Assignment

For this assignment, you are to read the provided article about the 2005 Train Wreck and Chlorine Spill in Graniteville,South Carolina. The article illuminates the issues of small-town capacity to handle no-evacuation and hazardousmaterials. Click here to access the article. This article can also be accessed at http://www.dot.gov/highlights/disasterrecovery/train-wreck-and-chlorine-spill-graniteville-south-carolina Apply what you learned about the leadership theories described in this unit, to discuss the rebuilding efforts torestore the town to its condition before the wreck. For example, which theory or theories do you think wereapplied? Were they effective? Using the concepts in the managerial (leadership) grid on page 44 (Figure 4-1), discuss the leader’s concern forpeople or concern for production. How did the leaders handle these two areas? What concern more evident inone area than in the other? Include which area you believe the leader behavior in this incident aligns to in the grid. Summarize your responses in a minimum two-page Word document.To supplement your discussion and support your conclusions, you may use information from reputable, reliable journalarticles, case studies, scholarly papers, and other sources that you feel are pertinent. All sources used, including thetextbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.The purpose of this assignment is for you to apply the concepts and knowledge you learned in this unit on leaderbehaviors. Also, this provides you with the opportunity to use your skills, expertise, and experience to enrich yourresponse.