Team Leadership/Management Style: Primary Post Assignment (20 Points):

Part 1: According to the Sarin and O’Connor (2009) article, certain style and goal structures of team leaders have a strong influence on internal team dynamics.  

Based on your research within the article and textbook, as well as your own experience, what team leader management style would be most effective in leading a team in which you were a member?

Part 2: DeRue, Barnes, and Morgeson (2010) found that team leadership style effectiveness depended on the level of charisma exhibited by the leader.  

Drawing from the article and the textbook, have you ever worked for a charismatic leader?  What style (coaching or directing) did that leader administer?  Was he or she effective in leading you as part of the team?

Response Post Instructions (10 Points):

Support your work with specific citations from this week's learning resources and other sources.  

Read at least two of your colleagues' postings.

Respond to one of those posts in one of the following ways:  See posting/discussion requirements.

• Ask a probing question, substantiated with additional background information, evidence or research.

• Share an insight from having read your colleagues' postings, synthesizing the information to provide new perspectives.

• Make suggestions based on additional evidence drawn from readings or after synthesizing multiple postings.