Case Study: Authority and Leadership
Review the details of the case Authority and Leadership: Rising From the Ranks from your course text, and respond to the following questions:
1. Identify the potential advantages Julie might enjoy in becoming manager of a group of which she has long been a member, and contrast these with the possible disadvantages that might present themselves because she has long been a member of this group.
2. Describe how Julie will have to proceed in establishing herself as the legitimate possessor or supervisory authority on the unit, and describe the sources and forms of Julie's authority.