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Why Sell to the Government, business and finance homework help
Discussion 1 "Why Sell to the Government" Please respond to the following: Describe certain key advantages of selling goods and services to the U.S. government. Determine the single most significant advantage of selling goods and services to the government and explain why.Not every business owner wants to sell or provide a service to the U.S. government. Determine certain key disadvantages of selling a service to the U.S. government and explain why. Discussion 2 "The Purchasing Power of the U.S. Government " Please respond to the following: Assess the differences between government and commercial contracting outlined in Chapter 1 in order to determine the biggest hindrance to getting more people engaged in contracting with the government. Support your response.Not every business owner contracts with the government. Imagine you are in a purchasing role for the government. Assess the situation and then recommend three to five ways in which you could entice more people to become engaged in contracting with the government.Discussion 3 "Buy American Act" Please respond to the following: Determine three to five advantages the Buy American Act provides to small or large businesses that sell domestic items.Determine two to four disadvantages of Buy American Act provides to small or large businesses that sell to the government. Speculate on why so many companies still sell to the government in spite of these disadvantages. Include an example to support your response. Discussion 4 "Contracting Officers" Please respond to the following: Determine the four major types of contracting officers and analyze how they differ in scope and responsibility from one another.Analyze the type of value that each of the four contracting offers provide. Support your analysis.Discussion 5 "The Small Business Act " Please respond to the following: Take a position on whether the government does enough to encourage contracting with small businesses. Provide a rationale for your position.Suppose you have been working with the federal government for a period of time and become a large company. Assess your situation and formulate a plan to continue to operate as a small business which contracts with the government.Analyze whether the rules for allowing a growing company to fall under the Small Business Act are fair. Justify your response. Discussion 6 "The Small Business Set-Asides and Preference Programs" Please respond to the following: From the e-Activity, analyze how the government uses set-asides and preference programs to encourage small businesses to obtain and perform government contracts. Provide at least two examples or scenarios of when government should offer set-asides and preference contracts to small businesses.Of the many different ways a company can qualify for small business preference programs, select one that you believe would be best for a small business of your choice in your community. Explain your selection.Discussion 7 "Evaluating a Contract Proposal and Government Contract" From the internet, research and select a government contract that interests you. Provide a link to the contract in your discussion. Examine the contract and evaluate the effectiveness of the contract. If you believe it is an outstanding government contract, what are the specific parts of the contract that make it such an outstanding government contract? If it is a “bad” contract, what would you have changed and why? Be sure to support your response with specifics from the reading. Discussion 8 "The General Services Administration (GSA) Schedule Contract" Research and analyze an example of a GSA contract. What are the specific details of your example that make it GSA compliant? Based on your analysis, are the requirements regarding winning GSA contracts as outlined in the reading too onerous? Select at least two (2) areas that you believe could be improved and explain why. Discussion 9 "Fairness of Obtaining a Government Contract" Evaluate the level of fairness of the overall process of obtaining a government contract. If you have decided the process is fair, explain what makes it so. However, if you have opined that the process is not fair, explain ways the process could be improved. Analyze how ethical pitfalls affect the process of obtaining a government contract. Provide one (1) example or scenario to support your analysis. Be sure to support your argument with details and specifics. Discussion 10 Please respond to the following: Think about a time when you were part of a staffing process. Describe the situation using as many details as possible. Then, recommend three (3) areas in which the staffing process could have been improved. Justify your answer. Discussion 11 Please respond to the following: Select two (2) out of the five (5) discussion questions presented on page 37 of your textbook. Answer your chosen questions, and justify your answers. Discussion 12Please respond to the following: Select two (2) out of the five (5) discussion questions presented on page 37 of your textbook. Answer your chosen questions, and justify your answers. 1. What are potential problems with having a staffing process in which vacancies are filled (1) on a first come-first hired basis among job applicants?2. why is it important for the organization to view all components of staffing (recruitment, selection, and employment) from the perspective of the job applicant.3. Would it be desirable to hire people only according to the person/organization match, ignoring the person/job match?4. What are examples of how staffing activities are influenced by training activities? Compensation activities?5. Are some of the 13 strategic staffing decisions more important than others? If so, which ones? Why? Discussion 13 Please respond to the following: Go to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission website and select one (1) case from the list. Then, assess the major federal provision that was violated. Recommend at least three (3) action steps to avoid making a similar violation as hiring manager.
South University Online W2 Amendment of The Patriot Act Discussion
By the due date assigned, your instructor will post two current issues and begin the weekly debates. The debate topics wil ...
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By the due date assigned, your instructor will post two current issues and begin the weekly debates. The debate topics will be centered on the content for this week but will include current issues that are happening in politics and government. It is essential to follow the debate guidelines set up in Week 1 and participate fully in the debate process. Remember debating is not about who is right or wrong, but who can express their ideas in a professional manner using current evidence and a thorough understanding of the issue.
Some potential topics for this week include:
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Military Tribunals and Guantanamo
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Module 3 - CaseLEADERS AND LEADERSHIPCase AssignmentOnce again, we will be considering an experience which has personal si ...
Management and Oragnizational Behavior CA 3
Module 3 - CaseLEADERS AND LEADERSHIPCase AssignmentOnce again, we will be considering an experience which has personal significance for you as a means of understanding the material from this module. For this Case Assignment, think about a situation involving leadership that made a strong impression on you. Please structure your essay in the following format, using the subtopics as headings. Your paper should be 4–6 pages, plus a title page and a references page.Introduction: Discuss the topic of the paper and how you will approach it. It is best to write this section after you have written the rest of the paper.Concrete Experience: Objectively describe the leadership experience. It could be a situation where you were in a leadership position, or one in which you were working under someone else as leader. The situation could have been a good experience or a failure in leadership. The important consideration is that it is a situation which you would like to understand better. In this section, strive to be objective and stick to the facts—who, what, where, when, and how.Reflective Observation: Step back and consider the situation from different points of view. How did you feel—what were your thoughts at the time? It is also critical to consider the experience of others involved. How do you think they were feeling? Did they see things the same way you did? The key to this section of your paper is to understand the experience not only from your own perspective, but also to develop the ability to be able to look at the situation through others’ eyes. Use these different perceptions to add depth and meaning to your objective description.Abstract Conceptualization: There are many readings and other materials explaining various models of leadership in the background section of this module. Use at least three of them to help explain the behavior of the leader and the followers in this incident. How do the models of leadership and power presented in the background material help you understand your behavior as well as how others reacted (commitment, compliance, or resistance?) Use proper citations and referencing when referring to any material from the background pages or any additional outside research. (Outside research not required, but you may supplement the background material if you choose. It should not replace the background readings and videos, but acts as an additional source.)(Remember: The abstract conceptualization section is the “heart” of your paper. Your ability to clearly and logically apply concepts of leadership to explain your own experience is essential to demonstrating critical thinking.)Active Experimentation: What have you learned about effective leadership from this exercise? What have you learned about how the leadership style influences follower’s reactions and motivation? What actions would you take to revise or improve upon your own leadership style and practices to be more effective in the future?Conclusion: Sum up the main points of your analysis and the key learning you are taking from it.Reference List: List all references that you have cited in the paper using APA formatting. References include materials from the required background readings as well as any outside internet or library sources you used in researching and writing your paper. If you have APA questions, refer to the optional listings on the background page.Module 3 - BackgroundLEADERS AND LEADERSHIPRequired SourcesPeople have wondered about what makes a great leader since the beginning of recorded history – and undoubtedly long before. The formal study of leadership dates back to the 1950s, and is probably one of the most researched topics in Organizational Behavior. Today, after decades of study, we believe that:Leaders are made, not born, and leadership can be taught.Leadership occurs in all kinds of organizations and at all levels.To be a great leader, one does not have to be charismatic.There is no one right way to lead that will fit all situations.In this module, we will review the major theories of leadership that persist to this day. Although some are more complex than others, each seems to have a nugget of truth and adds to our overall understanding of how leadership works and what makes great leadership. The following chart summarizes the major approaches or models that we will cover.Leadership ModelPrinciplesTrait ModelLeaders have special innate qualities. Certain people are “natural leaders.”Behavioral ModelsLeaders are concerned primarily with task or relationships, though the best leaders are concerned with both.Contingency ModelsDifferent leader behaviors are effective for different types of followers and situations.Influence (Power) ModelsLeadership consists of influencing others.Transformational ModelsLeaders are visionaries who change organizations and people’s behavior.Let’s begin with a PowerPoint presentation that will provide some background on these different models:Eveland, J.D. (n.d.) Leadership. Trident University International.The exercise of leadership, by definition, involves compelling people to do something they might not otherwise have done. The manner in which they carry out these tasks varies, however. The degree of motivation and enthusiasm with which a follower performs his or her work is related to the type of leadership that is used. Here are the most common reactions by followers:Commitment is characterized by the internalization of a leader’s goal or request and the follower’s decision to carry it out effectively. Frequently, the follower will go beyond what the leader has asked or expects – in other words, goes the extra mile.Compliance is an apathetic response where the follower does what the leader asks, but exerts no more than the required amount of effort.Resistance is a reaction where the follower opposed the leader‘s direction and avoids carrying it out (passively through avoidance or aggressively through rebellion).Let’s take a look at power, which is closely tied to leadership. Review the sources of power in the following video presentation:Retrieved April 2017 from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSb06mh7EHA.Now, consider reactions to leadership’s exercise of power (by type):TypeMost Common ReactionRewardComplianceCoerciveCompliance or resistanceLegitimateComplianceReferentCommitmentExpertCommitmentThis chart would indicate that the most a leader can hope for if he relies on the power received from holding a position (legitimate, reward, coercive) is compliance with directives. If leaders rely too heavily on coercive power, they risk meeting resistance. If, instead, a leader needs to have the follower’s commitment (the knowledge that a follower will comply with directives regardless of whether or not the follower is being monitored or not), then the leader must rely on personal sources of power – such as referent or expert power.While commitment is very often the most desired reaction, sometimes compliance is enough to accomplish the leader’s objectives. Resistance, however, is something all leaders should want to avoid as it could render them totally ineffective.Contingency ModelsThe Eveland PowerPoint presentation also covered contingency models of leadership. Contingency models are based on the idea that the most effective leadership style is one that matches the demands of the situation. There are three basic models of contingency leadership that we will cover in this module. Each has a slightly different prescription as to the factors that a leader needs to consider when exercising the most successful leadership style.The Fiedler ModelThe Path-Goal Model andThe Normative Decision ModelThe Fiedler ModelUnlike the behavioral theorists who came before him, Fiedler did not believe that there was one best style of leadership. He agreed that individuals tend to possess either a task-oriented or relationship-oriented leadership style, but that to know the appropriate style for a given circumstance, you also needed to understand the situation:Situational FactorCharacteristicsLeader-Member RelationsDo the followers have trust and confidence in the leader?Task StructureIs the task structured or unstructured?Leader’s position powerDoes the leader have the discretion to reward or punish?Read the following article to learn how these factors combine to indicate which leadership style would be most effective given specific situational constraints, and criticisms of the model:Fiedler’s Contingency Theory (2016). Leadership-central. Retrieved from http://www.leadership-central.com/fiedler%27s-contingency-theory.html#axzz3OemkTtoMWhile Fiedler thought that different leadership styles worked better under different conditions, he did not think that people could change their preferred style. So the important task of management was to match the leader with the right style to the right situation. The next contingency theory of leadership we will examine does not hold that leadership style is static, and instead proffers the argument that leaders can change and adapt their style to fit the situation.Path Goal ModelThe path-goal model of leadership proposes four different leadership styles and considers two situational factors (the follower’s capabilities and motivation) to match the most effective leadership style with the characteristics of the situation as follows:Appropriate Leadership StyleSituationDirectiveEmployee role ambiguity is highEmployees have low abilitiesEmployees have external locus of controlSupportiveTasks are boring and repetitiveTasks are stressfulParticipativeEmployee abilities are highDecisions are relevant to employeesEmployees have internal locus of controlAchievement-orientedEmployees have high abilitiesEmployees have high achievement motivationIn other words, a leader does not use the same approach with hourly employees with limited skills the same way she would lead employees who are highly educated and highly skilled. Read more about this approach to leadership:Martin, R. (2012) "PathGoal Theory of Leadership." Encyclopedia of Group Processes & Intergroup Relations. Ed. John M. Levine and Michael A. Hogg. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE, 2009. 636-37. SAGE Reference Online . Web. 30 Jan. 2012. Retrieved April 2017 from https://studysites.uk.sagepub.com/northouse6e/study/materials/reference/reference7.2.pdfNormative Decision Model: Vroom-Yetton-Jago decision treeThe last contingency model we will consider is the Normative Decision Model, so called because it gives leaders a tool to use to decide exactly which of five leadership styles is appropriate for a given circumstance to ensure that the highest quality alternative is selected and the followers have the greatest likelihood of acceptance of that alternative. By asking a series of questions and following the answers through a decision tree, the leader can select the style that is most likely to yield the response she desires. The five leadership styles are:Decision styleCharacteristicsA1: AutocraticLeader gathers information and decides alone.A2: AutocraticLeader gets information from followers but decides alone.C1: ConsultativeLeader shares problem with individual followers, asks for input, but decides alone.C2: ConsultativeLeader shares problem with group of follower, asks for input, but decides alone.G2: Group basedLeader shares problem with group, seeks consensus on solution.Find out what the key questions are and see how the decision tree works by reading the following article. Be sure to try out the interactive tool that allows you to try out the decision tree for yourself!Vroom-Yetton-Jago Decision-making Model of Leadership (2013). Leadership-central. Retrieved from http://www.leadership-central.com/Vroom-Yetton-Jago-decision-making-model-of-leadership.html#axzz3OjpF9lI8Transformational leadershipTransformational leaders are people who inspire followers to exert their greatest efforts toward achieving a vision for the future of the organization. To do this, the transformational leader needs to clearly communicate his vision for the organization and this vision must be linked to strong values that followers will find motivating. The transformational leader works hard to build trust with his followers – so that his “open area” of the JoHari Window is maximized. (See Module 2 for an explanation of the JoHari Window.)Although he does not use the term “transformational”, Leadership expert Simon Sinek is clearly describing what constitutes this type of leadership in the following TED talk:TED (2010) Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action. Retrieved from https://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_actionMuch of what is written about transformational leadership focuses on the role of top management – particularly CEO’s - as transformational. But what about the rest of us who lead people on a daily basis, but from the middle of the organization? Does the model of transformational leadership have anything to offer individuals who are not at the top of the leadership “food chain”?The following article does just that by making clear how managers at all levels of the organization can become more effective leaders by infusing transformational principles into the meaning of work. Drawing on the Job Characteristics Model (remember this from module 1?), the authors show how “transformational leaders promote (i.e., shape) subordinates’ perceptions of work by influencing their perceptions of key job characteristics.” (p. 354)Dean J., Cleavengera, D. J., and Munyonb, T. P. (2013). It's how you frame it: Transformational leadership and the meaning of work. Business Horizons 56(3), 351-360.You can find this article in the Trident Online Library.Optional SourcesCenter for Creative Leadership Website. (2015) Retrieved from http://www.ccl.org/index.shtmlMcNamara, C. (2017) All about Leadership. In Free Management Library. Retrieved from http://managementhelp.org/leadership/
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Discussion 1 "Why Sell to the Government" Please respond to the following: Describe certain key advantages of selling goods and services to the U.S. government. Determine the single most significant advantage of selling goods and services to the government and explain why.Not every business owner wants to sell or provide a service to the U.S. government. Determine certain key disadvantages of selling a service to the U.S. government and explain why. Discussion 2 "The Purchasing Power of the U.S. Government " Please respond to the following: Assess the differences between government and commercial contracting outlined in Chapter 1 in order to determine the biggest hindrance to getting more people engaged in contracting with the government. Support your response.Not every business owner contracts with the government. Imagine you are in a purchasing role for the government. 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Module 3 - CaseLEADERS AND LEADERSHIPCase AssignmentOnce again, we will be considering an experience which has personal significance for you as a means of understanding the material from this module. For this Case Assignment, think about a situation involving leadership that made a strong impression on you. Please structure your essay in the following format, using the subtopics as headings. Your paper should be 4–6 pages, plus a title page and a references page.Introduction: Discuss the topic of the paper and how you will approach it. It is best to write this section after you have written the rest of the paper.Concrete Experience: Objectively describe the leadership experience. It could be a situation where you were in a leadership position, or one in which you were working under someone else as leader. The situation could have been a good experience or a failure in leadership. The important consideration is that it is a situation which you would like to understand better. 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What actions would you take to revise or improve upon your own leadership style and practices to be more effective in the future?Conclusion: Sum up the main points of your analysis and the key learning you are taking from it.Reference List: List all references that you have cited in the paper using APA formatting. References include materials from the required background readings as well as any outside internet or library sources you used in researching and writing your paper. If you have APA questions, refer to the optional listings on the background page.Module 3 - BackgroundLEADERS AND LEADERSHIPRequired SourcesPeople have wondered about what makes a great leader since the beginning of recorded history – and undoubtedly long before. The formal study of leadership dates back to the 1950s, and is probably one of the most researched topics in Organizational Behavior. Today, after decades of study, we believe that:Leaders are made, not born, and leadership can be taught.Leadership occurs in all kinds of organizations and at all levels.To be a great leader, one does not have to be charismatic.There is no one right way to lead that will fit all situations.In this module, we will review the major theories of leadership that persist to this day. Although some are more complex than others, each seems to have a nugget of truth and adds to our overall understanding of how leadership works and what makes great leadership. The following chart summarizes the major approaches or models that we will cover.Leadership ModelPrinciplesTrait ModelLeaders have special innate qualities. Certain people are “natural leaders.”Behavioral ModelsLeaders are concerned primarily with task or relationships, though the best leaders are concerned with both.Contingency ModelsDifferent leader behaviors are effective for different types of followers and situations.Influence (Power) ModelsLeadership consists of influencing others.Transformational ModelsLeaders are visionaries who change organizations and people’s behavior.Let’s begin with a PowerPoint presentation that will provide some background on these different models:Eveland, J.D. (n.d.) Leadership. Trident University International.The exercise of leadership, by definition, involves compelling people to do something they might not otherwise have done. The manner in which they carry out these tasks varies, however. The degree of motivation and enthusiasm with which a follower performs his or her work is related to the type of leadership that is used. Here are the most common reactions by followers:Commitment is characterized by the internalization of a leader’s goal or request and the follower’s decision to carry it out effectively. Frequently, the follower will go beyond what the leader has asked or expects – in other words, goes the extra mile.Compliance is an apathetic response where the follower does what the leader asks, but exerts no more than the required amount of effort.Resistance is a reaction where the follower opposed the leader‘s direction and avoids carrying it out (passively through avoidance or aggressively through rebellion).Let’s take a look at power, which is closely tied to leadership. Review the sources of power in the following video presentation:Retrieved April 2017 from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSb06mh7EHA.Now, consider reactions to leadership’s exercise of power (by type):TypeMost Common ReactionRewardComplianceCoerciveCompliance or resistanceLegitimateComplianceReferentCommitmentExpertCommitmentThis chart would indicate that the most a leader can hope for if he relies on the power received from holding a position (legitimate, reward, coercive) is compliance with directives. If leaders rely too heavily on coercive power, they risk meeting resistance. If, instead, a leader needs to have the follower’s commitment (the knowledge that a follower will comply with directives regardless of whether or not the follower is being monitored or not), then the leader must rely on personal sources of power – such as referent or expert power.While commitment is very often the most desired reaction, sometimes compliance is enough to accomplish the leader’s objectives. Resistance, however, is something all leaders should want to avoid as it could render them totally ineffective.Contingency ModelsThe Eveland PowerPoint presentation also covered contingency models of leadership. Contingency models are based on the idea that the most effective leadership style is one that matches the demands of the situation. There are three basic models of contingency leadership that we will cover in this module. Each has a slightly different prescription as to the factors that a leader needs to consider when exercising the most successful leadership style.The Fiedler ModelThe Path-Goal Model andThe Normative Decision ModelThe Fiedler ModelUnlike the behavioral theorists who came before him, Fiedler did not believe that there was one best style of leadership. He agreed that individuals tend to possess either a task-oriented or relationship-oriented leadership style, but that to know the appropriate style for a given circumstance, you also needed to understand the situation:Situational FactorCharacteristicsLeader-Member RelationsDo the followers have trust and confidence in the leader?Task StructureIs the task structured or unstructured?Leader’s position powerDoes the leader have the discretion to reward or punish?Read the following article to learn how these factors combine to indicate which leadership style would be most effective given specific situational constraints, and criticisms of the model:Fiedler’s Contingency Theory (2016). Leadership-central. Retrieved from http://www.leadership-central.com/fiedler%27s-contingency-theory.html#axzz3OemkTtoMWhile Fiedler thought that different leadership styles worked better under different conditions, he did not think that people could change their preferred style. So the important task of management was to match the leader with the right style to the right situation. The next contingency theory of leadership we will examine does not hold that leadership style is static, and instead proffers the argument that leaders can change and adapt their style to fit the situation.Path Goal ModelThe path-goal model of leadership proposes four different leadership styles and considers two situational factors (the follower’s capabilities and motivation) to match the most effective leadership style with the characteristics of the situation as follows:Appropriate Leadership StyleSituationDirectiveEmployee role ambiguity is highEmployees have low abilitiesEmployees have external locus of controlSupportiveTasks are boring and repetitiveTasks are stressfulParticipativeEmployee abilities are highDecisions are relevant to employeesEmployees have internal locus of controlAchievement-orientedEmployees have high abilitiesEmployees have high achievement motivationIn other words, a leader does not use the same approach with hourly employees with limited skills the same way she would lead employees who are highly educated and highly skilled. Read more about this approach to leadership:Martin, R. (2012) "PathGoal Theory of Leadership." Encyclopedia of Group Processes & Intergroup Relations. Ed. John M. Levine and Michael A. Hogg. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE, 2009. 636-37. SAGE Reference Online . Web. 30 Jan. 2012. Retrieved April 2017 from https://studysites.uk.sagepub.com/northouse6e/study/materials/reference/reference7.2.pdfNormative Decision Model: Vroom-Yetton-Jago decision treeThe last contingency model we will consider is the Normative Decision Model, so called because it gives leaders a tool to use to decide exactly which of five leadership styles is appropriate for a given circumstance to ensure that the highest quality alternative is selected and the followers have the greatest likelihood of acceptance of that alternative. By asking a series of questions and following the answers through a decision tree, the leader can select the style that is most likely to yield the response she desires. The five leadership styles are:Decision styleCharacteristicsA1: AutocraticLeader gathers information and decides alone.A2: AutocraticLeader gets information from followers but decides alone.C1: ConsultativeLeader shares problem with individual followers, asks for input, but decides alone.C2: ConsultativeLeader shares problem with group of follower, asks for input, but decides alone.G2: Group basedLeader shares problem with group, seeks consensus on solution.Find out what the key questions are and see how the decision tree works by reading the following article. Be sure to try out the interactive tool that allows you to try out the decision tree for yourself!Vroom-Yetton-Jago Decision-making Model of Leadership (2013). Leadership-central. Retrieved from http://www.leadership-central.com/Vroom-Yetton-Jago-decision-making-model-of-leadership.html#axzz3OjpF9lI8Transformational leadershipTransformational leaders are people who inspire followers to exert their greatest efforts toward achieving a vision for the future of the organization. To do this, the transformational leader needs to clearly communicate his vision for the organization and this vision must be linked to strong values that followers will find motivating. The transformational leader works hard to build trust with his followers – so that his “open area” of the JoHari Window is maximized. (See Module 2 for an explanation of the JoHari Window.)Although he does not use the term “transformational”, Leadership expert Simon Sinek is clearly describing what constitutes this type of leadership in the following TED talk:TED (2010) Simon Sinek: How great leaders inspire action. Retrieved from https://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_actionMuch of what is written about transformational leadership focuses on the role of top management – particularly CEO’s - as transformational. But what about the rest of us who lead people on a daily basis, but from the middle of the organization? Does the model of transformational leadership have anything to offer individuals who are not at the top of the leadership “food chain”?The following article does just that by making clear how managers at all levels of the organization can become more effective leaders by infusing transformational principles into the meaning of work. Drawing on the Job Characteristics Model (remember this from module 1?), the authors show how “transformational leaders promote (i.e., shape) subordinates’ perceptions of work by influencing their perceptions of key job characteristics.” (p. 354)Dean J., Cleavengera, D. J., and Munyonb, T. P. (2013). It's how you frame it: Transformational leadership and the meaning of work. Business Horizons 56(3), 351-360.You can find this article in the Trident Online Library.Optional SourcesCenter for Creative Leadership Website. (2015) Retrieved from http://www.ccl.org/index.shtmlMcNamara, C. (2017) All about Leadership. In Free Management Library. Retrieved from http://managementhelp.org/leadership/
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