FOR PROFESSOR RYAN

As you complete your weekly reading, answer the questions below.

Please review the following writing guidelines prior to answering the questions:

· Remember to respond to the questions using your own words.

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Part 1:, Leadership is the process of influencing others to work towards the achievement of objectives. Being a manager does not necessarily make you a leader.

After reading page 205 in your textbook, describe a time of when you looked up to someone as a “leader” even if that person wasn’t your manager. Be sure to include how that person influenced you to work towards the achievement of objectives.

10 points

Answer:

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Part 2: The Ghiselli Study identifies six (6) traits of an effective leader: supervisory ability, need for occupational achievement, intelligence, decisiveness, self-assurance and initiative.

After reading page 206 in your textbook, describe a manager you had and which of the six (6) traits he or she either possessed or lacked.

10 points

Answer:

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Part 3: Based on Blake and Mounton’s Leadership Grid, there are five (5) major leadership styles: the impoverished manager, the sweatshop manager, the country club manager, the organized-person manager, and the team manager.

After reading page 209 in your textbook, describe a manager you had and indicate the manager’s leadership style. Be sure to indicate one of the five leadership styles listed above.

10 points

Answer:

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Part 4: Trust is the positive expectation that another person will not take advantage of you. There are three (3) types of trust: deterrence-based, knowledge-based and identification-based.

After reading page 225 in your textbook, please answer the following questions about trust.

18 points

Provide an example of each type of trust and list someone you know that falls into that category.

Type an example of deterrence-based trust here and list someone you know

Type an example of knowledge-based trust here and list someone you know

Type an example of identification-based trust here and list someone you know

12 points

Explain why you agree or disagree with the following statement:

“Trust is not simply given, it takes time to develop.”

Type your answer here

6 points

Part 5: After reading page 239 in your textbook, list the three factors in how performance is attained.

6 points

Answer:

Type the first factor here

Type the second factor here

Type the third factor here

Part 6: Maslow’ theory of motivation is based on five (5) needs.

After reading page 241 in your textbook, list Maslow’s five (5) needs in the order you feel is most important (1=the most important).

10 points

Answer:

List the need that you feel is the most important

List the need that you feel is the second most important

List the need that you feel is the third most important

List the need that you feel is fourth most important

List the need that you feel is fifth most important

Part 7: Power is a person’s ability to influence others to do something they would not otherwise do.

After reading page 269 in your textbook, list an example of when someone used power to get you do something you would not have otherwise done.

6 points

Answer:

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You will earn additional points if you correctly submit the worksheet to the assignment dropbox.

5 points

You will earn additional points if you use proper sentence structure, grammar and spelling.

5 points