Chapter 14, Problem 2DQ

A brief summary of each of the following: Path-Goal Theory Leader-Member Exchange Theory Transformational Leadership Authentic Leadership

What strategies can leaders employ to manage and resolve conflicts within a team or organization?

How can a leader manage conflicts that arise from cultural or diversity-related differences within a team?

Why do many organizations simply wait to engage employee viewpoints until after a decision has been made? How can leaders facilitate participatory management?

How might organizations in different cultures try to enhance leadership capabilities? How might perception affect motivation in other cultures?

We know there are a wide array of stressors in organizations.  If you were the leader of an organization, what steps and strategies would you take to lessen role conflict and the effects of stressors within the organization?

How can leaders effectively manage conflicts that arise due to differences in cultural or personal backgrounds among team members?

If you were manager of a group with a lot of personality conflict, what would you do? Imagine that you are a manager and that two of your employees are blaming one another for a recent project not going well. What factors would you consider in deciding whom to believe? Who else would you talk to before making a decision? What would you do to try to reduce the likelihood of this happening again? You have been asked whether your organization should expand from selling its products only in North America to selling its products in Europe as well. What information would you want to collect? Who would you want to discuss the idea with before making a decision? You have a colleague who decided the organization should pursue a new technology. Nine months into the project of transitioning to the new technology, based on new information you are convinced that the new technology is not going to work out as anticipated. In fact, you expect it to be a colossal However, when you try to talk to your…

Read through the situation below entitled "The Group Leader Dilemma" and understand the situation being shown.  Let the following questions be your guide for your reading:1. Who are the two people you would choose to be included in your group? Why did you pick these two people?2. Were your answers based on past experiences with group activities? If yes, how did you feel while working with them?3. Do you think almost all established groups had the same problems and sentiments as you did when they started forming their respective groups? Are these “birthing pains” (initial problems) necessary for the growth of the group? Situation: In one of your subjects, your instructor assigned you to lead a group to accomplish a project. Additionally, the instructor required every leader to pick two (2) more people to be included in their group. After the instructor met with the leaders, the groups started forming immediately. People who have known each other for so long naturally grouped up…