Essay Questions (choose one of the below):

1. Is ‘transformational leadership’ the most appropriate model of leadership for the contemporary public and/or third sector(s)? Use a carefully selected case study to illustrate your answer, and reflect on your own development as a current or future public and/or third sector leader.
2. Is ‘distributed leadership’ the most appropriate model of leadership for the contemporary public and/or third sector(s)? Use a carefully selected case study to illustrate your answer, and reflect on your own development as a current or future public and/or third sector leader.
3. To what extent are private sector-derived models of strategic and performance management appropriate for public sector and/or third sector leaders? Use a carefully selected case study to illustrate your answer, and reflect on your own development as a current or future public and/or third sector leader.


In your essay, you may use one of the sectors discussed in the Team Presentations as your selected case study sector. However, please be reminded that the writing up of your essay is strictly individual and thereby to avoid plagiarism of other students’ work.

The word count for this assessment is 3000 words. This does not include reference lists and bibliographies. The stated word count may be exceeded by a maximum of 10%.