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Question 1: What kind of obstacles can you foresee in taking a shared leadership approach? How might they (or can they) be solved?

Question 2: How would you implement a shared leadership initiative in a company where you were the CEO? What elements of job design and redesign might you draw on to increase the effectiveness of the shared leadership initiative?

Question 3: Can you think of any instances in which nonshared, traditional approaches to leadership would be preferable to a shared leadership approach? What are they, and how are they preferable? What sort of situational or individual factors lead to the traditional approach being more effective in these instances?

Question 4: How do you think United Airlines should have handled the recent string of incidents? Do you think that United Airlines was within its power to have removed these people from the flights? Why or why not?

Question 5: What are the pros and cons of having a bureaucratic organizational structure for an airline? Do you think the pros and cons are justified for United Airlines and that they should keep the structure they have? Why or why not?

Question 6: What do you think United Airlines should do in the future? Do you have any suggestions for enhancements or improvements to the United Airlines organizational structure? Would you consider restructuring? Why or why not?

Question 7: What do you think are the key dimensions of culture that make Patagonia successful? How does the organization help to foster this culture?

Question 8:  Does Patagonia use strategies to build its culture that you think could work for other companies? Is the company a useful model for others that aren't so tied to a lifestyle? Why or why not?

Question 9: What are the drawbacks of Patagonia's culture? Might it sometimes be a liability and, if so, in what situations?