Research Paper

Paper #2: Ethical and Organizational Change

In this paper, you should detail about what kind of organizational change you would like to
implement in your workplace or other leadership situation and how you could use Kotter and
discussions on ethics to do so. You should lay out the change that you want to produce and your
reasoning for the change, and then apply Kotter’s steps to explain how you would bring this
change to fruition. conclude with a discussion of the ethics of this change.

Length: 6-7 Pages

MUST CONTAIN 8-10 APA SOURCES CITED

My Current Leadership Situation: ​I am a leader of a Division One Football Program. (Leader
of a sports program)

Background Information:​ I am from Compton, California. Growing up my life was tough due
to the gang violence. I watched my mother struggle to raise me and my sister alone, my father
was never present in my life. With this being said, I go hard and give it my all to football so I can
make it to provide for my family. My mother did whatever it took to get me in the position in
which I am in today. Additionally, my mother always preached the importance of a college
education, which is why I go to school and strive to be the best I can. I gained my work ethic
from my mother, at a point in time my family was homeless and I watched my mother grind hard
to change our circumstances.

MUST USE CLASS TEXT:

Title: Northouse Leadership, Eighth Edition Theory and Practice

Title: ​Keohane, Nannerl O., 2010. ​Thinking About Leadership

Title: Kotter, John, P., 1996. Leading Change, Harvard Business School Press, MA: ISBN:
0-87584-747-1

Further Instructions! PLEASE READ!
Introduction and thesis statement for paper
Your introduction should be well written and catch the reader’s attention, include your
thesis statement, and forecast what you will say in the rest of the paper. You should
develop a central argument and thesis statement, and then use the paper as a way to
support your argument. Your thesis statement should be a statement of argument and
should appear somewhere in your introduction. The thesis should answer questions like:
So what? What is the point of your argument? The thesis statement should be easy to find,
you should use language such as: “In this paper, I contend that….” Or “I will argue in
this paper that….” in the introduction of your paper. Also, give a brief preview as to how
the rest of the paper will proceed with an overview to each major section of the paper.

Conclusion for final paper
Your conclusion should address what you and the reader can learn from your paper.
What can we learn about leadership? What did you personally learn from this study? How
can you use what you have learned in the process of writing the paper in your everyday
life? In other words, try to go beyond the obvious and give some implications of your study
in the conclusion.
Transitions, subheadings, and paragraph structure
You will need to use transitions between paragraphs and each major section of the paper.
Subheadings can help you effectively move from one major section of the paper to another,
so make sure to use them in your final paper.
Paragraph structure for academic papers should be longer than for a journalistic style of
writing. Generally, paragraphs should be between ½ to ¾ of a page. Paragraphs should
start with a claim, and then use evidence to support that claim. Do not start paragraphs
with your evidence or the authors that support your claims. Rather, start with your
argument, and then use the evidence to support and illustrate your argument. Summarize
by argument rather than by author or evidence. Use your own examples to illustrate your
point or argument, but also make sure to use supporting materials as well.
Organization of paper
Organize your papers by ideas, rather than by author. For instance, you may be tempted
to summarize in each paragraph a different author or piece of evidence. A stronger way to
organize your papers is to focus on the ideas rather than the authors. Make sure to connect
each idea with transitions.
Internal citations and evidence
You should use the texts and outside sources to support your arguments and make sure to
appropriately credit authors. Cite authors, years, and page numbers (if it is a direct
quote). Use quotes if you need to, but they should not be too long. Use quotes to illustrate
an author’s argument that is better conveyed in the author’s words, rather than in your
own. If you can paraphrase, you should, but make sure to provide the source of your
paraphrased statement.
Bibliography
Include a complete bibliography on a separate sheet of paper for each paper that you turn
in. Your final bibliography should be proofread for accuracy. This bibliography will be
considered as part of the final product, so much like the paper, should be in near perfect
form. Follow APA guidelines for bibliographies.