Description
In need of an explanation for the short essay questions below. MGMT 312 Leadership & Motivation. Please be sure your answers are at least 75 words each. Questions with fewer than 75 words will have deductions. No direct quotes from the text.
Question 1
Why are conceptual skills (Skills Approach) least important in lower-level management?
Question 2
What are the three theoretical approaches to ethics and briefly describe what they mean.
Question 3
Explain the four transformational factors associated with the transformational leadership model.
Question 4
What is path-goal leadership and how does it differ from others? What other theory is similar to path-goal leadership?
Question 5
What leadership approach is considered the most dominant among the styles and why?
Question 6
The psychodynamic approach to leadership contends that personality is an important aspect of how we lead and how we follow. What is the concept behind psychodynamic leadership and how does it work to improve effectiveness?
Question 7
Explain in your own words, what is the concept of adaptive leadership in organizations?
Question 8
In 75 words or more, comment on the overall message of this course. What did you learn about leadership, motivation, and leadership traits?
Question 9
Heifetz et al. (2009) defined four adaptive challenge archetypes that aid in identifying patterns associated with adaptive work. What are the four archetypes (models) and briefly describe (in your own words) what they mean.
Question 10
Teams are generally defined as a group of individuals who come together to achieve an established goal. How does leadership differ when leading a team verses leading a single person?
Question 11
What is the overall premise of the situational theory/model?
Question 12
In relation to women in leadership positions, what is the concept of the “glass ceiling”?
Question 13
Explain the differences in working cultures in the U.S. verses Japan. How is leadership affected?
Question 14
What stands out as useful in authentic leadership? What is the meaning of the core competencies associated with authentic leadership per Avolio and Walumbwa (2014)?
Materials:
Book Title: Leadership Theory: Cultivating Critical Perspectives – e-book available in the APUS Online Library. Link also provided in the classroom Content section.
Author: Dugan, John
Publication Info:
ISBN: 9781118864159
Textbook in APA format:
Dugan, J.P. (2017). Leadership theory: Cultivating critical perspectives, San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Book Title Leadership Theory, Ch1 introduction & Ch 4 pages 96-111 (https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/apus/detail.action?docID=4797456)
Book Title Leadership Theory, Leadership: Theory and Practice, Ch 3
Book Title Leadership Theory, Ch 5 pages 130-139
- Book Title:Leadership Theory, Ch 6 pages 151-158 & Ch 7 pages 182-188
- Article TitleTHE INFLUENCE OF TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP ON WORKPLACE RELATIONSHIPS AND JOB PERFORMANCE.
Article TitleSituational, transformational, and transactional leadership and leadership development
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Book Title |
Leadership Theory, Ch 5 pages 122-130 |
Book Title Leadership Theory, Ch 7 pages 188-196 & Ch 9 pages 241-247
Book Title Leadership Theory, Ch 9 pages 247-255
Book Title Leadership Theory, Ch 6 pages 158-165
- Article Title Rewiring leadership
- Article Title Article: How BMW successfully practices sustainable leadership principles
- Article: Leadership Ethics in Today’s World: Key Issues and Perspectives
- Article: What Candy Crush Saga Teaches Us About Motivating Employees.
- Article: Leadership, culture and organizational change
- Article: Women and leadership: Gender barriers to senior management positions
