rmit busm4194 leadership and decision making leadership and management

Questions:
1.Discuss the differences between leadership and management.
2.The leadership literature characterises leadership as an influence relationship among leaders and followers in a given situation. Based on your studies in this course, explain the determinants of leadership effectiveness.
3.Some experts suggest that Leaders are the primary determinant of an organizations success or failure while others argue that Leaders do not really matter because most of the things that affect an organisations success or failure are outside a leaders control. Based on your studies in this course, please explain your view on this.
4.Why do you think there are so few people who succeed at both management and leadership? Is it reasonable to believe someone can be good at both? Based on your studies in this course please explain your view on this.
5.Based on your studies in this course, describe and explain five general personality traits of effective leaders.
6.Leadership behaviours have been grouped into either task-oriented behaviour or relations-oriented behaviour. Based on your studies in this course, explain the differences between task-oriented leader behaviour and relations-oriented leader behaviour.
7.Leadership theorists describe leadership styles as the relatively consistent pattern of behaviour that characterises a leader. Based on your studies in this course, explain the two basic key leadership styles.
8.Scholars propose that effective leadership behaviour varies from one situation to another and that a leader needs to take situational factors into account. Based on your studies in this course, explain the Normative Decision model.
9.Some theorists suggest that leaders should be able to adjust their style to the situation in which they find themselves. Others suggest that leadership styles are relatively fixed and that leaders should be matched to situations in which they can exercise most control. Discuss and explain your view.
10.Scholars propose that effective leadership behaviour varies from one situation to another. Based on your studies in this course, describe and explain the Hersey-Blanchard situational leadership model.
11.According to the path-goal theory, a leader should choose from among four different leadership styles to achieve optimum results in a given situation. Based on your studies in this course, use relevant examples to explain the components of the path-goal theory.
12.Describe and explain the qualities of charismatic leaders that differentiate them from non-charismatic leaders.
13.Transformational leadership has been positively related to individual level, group, and organisational performance. Using relevant examples, explain how transformational leadership impacts performance.
14.Followers, similar to leaders, can exhibit different styles. Describe and explain Kelleys five styles of followership (Followership attribution approaches).
15.What would you do, as a follower, to contribute to the effectiveness of your leader?
16.Recent research has proposed that charismatic leadership impacts performance. Based on your studies in this course, use relevant examples to explain each of the four leadership behaviour attributes that distinguish charismatic from non-charismatic leaders.
17.Recent research describes ethical and moral leadership as being related to organisational performance. How do you, as a leader, create an ethical and socially responsible culture? Explain.
18.Based on the Industry Speakers presentation and advice (Guest Speaker Session), how do individuals develop or improve their leadership skills and qualities?
19.Based on your studies in this course, use examples to explain some international leadership skills that would be effective to lead an organisation operating across several countries and cultures.
20.There has been a debate on whether leadership decision-making styles can be learned or changed. What is your opinion about the possibility of significantly changing an individuals basic decision-making style?
21.Using relevant examples, explain the five leader styles described the Normative Model of Leadership as they relate to participation during the decision-making process.
22.Decision making is a crucial activity performed by every leader where he/she will choose a course of action to deal with a problem or an opportunity. Based on your studies in this course, use relevant examples to explain the various leadership roles in decision-making.
23.Based on your studies in this course, use relevant examples to differentiate between the leader-driven and the employee-driven leadership decision making styles.
24.Why is decision-making important to an organisation and should a leader confine to one leadership style in making decisions? Discuss and explain your view.

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