This guide is for BUSI 503 Week 1 Leadership Profile 1, start to submission. Complete the assigned questionnaires, reflect on your strengths and weaknesses, and write an action plan in at least 300 words.
BUSI 503 is Leadership Theory, 3 credit hours, in Liberty University's MBA. Canvas and the course guide file print the code as BUSI503; it is the same course.
| Course | BUSI 503 Leadership Theory |
|---|---|
| Module/Week | 1 |
| Points | 40 points |
| Length | At least 300 words |
| Sources | The assigned questionnaires and the course textbooks |
| Faith integration | Not required by the guide |
| Format | Current APA |
What BUSI 503 Week 1 Leadership Profile 1 asks for
You complete 4 leadership profiles. For each, you complete the assigned questionnaires, reflect on your strengths and weaknesses, and create an action plan for applying the information, in at least 300 words in current APA. Profile 1 is due in Module/Week 1 with Northouse chapters 1 and 2. Worth 40 points.
Where it fits in BUSI 503
In the published schedule, Leadership Profile 1 is one of 15 graded written assignments in BUSI 503. It follows Week 1 Discussion Board Forum 1 and comes before Week 2 Group Case Study Collaboration Forum. The same week also has Discussion Board Forum 1, so plan the week's writing together.
How BUSI 503 Week 1 Leadership Profile 1 is graded
Liberty grades Leadership Profile 1 with the rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas, worth 40 points in the published guide. That is about 4% of the course's 1,010 points. Open the rubric before you draft and read across each row: the top column describes what full credit looks like, and the gap between columns tells you what costs points.
Course grades in BUSI 503 use Liberty's point scale: an A is 940 to 1010 points of the course total. Missing the length or source minimum usually costs points on several rows at once, which is why the checklist below starts with them.
Timing in the published guide: Module/Week 1-7 begins on Monday and ends on Sunday at 11:59 p.m. (ET). Modules/Week 8 begin on Monday and end at 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Friday. Check the due dates in your Canvas section, which govern.
The action plan carries the most weight in practice; steps with a timeframe and a way to check progress are stronger than intentions.
The BUSI 503 Week 1 method, step by step
Pick one event and stay with it
Reflection writing works when it is specific. Pick one situation, one decision point, and stay with it for the whole paper.
Describe it briefly and accurately
Tell what happened in a few sentences. Remove names and identifying details; the reader needs the situation, not the people.
Analyze it with course concepts
Explain the event through the course material. A reflection that never names a concept from the reading is a diary entry, not an assignment.
Bring in the evidence the guide asks for
Support the analysis with The assigned questionnaires and the course textbooks. Use the sources to show that what you saw is a known pattern and what the literature says about preventing or handling it.
Say what you would do differently
Close the loop: what you learned, what you would change, and how it will shape your practice. Be concrete; a plan beats a promise.
Write in first person, formatted in APA
Use first person where you describe your own experience and keep the APA format for everything else. Check the length (At least 300 words).
Report the scores briefly, explain what they suggest with a concrete example from your work, then write an action plan with two or three steps you can measure. Cite the chapter for what the scores mean.
A structure for BUSI 503 Week 1 Leadership Profile 1
Word targets are planning numbers for about 700 words of body text, set by the length in the guide; the rubric decides where to spend more.
| Section | What it must do | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Results | Your questionnaire scores. | ~170 words |
| Strengths and weaknesses | Honest reflection. | ~250 words |
| Action plan | Specific steps. | ~280 words |
A topic angle that works
Northouse's chapters end with questionnaires, such as the Leadership Trait Questionnaire, which compares your self-rating with ratings from others. Use the scores as evidence, not as labels.
Model paragraph with notes
An original paragraph written by our desk to show the register that earns full rubric credit. It is study material: learn the moves, then write your own.
My lowest rating from others was on sociability, though I rated myself higher. I tend to stay focused on tasks and skip informal conversations. Over the next month I will start each team meeting with five minutes of personal check-ins and have one-on-one coffee with each of my four direct reports. I will ask two of them for feedback at the end of the month.
- A specific gap.
- Concrete steps.
- A check.
Mistakes that cost points on BUSI 503 Week 1
- Listing scores only.
- Vague goals.
- Under 300 words.
Checklist before you submit
- Length: At least 300 words
- Sources: The assigned questionnaires and the course textbooks
- No names or identifying details of patients, clients or coworkers
- At least one course concept named and applied
- Each rubric row read against the section that answers it
Questions students ask
How many leadership profiles are in BUSI 503?
Four, in Weeks 1, 3, 4 and 5, each worth 40 points.
How many points is BUSI 503 Week 1 Leadership Profile 1 worth?
40 points in Liberty's published course guide for BUSI 503, out of a course total of 1,010 points (about 4% of the grade). The rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas shows how those points are divided.
Is BUSI 503 Week 1 the same in every section of BUSI 503?
This guide follows Liberty's published course guide for BUSI 503. Liberty notes that course content can change from term to term, so if your Canvas section shows different instructions, a different week or different points, follow Canvas and your instructor.
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