Question 1Â
What is the overall premise of the situational theory/model?
Question 2
Explain the four transformational factors associated with the transformational leadership model.
Question 3Â
What leadership approach is considered the most dominant among the styles and why?
Question 4
The Style Theory is also referred to as the Behavioral theory. Why?
Question 5
The Trait Theory of leadership contends that leaders are both born and made. What does this mean and what does the research suggest regarding how many of our leadership skills are innate and how many are learned?
Question 6
The Skills Model of leadership outlines three skills needed for top management, middle management and supervisory management. Describe the three skills and explain when they are needed in the three levels of management.
Question 7Â
In the Situational Leadership Model, what are the four leadership styles and the four developmental levels. Briefly describe what they mean.
Question 8Â
Why are conceptual skil
ls (Skills Approach) least important in lower level management?
Question 9
What is path-goal leadership and how does it differ from others? What other theory is similar to
path-goal leadership?
Question 10Â
What is the difference between generalized cognitive ability and crystalized cognitive ability
based on the Skills Approach?
Materials:
Book Title: Leadership Theory: Cultivating Critical Perspectives e-book available in the APUS Online Library. Link also provided in the classroom Contentsection.
Author: Dugan, John
Publication Info:
ISBN: 9781118864159
Textbook in APA format:
Dugan, J.P. (2017). Leadership theory: Cultivating critical perspectives, San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Book Title        Leadership Theory, Ch1 introduction & Ch 4 pages 96-111 (https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/apus/detail.action?docID=4797456)
Book TitleLeadership Theory, Leadership: Theory and Practice, Ch 3
Book Title       Leadership Theory, Ch 5 pages 130-139