MGT 526 Wk 3 Discussion – Leadership Theories

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MGT 526 Wk 3 Discussion - Leadership Theories
MGT 526 Wk 3 Discussion – Leadership Theories
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MGT 526 Wk 3 Discussion – Leadership Theories

Post a total of 3 substantive responses over 2 separate days for full participation. This includes your initial post and 2 replies to other students or your faculty member.

Due Thursday

Respond to one the following scenarios outlined below in a minimum of 175 words:

Due Monday

Reply to at least 2 of your classmates or your faculty member. Be constructive and professional.

Summary

Let’s leverage this discussion thread to gather the concepts and content from Ch. 8 and/or Ch. 10 that we may need to complete our assignments and that will most benefit us in advancing our careers. Avoid reading word-for-word, and use the following questions and scenarios to guide your inquiry.

Resources

Jones, G. R., (2020). Contemporary management (11th ed). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Education.

Instructions

Do not start a new thread. Select one of the following scenarios, develop a response, then post the response as a reply to this discussion starter. Limit your response to 175 to 300 words, demonstrate understanding of and use APA formatting to cite the required readings or other credible sources that you apply, and look for opportunities to engage with and learn from others.

***Note: Please include the name of the scenario that you are responding to so that we all know which prompt you are discussing. For example, Scenario 2: Effective Leadership.***

Remember: Students need to contribute three substantive posts in this discussion by the due dates indicated above. The substantive posts can be any combination of responses and replies. This includes your initial post to a scenario prompt and 2 replies to other students.

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Scenarios

Scenario 1: Team’s Work Aligns to Business Strategy

Share you response in a minimum of 175 words and include citations. Be constructive and professional.

Jones, G. R. 2020)One of management’s responsibilities is to ensure their team’s work aligns to the company’s business strategies.

Discussion:

  • What leadership theories have you seen used in your own workplace?
  • Which were most effective? Which were the least effective? Why?
  • How did the execution of these theories align with your company’s business strategies?

Scenario 2: Effective Leadership

Share you response in a minimum of 175 words and include citations. Be constructive and professional.

According to Jones, G. R. (2020) leadership is the process by which a person exerts influence over other people and inspires, motivates, and directs their activities to help achieve group or organizational goals. The person who exerts such influence is a leader..A key component of effective leadership is found in the power the leader must affect other people’s behavior and get them to act in certain ways.

Discussion:

  • What are the types of power that you have seen leaders use within your organization?
  • How do effective leaders take steps to ensure that they have sufficient levels of each type and that they use their power in beneficial ways.
  • Describe the steps managers can take to increase their power and ability to be effective leaders

Scenario 3: Characteristics of an Excellent Leader

Jones, G. R. (2020) suggest traits show the strongest relationship to leadership, the behaviors leaders engage in, and the limitations of the trait and behavior models of leadership.

Share you response in a minimum of 175 words and include citations. Be constructive and professional.

Discussion:

  • Who is your favorite leader (must be a real person, living or dead). Describe the characteristics that make that person such an excellent leader.
  • Think of specific situations in which it might be especially important for a manager to engage in consideration and in initiating structure.

Scenario 4: Characteristics of a Leader – Fiedler

Fiedler’s contingency model helps explain why a manager may be an effective leader in one situation and ineffective in another. It also suggests which kinds of managers are likely to be most effective in which situations (Jones, G. R., 2020).

Share you response in a minimum of 175 words and include citations. Be constructive and professional.

Discussion:

  • Based on your experience and observation of a manager at your company or one that you’re familiar with discuss how the three situational characteristics that Fiedler identified affected his or her ability to provide leadership.

Scenario 5: Transformational Leadership 

Transformational leadership occurs when managers change (or transform) their subordinates in three important ways: awareness of job importance, awareness of needs for growth and development, and motivate their subordinates to work for the good of the organization (Jones, G. R., 2020)

Share you response in a minimum of 175 words and include citations. Be constructive and professional.

Discussion:

  • Describe what transformational leadership is and explain how managers can engage in it.
  • Share an example of a company that has dramatically turned around its fortunes and improved its performance. Determine whether a transformational manager was behind the turnaround and, if one was, what this manager did.

Scenario 6: Innovation, Change and Leadership 

Managing different people in an organization takes insight and support.

Share you response in a minimum of 175 words and include citations. Be constructive and professional.

Discussion:

  • Imagine that you are working in an organization in an entry level-position after graduation and have come up with what you think is a great idea for improving a critical process in the organization that relates to your job. In what ways might your supervisor encourage you to implement your idea? How might your supervisor discourage you from even sharing your idea with others?

References

Jones, G. R., (2020). Contemporary management (11th ed). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Education.