Critical Analysis of Everest Simulation: Leadership and Ethics Report

This assignment requires a critical analysis of individual and team experiences in the Everest Simulation, applying an evidence-based management approach. The student must complete a reading task (Quatro, Waldman, & Galvin, 2007), an experiential learning task (Everest Simulation), and a research task (finding journal articles). The analysis is structured into four sections: an introduction, a section on leadership (addressing a chosen problem/issue), a section on ethics and social responsibility (addressing a chosen problem/issue), and a reflection on holistic leadership development. The leadership and ethics sections require describing the problem/issue, explaining management research evidence, and applying the evidence to the identified problem. The final section reflects on how course elements contribute to developing holistic leadership. The report must include in-text referencing and an alphabetized reference list, along with the Everest Simulation Log submitted separately. The assignment assesses the student's ability to apply theoretical concepts to practical experience and demonstrate understanding of leadership, ethics, and evidence-based management within the context of a simulated environment.

Task Description:
This assignment requires you to critically analyse your individual and team experiences in the
Everest Simulation by applying an evidence-based management approach. You will need to
undertake three (3) different types of tasks in preparation for writing your analysis: a reading
task, an experiential learning task and a research task. Each task is described below followed by
a detailed outline of the requirements for writing your assignment.
(a) Reading Task
 Read the article: Quatro, S.A., Waldman, D.A., & Galvin, B.M. (2007), ‘Developing holistic
leaders: Four domains for leadership development and practice’, Human Resource Management
Review, 17: 427-441.
 This article proposes how management education and leadership development programs can
develop holistic leaders that are adept at operating in the analytical, conceptual, emotional, and
spiritual domains of leadership practice.
 A link for accessing this article is provided on the course Blackboard site. NOTE: This article is
required pre-reading for your second tutorial.
(b) Experiential Learning Task
 You are required to participate in the Everest Simulation game and record your experiences in
the Everest Simulation Log. (Note: The Log will be provided when you participate in the
simulation at your practical session in the computer labs).
 Read over your Everest Simulation Log and identify the problems or issues that arose in your
simulation experience which involve Leadership (Lecture Topic 2) or Ethics and Social
Responsibility (Lecture Topic 3). (Note: This is a brainstorming stage. The aim is to identify as
many problems or issues as possible that might be relevant to your personal experience before
narrowing them down.)
 Compare the different problems/issues that you have identified. Choose ONE (1) problem/issue
which involves Leadership (Lecture Topic 2) and ONE (1) problem/issue which involves Ethics
and Social Responsibility (Lecture Topic 3). Given that these two problems/issues will be the
focus of your assignment, you should try to choose problems/issues that you find most relevant,
interesting or meaningful to your simulation experience.
(c) Research Task
 Search within scholarly management journals for articles that relate to the two
problems/issues you have chosen as the focus of your assignment. A list of management
journals that are approved for use in this assignment is available on the course Blackboard site.
 Find TWO (2) articles for EACH of your problems/issues. That is, you need to find two research
articles on the topic of Leadership and two articles on the topic of Ethics and Social
Responsibility (four articles in total). Your articles must be published in one of the journals on the
list of approved journals (see approved list on the course Blackboard site). This list represents
high quality, peer reviewed scholarly journals in the field of management, and we use these
journals because they publish the best available scientific evidence.
 The following approach might help you to think about which articles are good choices for your
assignment. What question is the author(s) trying to answer in their research and how does it
relate to the problem/issue I’m interested in? What did the author(s) find? How do their findings
provide evidence that is interesting and relevant to my simulation experience? What evidence
does the article offer for solving the problem/issue I identified?
How to Write Up Your Assignment
Once you have completed the reading task, the experiential learning task and the research task,
you should complete the following written assignment. The assignment has four sections, as
outlined below. Your assignment must be presented using the sections as sub-headings. (Note:
each section does not need to start on a new page.) It should be written in a formal academic
style, although first-person voice is fine to use when you are describing your own simulation
experience. Be sure to use double-spacing, 12 point font, and page numbering, and include in-
text referencing, followed by an alphabetised reference list. More information on referencing is
included on the course blackboard site. You must submit your Everest Simulation Log along with
your written assignment but into a separate submnission folder on BB.

Section 1: Introduction (100 words)
Your introduction should provide opening comments to orient the reader. You should indicate the
role you played in the simulation and the individual and team score you achieved. You should
also comment briefly on how you felt about the simulation experience.
Section 2: Leadership (750 words in total for the section)
This section should address your chosen problem/issue involving Leadership. This section should
be structured with the following sub-headings and word counts:
1. Description of Problem/Issue (150 words)
Describe the problem/issue that you identified in the steps above as most relevant, interesting
or meaningful in your simulation experience. Be sure to justify how your problem/issue concerns
some aspect of leadership (Lecture Topic 2).
2. Management Research Evidence (300 words)
Explain the evidence that was presented in the two journal articles you found. This section
should be structured into two paragraphs, with one paragraph written on each journal
article. Each paragraph should begin with a topic sentence that specifies the key insight or
finding about leadership that you learned from the evidence in that particular journal article. The
remainder of the paragraph should explain this insight or finding in more detail. You need to
write in your own words as much as possible and avoid including too many direct quotes from
your articles. Using more than 20% of your word count in direct quotes is considered excessive
so you should include no more than 60 words in direct quotes from your journal articles.
3. Application of Evidence to Problem/Issue (300 words)
Apply the evidence you found in your journal articles to solve the problem/issue of leadership
you identified in your simulation experience. Be sure to include examples to clearly
demonstrate to the reader how the insights you learned from the evidence in part (ii) of this
section can be applied to make sense of and help solve the problem/issue you identified in part
(i). You should also suggest how these insights into leadership could have improved your
individual and team performance.
Section 3: Ethics and Social Responsibility (750 words in total for the section)
This section should address your chosen problem/issue involving Ethics and Social
Responsibility. This section should be structured with the following sub-headings and word
counts:
1. Description of Problem/Issue (150 words)
Describe the problem/issue that you identified in the steps above as most relevant, interesting
or meaningful in your simulation experience. Be sure to justify how your problem/issue
concerns some aspect of ethics and social responsibility (Lecture Topic 3). (Note: You may
choose to focus on ethics or social responsibility. You do not need to cover both.)
2. Management Research Evidence (300 words)
Explain the evidence that was presented in the two journal articles you found. This section
should be structured into two paragraphs, with one paragraph written on each journal
article. Each paragraph should begin with a topic sentence that specifies the key insight or
finding about ethics and social responsibility that you learned from the evidence in that
particular journal article. The remainder of the paragraph should explain this insight or finding in
more detail. You need to write in your own words as much as possible and avoid including too
many direct quotes from your articles. Using more than 20% of your word count in direct quotes
is considered excessive so you should include no more than 60 words in direct quotes from
your journal articles.
3. Application of Evidence to Problem/Issue (300 words)
Apply the evidence you found in your journal articles to solve the problem/issue of ethics and
social responsibility you identified in your simulation experience. Be sure to use examples to
clearly demonstrate to the reader how the insights you learned from the evidence in part (ii) of
this section can be applied to make sense of and help solve the problem/issue you identified in
part (i). You should also suggest how these insights into ethics and social responsibility could
have improved your individual and team performance.
Section 4: Reflection on Holistic Leadership Development (400 words in total for this
section)

In the final section of your assignment, you should reflect on the following question:
Question: Based on your reading of the article by Quatro, Waldman, and Galvin (2007) and
your experience in the course so far, how did the different elements of the course (ie lectures,
tutorials, and simulation) contribute to develop the four domains (ie analytical, conceptual,
emotional, spiritual) of holisitc leaders?
PRESENTATION WHEN SUBMITTING
When your written analysis is finished and ready for submission, it should be presented as
follows. A template for the assignment presentation will be available via Blackboard.
 Everest Simulation Analysis Title Page which indicates (i) Course Code; (ii) Your Name, (iii)
Your Student Number, (iv) Your Tutorial Number and Time, and (v) Your Tutor’s Name. It is very
important that you include your tutor's name and tutorial group as assignments submitted
without your tutor’s name may have extended marking delays. If you are unsure of your tutor's
name and your tutorial number, please check the Simulation folder under the Assessment
section on Blackboard.
 Section 1: Introduction 100 words
 Section 2: Leadership 750 words
1. Description of Problem/Issue (150 words)
2. Management Research Evidence (300 words)
3. Application of Evidence to Problem/Issue (300 words)
 Section 3: Ethics and Social Responsibility 750 words
1. Description of Problem/Issue (150 words)
2. Management Research Evidence (300 words)
3. Application of Evidence to Problem/Issue (300 words)
 Section 4: Reflection on Holistic Leadership Development (400 words)
 Reference List