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Instructions
Leaders in organizations commonly supervise a number of subordinates who may also be referred to as their followers. Using the CSU Online Library, explore topics associated with leadership behavior, followership behavior, and how followers are affected by leadership. Then, select a company that is of interest to you, and respond to the following questions/topics.
- Briefly describe your chosen company. Identify potential problems or issues (current or future) that your company might address if followers do not respectfully adhere to the demands of their leaders.
- Explain how followers can influence the behavior of leaders.
- Analyze how different types of leadership styles can affect the motivations, behaviors, and performances of followers.
- What might this company do in the future to improve leadership training methods and performance measures for all workers? Include your rationale.
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The Coca-Cola Company
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The Coca-Cola Company
Introduction
Coca-Cola was formed in 1886 by the American corporation. It deals with the production
of flavored drinks. It is also the manufacturer, seller, and retailer of non-alcoholic citrus
beverages and soft drinks. The Coca-Cola Company is the biggest producer and supplier in the
world. It is one of the biggest employers globally as it is found in more than 200 countries, and
2800 products from Coca-Cola are readily accessible in the Company (Bowers et al., 2017). The
issues to be addressed by the managers include a lack of proper communication in the Company.
First, information is not appropriately channeled using the hierarchical manner, for instance,
communication from the top manager to other managers then to the followers; this hinders
effective communication. Secondly, there is an inadequate motivation for the hardworking
employees, which discourages them from doing their best as they do not get any reward even if
they do their best. Therefore, this makes employees not to be committed (Ibrahim & Dan...
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