Week 3 Assignment Path Goal Style

Write a three to four page paper (not including the title and reference pages) about a contemporary leadership situation that is familiar to you. You may use the same situation from the week two assignment. Your paper needs to: 

• Define path-goal leadership. 

• Identify the path-goal leadership style used in this situation; provide the tasks, and the subordinates’ characteristics.  

• Support your position with specific examples.  

• Explain whether the action taken was appropriate and effective.

• Discuss if the path-goal leadership approach would be useful in understanding the leadership applied to the situation.  

In addition to the requirements above, your paper: 

• Must be double-spaced and 12 point font 

• Must be formatted according to APA style 

• Must include an introductory paragraph with a thesis statement 

• Must conclude with a restatement of the thesis and a conclusion paragraph 

• Must reference at least two scholarly resources 

• Must include a reference page written in APA format