Argosy University MGT 340 Solutions-Focused Decision Making Problem

The CEO of your company has asked you, the human resource manager, to conduct a study to determine whether or not male managers and female managers perceive leadership styles differently and, if differences are found, to develop a training program that will benefit gender differences in leadership. To this end you selected, randomly, 10 male managers and 10 female managers to participate in your study. To each manager a leadership style survey questionnaire was administered. The questionnaire chosen was the Blake & Mouton Managerial Grid http://www.12manage.com/methods_blake_mouton_managerial_grid.html as it assesses leadership behavior. The numeric raw data results of the 19 question study are as follows:            
            
            
Raw Numeric Questionnaire Data            
Question     1     2   ;   3     4     5     6     7     8     9            
Male     ; 4     4.6     3.2     3.9     4.2     3.7     4.1     4.5     3.5            
Female      4.2  & nbsp;  4.1     4.2     4.6     3.9     4.1     4.7     4.1     4.2            
            
Raw Numeric Questionnaire Data            
Question     10     1 1     12     13     14     15     16     17     18            
Male  & nbsp;  4     3.9     4     3     4.5     4.9     3     3.3     3            
Female  &nbs p;   4     4.2     4.1     4     4.5     4.3     3.9     4     3.7            
1.     Calculate the mean, median, mode, variance, and standard deviation for the numeric data.            
2.     Construct a histogram, pie, or Stem-Leaf Display chart encompassing the mean leadership scores for both male and female managers. Use an online interactive program to formulate your histogram, pie charts, or Stem-Leaf Display.            
3.     Constructed a histogram for median score values for male managers and female managers with respect to management style.            
4.     Analyze the data and present preliminary conclusions based on answers to questions #3 and #4 with respect to the leadership style differences between male and female managers.            
5.     Offer a brief 5-point summary of the training program you might use to strengthen the leadership deficiencies found in either or both the male and female manager leadership style.