Purpose: The purpose of this assessment is to deepen student’s understanding of the characteristics of leadership styles and the dynamic relationship of leadership with workplace communication and culture.

Aim: This assessment provides the student the opportunity to apply and evaluate leadership styles in a scenario involving making changes to improve workplace communication and culture.

Essay – critical. Reflection scenario-based essay [ 50 % marks]

1500 words, + – 10 % is okay

More than 5 references need to be included

Referencing style APA 7, less than 5 years of references

(Do not include references in introduction and conclusion)

Scenario: A recent staff survey has revealed areas of concern regarding workplace communication, workplace culture and a ’blaming’ patient safety culture. The leadership team meets and decides to make changes to achieve the following improvement goals; to improve communication and workplace culture and to introduce a ’no blame’ culture in relation to patient safety.

Discuss how the leadership team may apply two leadership styles to make changes to achieve these goals and evaluate how these two leadership styles may be facilitators or barriers to changes that will achieve these goals.