the introduction.
Vision
Identify the vision of the strategic leader, group, or organization. Provide links to any information
about the vision. Include a list of websites and other research related to Vision.
Mission
Identify the mission of the strategic leader, group, or organization. Include a list of websites and
other research related to Mission.
Strategy
Compile a list of articles and other sources that will support your discussion of Strategy.
Leadership Style
Compile a list of articles and other sources that will support your discussion of Leadership Style.
Leader Effectiveness
Compile a list of article and other sources that will support your discussion of Leadership
Effectiveness.
A Case Study on Strategic Leadership
Introduction
The individual who I am going to conduct my strategic leader case study on is Martin Luther King Jr., who was born a preacher’s son, in 1929, in Atlantic, Georgia.
“On the night of January 27, 1956, when he was just 27 years old, Martin Luther King Jr. received a threatening phone call that would cause his life to change forever” (This day in History Jan. 15, 2018). His house was firebombed by white supremacists who thought that would end Mr. King’s activism but that just made him even stronger. This little bit of history about the leader I will write about is only one small area that will help to explain why I chose him to do my strategic leadership plan on.
٭ History Staff., (2010). MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. BORN. Publisher
A+E Networks. Retrieved from: http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/martin-luther-king-jr-born
on April 19, 2018.
٭”Martin Luther King Jr. – Biography”. Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB 2014. Web. 22 Apr 2018. Retrieved from:
https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1964/king-bio.html
٭This day in History Jan. 15, (2018). Retrieved from: https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/martin-luther-king-jr
Vision
Martin Luther King had a dream which in reality was his vision were “a society in which race was not an issue in how people were treated or in how they were allowed to live their lives” (How Did Martin Luther King’s Vision Change the World? n.d.).
This section will be completed using some or all of these references or they may be changed and new ones added.
٭How Did Martin Luther King’s Vision Change the World?. (n.d.). Retrieved April 19th, 2018, from:
http://biography.yourdictionary.com/articles/martin-Luther-kings-vision-change-world.html
٭Godwin, J. L., Houghton, J. D., Neck, C. P., & Mohan, E. C., (2011). Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” Speech as a Tool for
Teaching Transformational Leadership and Vision. Journal of Organizational Behavior Education;2011, Vol. 4, p23. Retrieved from:
http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/73466839/dr-martin-luther-king-jr-s-have-dream-speech-as-tool-teaching-transformational-
leadership-vision
٭Gilmer, C., (n/d). MARTIN LUTHER KING’S SOLUTION TO RACISM. Retrieved from: https://www.everystudent.com/features/dream.html
٭Ewing, E. L., (n/d). King Wanted More Than Just Desegregation. KING ISSUE. The Atlantic Daily. Retrieved from:
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/02/still-separate-and-unequal/552515/
٭Peter C. Myers, P. C., (2018). Martin Luther King, Jr., and the American Dream. The Heritage Foundation. Retrieved from:
https://www.heritage.org/political-process/report/martin-luther-king-jr-and-the-american-dream
٭The King Center, (2018). Retrieved from: http://www.thekingcenter.org/about/mission
Mission
King’s mission was to fight for justice for not only African-American people but all who were poor and in poverty who had fraught with unethical abuses and unfair laws.
This section will be completed using these references or they may change when the final paper is written.
٭Bunch III, L. G., (n/d). This was Martin Luther King Jr.’s most ambitious dream. The Washington Post. Retrieved from:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/this-was-martin-luther-king-jrs-most-ambitious-dream/2018/01/14/46a0c9a2-f7a3-11e7-beb6-
c8d48830c54d_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.f386af0edd66
٭The King Center, (2018). Retrieved from: http://www.thekingcenter.org/about/mission
Strategy
This section will be completed using these references or they may change when the final paper is written.
٭Bass, B. M. (2007). Executive and strategic leadership. International Journal of Business, 12(1),
٭Leroy D. Clark, L. D., (1993). Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King jr.: a man of peace and wisdom. Widener
Journal of Public Law. Volume 2, Number 2. Retrieved from: https://scholarship.law.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?
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٭Pugh, J., & Bourgeois III, J. L. (2011). “Doing” strategy. Journal of Strategy and Management,
4(2), 172-179.
٭Vera, D., & Crossa, V. (2004). Strategic leadership and organizational learning. The Academy
of Management Review, 29(2), pp. 222-240.
Leadership Style
This section will be completed using these references or they may change when the final paper is written.
٭Ling, Dr., P. J., (2003). Martin Luther King’s Style of Leadership. Retrieved from:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/recent/martin_luther_king_01.shtml
Carson, C., (987). Martin Luther King, Jr: Charismatic Leadership in a Mass Struggle. Journal of American History 74: 2 (September 1987):
448- 54. Retrieved from: https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/martin_luther_king_jr_-
_charismatic_leadership_in_a_mass_struggle.pdf
Sparks, G. A., (2014). Charismatic leadership: Findings of an exploratory investigation of the techniques of influence. Journal of
Behavioral Studies in Business Volume 7 – September 2014. Retrieved from: http://www.aabri.com/manuscripts/141964.pdf
Leader effectiveness
This section will be completed using some of these references or they may change when the final paper is written which will give me more time to find scholar or journal articles for each section.
٭News Room, (n/d). Harvard Business School. Retrieved from: https://www.hbs.edu/news/articles/Pages/leadership-lessons-mlk.aspx
٭Heidrick, R., (2013). Martin Luther King’s Legacy of Leadership. Texas Enterprise. The University of Texas at Austin. Retrieved from:
http://www.texasenterprise.utexas.edu/2013/01/19/leadership/martin-luther-king-s-legacy-leadership
٭Toren, A., (2014). Leadership Lessons From Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.Entrepreneur Media, Inc. Retrieved from:
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/230958
Conclusion
This section will be completed once each section is written.
Assignments
Final: Strategic Leadership Case Study
The case study must include the following elements:
Introduction
Provide background information on the strategic leader and strategic context. Discuss the focus
of the case study. Will it be on a specific strategic event in the career of the leader? Or will the
case study focus on the development of a strategic leader over time? Also, explain your interest
in this case study.
Vision
Explain the vision of strategic leader’s group or organization. To what extent is the vision
communicated to followers or organizational members? Evaluate the vision.
Mission
Explain the vision of strategic leader’s group or organization. To what extent is the mission
communicated to followers or organizational members? Evaluate the mission
Strategy
Describe the competitive environment of the strategic leader’s group or organization. What are
the main challenges faced by strategic leader’s group or organization? What strategies does the
group or organization use to address each of these areas?
Leadership Style
Describe the style of the strategic leader. Provide several examples of how the strategic
leader’s style was evident.
Leader Effectiveness
Evaluate the effectiveness of the strategic leader. To what extent did strategic leader create a
group or organizational culture that facilitated the accomplishment of strategic goals? Discuss
any ethical implications of leader effectiveness. For example, a tyrant can be an effective
strategic leader, but how many lives were ruined or destroyed in the process? On the other
hand, an ethical strategic leader can accomplish organizational goals by “doing the right thing”
and raising the awareness of followers or organizational members.
Implications
What are the implications of the findings of this case study? In what ways can other strategic
leader’s use the lessons from this cases study to improve their effectiveness.
Limit: 10 pages.
APA formatting required.
A total of 10 references. Each one must be cited within the document with quotes and reference with page numbers. These articles must be a scholar or peer-reviewed journal articles.
At the top of the page, I had provided some information and website that can be used to complete this assignment.
