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Leadership's Relationship to Management Assignment -

Analyze relationships and differences between leadership and managerial behaviors and their potential impact on achievement of organizational goals.

Learning Objectives -

1. Compare relevant and important differences between management- and leadership-oriented behaviors.

1.1: Describe differences in responsibility between leadership and management in a specific business case.

1.2: Describe how differences in leadership and management responsibilities can impact the decision making of each.

1.3: Describe steps a manager can take to improve relationships with leadership in spite of the differences in responsibilities.

1.4: Describe common misconceptions about leadership.

2. Explain how managerial best practices can improve organizational performance.

2.1: Describe problems that can occur if managerial best practices are not followed.

2.2: Describe how managerial best practices can improve organizational performance in the provided business case.

2.3: Explain how managerial best practices could have been implemented in a personal work experience to improve organizational effectiveness.

3. Explain how potential limitations to managerial and leadership decision-making practices can affect individual and organizational performance.

3.1: Describe how limitations to a leader or manager's decision-making practices in provided case impacted organizational performance.

3.2: Explain the steps to minimize or overcome limitations in decision-making practices by a manager or leader.

3.3: Describe practical safeguards that should be implemented to minimize poor managerial and leadership decision-making practices.

Overview - For this Short Answer Assessment, you will answer a series of short answer items to demonstrate your understanding of the relationships and differences between leadership and managerial behaviors and their potential impact on achievement of organizational goals. Assessment is based on the three separate business cases provided.

Instructions - Access the following to complete this Assessment:

• Jamie Turner at MLI, Inc., Business Case
• Decision-making and Leading through Crisis Business Case
• The Perils and Pitfalls of Leading Change: A Young Manager's Turnaround Journey Business Case
• Short Answer Submission Form (with Rubric)

Provides detailed criteria describing how to achieve or master the Competency.

Case 1: Jamie Turner at MLI, Inc.

This case focuses on the importance of managing up, down, and laterally as well as cultivating staff and line relationships in the early stages of taking on a new position. The case demonstrates how a lack of shared assumptions and expectations, especially in new working relationships, hinders effective communication.

After reading this case, respond to the following prompts:

a) Describe several major differences in responsibility between the company president and the manager. (1-2 paragraphs).

b) How do these differences impact their decision-making? Be specific, and be sure to support your reasoning with explicit references to leadership best practices and to appropriate theoretical leadership frameworks. (2 paragraphs).

c) Personal Reflection: If you were the manager in the provided case, what steps would you take to improve the relationship with the company president? Support your reasoning with explicit references to leadership best practices and to appropriate theoretical leadership frameworks. (1-2 paragraphs).

d) Personal Reflection: Describe some misconceptions you had about leadership before you actually had the responsibility of leadership. (2 paragraphs).

Case 2: The Perils and Pitfalls of Leading Change: A Young Manager's Turnaround Journey

This business case analyzes and discusses the process for leading change with people in mind and increases understanding of how different tools could be applied in real-life situations. The scenario discusses the manager's role in a turnaround process and common mistakes made by inexperienced managers and weighs the risks and consequences of different management strategies.

After reading this case, respond to the following prompts:

a) Discuss why you believe the new store manager was not successful in getting better organizational performance from his team? Use appropriate references to best practices and leadership concepts to support your answer. (1-2 paragraphs).

b) Describe managerial best practices the manager should take to improve his store's performance, and explain why these practices are relevant. Use appropriate references to best practices and leadership concepts. (2 paragraphs).

c) Personal Reflection: People are often resistant to change. Describe an experience you have had (or observed) where managerial best practices could have been implemented to bring improved organizational performance. Describe the best practices that needed to be.

c) Personal Reflection: People are often resistant to change. Describe an experience you have had (or observed) where managerial best practices could have been implemented to bring improved organizational performance. Describe the best practices that needed to be implemented, and provide specific examples explaining how these changes would have improved overall organizational performance. Explain why these practices are relevant, using appropriate references to best practices and leadership concepts. (2 paragraphs).

Case 3: Decision Making and Leading through Crisis

This is a Darden Case Study. The vignettes in this case offer an opportunity to practice decision making in challenging situations.

After reading this case, respond to the following questions:

a) Using one of the business-case scenarios, describe the decision made by a leader or manager that caused a crisis for the company. How did this decision impact individuals and the organization as a whole? (1 paragraph)

b) If you were the manager, what "next steps" would you take to lead the organization through the crisis? Explain why your actions would be relevant. Be specific and be sure to support your reasoning with explicit references to leadership best practices and to appropriate theoretical leadership frameworks. (2 paragraphs)

c) Personal Reflection: Discuss an experience when you made a bad decision as a leader or manager and why you made that decision. Name two safeguards you could put into practice to minimize the occurrence of making this bad decision in the future. Support your reasoning with explicit references to leadership best practices and to appropriate theoretical leadership frameworks. (2 paragraphs)

Attachment:- Leadership’s Relationship Assignmenr Files.rar