Truman’s Atomic Decision

This research paper analyzes a critical turning event and the real-world context in which it occurred. Using the provided outline as the table of contents, you will draw on public data sources and organizational leadership concepts to examine a specific leader, situation, and decision. The paper should assess the leaders strengths, weaknesses, traits, and ethical stance, and conclude by addressing guided questions that inform future leadership behavior.

This is an analytical assignment, not a summary or biography. Your goal is to determine what happened and why by examining the influences behind the leaders decision. Clear answers may not be explicitly stated in sources; your analysis and reasoning are the focus of this paper.

The paper must be 68 pages, double-spaced, excluding the title page and reference list, and follow APA 7th Editionguidelines. This must be submitted to Turnitin.com.

This research is used to describe a turning event and the real-life context in which it occurred. Your paper should use the outline provided as the table of contents for the paper. Using public data sources and your understanding of organizational leadership, identify the leader/situation and decision, the traits that made your leader effective and ineffective in this situation (their strengths and weaknesses), and their ethical stances, ending with answering several specific questions that can shape future behaviors. It is important to note that this assignment is an analysis of your research to understand the influences of your leader’s decision. Your research seeks to determine what happened and why. This analysis is more than just reporting of the activity or a biography of your leader; in fact, you probably will not find the ‘answers’ you are looking for written in black-andwhite. It is your analysis, and you’re walking us through your thinking, that is the crux of this assignment

***Headings for each section***

Trumans Atomic Decision

The Situation

Leadership strength and Weaknesses

Ethics and Community Effects

Organizational Culture

Decision Making

Overall Conclusion