Unit II Case Study
Read the following article from the required reading
assignment:
Preston, G., Moon, J., Simon, R., Allen, S., & Kossi, E.
(2015). The relevance of emotional intelligence in project leadership. Journal
of Information Technology and Economic Development, 6(1), 16-40.
After reading the article, analyze the following scenarios,
and choose one to discuss in your case study paper:
Scenario 1: You are an office manager who has recently moved
into a new department. It comes to your attention that there is a member of
senior management who has been falsifying expense reports for himself and
approving falsified reports for his subordinates, resulting in over-payments to
employees.
· Based on
your preferred leadership style, what would be the best way to handle this
situation?
· What are
some effective practices that you would use for leading people and business
processes in this situation?
· In this
situation, what is your role in the decision-making processes that serve to
establish an organizational climate oriented to meet business goals?
Scenario 2: You are a newly hired department director,
brought on board to help turn around a struggling department. The members of
this department are highly educated and are taking steps to improve the
professional development of department members. Despite these efforts, they
feel they are underappreciated and lack a voice in the direction that the
department is moving. You have leadership experience in a variety of
industries, but you have never worked in this specific field.
· Based on
your preferred leadership style, how would you proceed in attempting to align
the goals of the organization with the goals of the department? (The goals are
actually the same for the organization and the department, but the two groups
have different concepts on how to achieve them.)
· What are
some effective practices that you would use for leading people and business
processes in this situation?
· In this
situation, what is your role in the decision-making processes that serve to
establish an organizational climate oriented to meet business goals?
Scenario 3: As a manager, you have two employees who have a
difficult time working together. While nothing specifically unprofessional has
been done by either one of them, other team members have expressed concern that
the differences between them are causing tension and some other team members
are having difficulty performing their work. Some have even gone so far as to
say that the situation is causing a hostile work environment.
· Based on
your preferred leadership style, how would you handle this situation?
· What are
some effective practices that you would use for leading people and business
processes in this situation?
· In this
situation, what is your role in the decision-making processes that serve to
establish an organizational climate oriented to meet business goals?
In your case study, be sure to address the following:
· Begin the
discussion by identifying which of the scenarios you chose.
· Include a
brief statement as to which of the leadership styles presented in the above
article you are most comfortable discussing in front of group of people?
· Explain your
top three, in order from most like you to least like you, and explain why you
chose them.
· Then, answer
the questions provided with your chosen scenario.
· Use the
information provided in this unit to determine which leadership styles you
prefer to use when you are in a leadership position (visionary, coaching,
affiliative, democratic, pacesetting, and commanding).
· Then,
considering the above points, how would you proceed with handling the chosen
scenario?
Be sure to follow the guidelines below:
· Be sure to
include peer-reviewed sources to support positions/conclusions. You are
required to use at least two outside sources beyond the required reading for
this unit.
· Be sure that
your analysis is highly relevant and informative and remains on topic.
· Accuracy
should be strong with close attention to detail in all parts of the assignment.
BBA 3651, Leadership
· Writing
should be clear and concise with solid sentence structure and should be free of
grammar, punctuation, and spelling errors.
· Your paper
should be at least two pages in length.
· All sources
used must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying
citations in APA format.
Information about accessing the Grading Rubric for this
assignment is provided below.
