GEN103: Organizational Leadership Strategies Annotated Bibliography

This annotated bibliography examines organizational leadership strategies and their application within human resources management. The assignment begins with a research question focusing on effective leadership strategies for better decision-making and policy implementation. The student explores the policy-making process, identifying key elements such as public support, fairness, and analysis. The annotation includes a scholarly article that applies the contingency approach in leadership and analyzes cross-level influences of empowering leadership on citizenship behavior. The student also analyzes a non-scholarly source that reviews the top 10 leaders throughout history. The bibliography covers various aspects of leadership, including individual roles, organizational climate, and the impact of leadership styles. The student's research connects these strategies to critical thinking, problem-solving, and the development of a vision for the future, highlighting their relevance to human resources management.

Running head: ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP STRATEGIES
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ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP STRATEGIES
Student Name
GEN103: Information Literacy
Instructor Name
Month Day, Year

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Research Question:
Research Question 1: What organizational leadership strategies can a leader use to make better
decisions?
Research Question 2: What is the policy making process that can be implemented?
Research Question 3: Who are the best leaders?
Research Question 4: What the thought process of different great leaders?
Thesis Statement: Leaders and legislators have been framing the society with new approaches
and policies.
Scholarly Article 1
Reference:
Mrsc.org. (2020). Retrieved 17 April 2020, from http://mrsc.org/getmedia/e46223b6-f3ac-4afb-
b7d9-b2362edf6890/Local-Government-Policy-Making-Process.pdf.aspx?ext=.pdf'
Annotation:
There are certain aspects that act important in the assessment of a good policy development. This
section ensures the fact that there have been proper public support. In this vase policies are
adopted by the majority vote of the legislative body and hence can be considered as a good
policy. In case the policies are fair and equitable the policy is considered to be a good one. Again
of the policy is framed with the help of proper analysis and hence wise decisions are made,
policy can be stated as a good one. The relevancy of the policy also plays an important role in
this section. Feasibility of the implementation process have also been another aspect that is
considered in the process. Again there are certain limitations as well.

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This article have been stated in a proper descriptive manner and several sections of the data are
well demonstrated in a proper manner. The data are presented in a proper structured manner.
This increases the viability of the article. The data are highly precise in nature. Visual
representation of the article is also provided in a proper manner. This helps in bettering the
analysis process. This article discusses about the major focuses that are to be considered for the
strategic policy making and proper recognition of the good policy is also considered in the
process. Limitations that are present in the policy making are also well stated. Roles and
responsibilities of a legislator is also well demonstrated in the article. Policy making process is
also well stated in the article along with the effective public participation as well as
communication process.
Non-Scholarly Source 1
Reference
IndustryLeaders. IndustryLeaders. (2020). Retrieved 16 April 2020, from
https://www.industryleadersmagazine.com/leadership-and-10-great-leaders-from-
history/.
Annotation:
The 10 major leaders of mankind have been Mahatma Gandhi, George Washington, Abraham
Lincoln, Adolf Hitler, Muhammad, Mao Zedong, Nelson Mandela, Julius Caesar, Fidel Castro
and Winston Churchill. All these leaders were personalities that influenced the mass and
motivated the same for getting involved in a particular set of goal that they had set and wanted to
accomplish for a noble or not so noble cause. There are different paths that were taken up by
different leaders and uniqueness among the leaders were the main attribute that is to be

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considered in the process. These leaders were also responsible for the transition of the world. It
have been seen that all the leaders came up with new and unique ideologies. This have been a
major reason of the success that the above set of leaders have achieved.
The chosen article is considered to be one of the most precise article that discusses regarding the
top 10 leaders that the world have ever seen. This have been the major reason of high popularity
of the article. In the starting of the article it is seen that there is a proper visualization. The
preciseness of the article is high as well. However there is a certain issue in the article. There are
no reference t the data, which makes the authenticity of the data questionable.