“21st Century Leadership”. You are expected to write a 2,500 word critical literature review as your answer. Literature to be reviewed: http://www.managers.org.uk/~/media/Files/PDF/21st_Century_Leaders_June2014.pdf A critical literature review requires you to analyse good quality research on your topic. This will require a discussion of academic definitions, the identification of key themes in the literature, and a discussion of the potential applications and implications of the literature. You should also be able to demonstrate an understanding of the quality and limitations of the sources that you are using. Expected quality of the answer: You are expected to offer an excellent critical review of good quality literature on the topic and can demonstrate an understanding of the quality and scope of the research in the area. You must use good quality academic sources to give an overview of the topic such as academic journals and quality practitioner materials and sources. You must also discuss and critique the sources that you use in order to reach evidence based conclusions. Hence, it is expected to use good quality academic sources throughout your work to support your arguments. It is important to discuss the application and potential impact of research in the business environment. Instead giving a descriptive or limited account of the literature or using relatively limited or poor quality information sources such as non-academic text books, websites, blogs etc without discussing the limitations of these sources will be considered as weak answers. Please note that students cannot pass if they do not sufficiently explore the main, current themes on the topic and support their work with acceptable academic sources. Structure of the assignment: You are advised to follow the below guidelines in preparing your answer for the purposes of clarity and presentation. Front Page – Your ID number, Name of the Module Table of contents – headings and page numbers Introduction – context and purpose together with outlining key academic themes Literature review – Compare, contrast, synthesise and critically analyse the academic research on the topic (rely on published academic work i.e. books and journal articles) This will require you to discuss academic definitions, identify key themes in the literature, and discuss the potential applications and implications of the literature and to show that you understand the quality of the sources that you are using. Conclusion – Complete your discussion with an overall conclusion which is based on and referenced with quality academic material. Recommendations, lessons learnt, possibilities for future activities or research could be discussed. Reference list – sources used