You must answer five questions of your choosing, in your own words, using 150-200 words. These questions are to be written as no references, and it is designed to be primarily an intellectual exercise where you get to demonstrate your understanding of the key concepts taught in the unit. Use the +/- 10% rule for the word count, submit in MS Word format. Do not copy and paste from the Net – Urkund has been enabled to make sure you do not do so. Focus on answering the questions directly and DEMONSTRATING your knowledge of the key issues relevant to the particular questions with a properate short example.
Choose and answer 5 (five) of the following questions in 150-200 words. Clearly indicate the question you are answering in your MS Word document response:
Question 1: What does Fiedler’s contingency theory suggest that we can and cannot do as leaders?
Question 2: The Hershey-Blanchard model suggests that we can change our leadership style to suit given situations. When can we do this and how would we know?
Question 3: How does the concept of the locus of control help us to develop our leadership skills?
Question 4: How can we use values to establish the type of culture we ?
Question 5: Trait theory tends to be theoretically weak, but why is it so intuitively appealing?
Question 6: Why is charismatic leadership good and bad?
Question 7: How does path-goal theory take into account the situation?
Question 8: When would servant leadership be an appropriate approach to leading one’s followers?
Question 9: What are substitutes for leadership and how do these relate to contingency theory?
Question 10: How can the degree of participation in decision-making influence the quality and accountability of decisions?
This essay is to be written as no references, approximately 800 words, and it is designed to be primarily an intellectual exercise where you get to demonstrate your understanding of the key concepts and theories taught in the unit. Use the +/- 10% rule for the word count, submit in MS Word format. Do not copy and paste from the Net – Urkund has been enabled to make sure you do not do so. Focus on answering the question and DEMONSTRATING your knowledge of the key issues relevant to the question.
Answer one of the following questions:
Question 1: Power & Politics
Given that leadership requires power, and that the gaining of power is a political activity, can leadership ever be an entirely ethical experience or can the end justify the means? Discuss.
Question 2: Leader as Social Architect
Discuss the extent that it is possible for a leader in a contemporary organisation to truly be a social architect. If so, how can this be done? If not, why not?
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