Writing sample
For the Ph.D. in organizational leadership
Applicants to Adler University’s online Doctor of Philosophy in Organizational Leadership program are required to submit a writing sample through the application portal. The sample should be a professional or academic work authored solely by the applicant.
Acceptable writing samples include the following:
- Publication.
- Thesis.
- Essay.
- Paper.
These materials should have been previously submitted as an assignment or a professional publication and should be a minimum of five pages and no more than 20. If your sample is more than 20 pages, please submit a section of it that meets the requirements.
Applicants who are unable to locate an appropriate writing sample may instead respond to the following prompt:
- How do you define leadership, and how do you define management? In your opinion and research, are the two interchangeable in both theory and in practice? Why or why not?
Writing samples must be treated as a paper that would be submitted within a graduate course and meet the following requirements:
- 5-6 pages in length, not including a title or reference page.
- Use APA format.
- Include a minimum of three scholarly references, appropriately cited.
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