Description
Select a well-known personality—judge, lawyer, correctional administrator, or police chief—in criminal justice and talk about this person’s leadership style in relation to the leadership theories discussed in your book.
Answer the following questions in an 8- to 10-slide Microsoft PowerPoint presentation:
- Which of the following theories is most suitable for describing this leader’s behavior?
- Situational leadership
- Multiple linkage model
- Cognitive resource theory
- Support your choice with reasons and explain why the other theories are not suitable.
- How can the leadership substitute’s theory be applied to explain the situational variables for this leader?
- Do you think the path-goal theory explains the strategies of influence used by this leader? Why?
- Did this leader receive too much
credit for the agency’s success, or do you believe that he or she could have been successful despite the subordinates? Why?
Explanation & Answer
Attached.
OUTLINE FOR LEADERSHIP THEORIES
The PowerPoint presentation consists of the following sections:
•
Introduction
This section consists of:
❖ General George S. Patton’s brief military and leadership
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Leadership Theories
This part consists of
❖ Situational leadership: The theory that best explains General Patton’s behavior
❖ Multiple linkage model: Why these theory is not suitable to explain General Patton’s
behavior
❖ Cognitive resource theory: Why these theory is not suitable to explain General Patton’s
behavior
❖ Leadership substitute’s theory: How this theory can be applied to explain the situational
variables General Patton
❖ Path-goal: How this theory explains the strategies of influence used by General Patton
❖ Gene...