Step 1: ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
Take a look at the Organization Chart provided by the company.
· Based on your knowledge of hierarchies, would you say that this team has tall structure or flat structure?
Underline your selection:
· Tall Structure
· Flat Structure
Step 2: HUMAN RESOURCES
The company would like to improve the culture of its team and the quality of its work. Its leadership has provided you with a Process Chart detailing how it currently applies Human Resources best practices.
What step of the Human Resources Cycle is missing? Explain why it is important to include this part of the process.
Step 3: You have been asked to help improve the leadership style of the team leader in order to meet the team’s performance goals. The team leader has given you a description of what is most comfortable in terms of leading others.
· Identify this leader’s style of leadership. Underline your selection:
· Pacesetting
· Visionary
· Affiliative
· Coaching
· Coercive
· Democratic
Explain your reasoning and list two benefits and two drawbacks to the style of leadership you identified as it relates to the performance of the team.
*Provide advice to the team leader on how to overcome the drawbacks of this leadership style
Step 4. REAL-WORLD APPLICATION
Apply the thinking in Steps 1-3 as if you were a Leadership Consultant hired by the company where you work or for a previous employer.
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