Discuss the below:
Situational Leadership
Examine the concept of contingency and situational leadership. Do you think this is effective as a leadership approach? Justify your position with evidence. Determine which leadership theory in the chapter you feel is the most effective. Analyze the theory and justify your selection. Examine how a decision-making model relates to situational leadership.
Crisis Leadership.
Analyze the difference between proactive and reactive responses to crises. Which response is more effective? Does the type of crisis affect your answer? Justify your answers. Analyze various leaders' responses to Hurricane Katrina or 9-11. Determine an effective response and an ineffective response to each situation. Analyze how the leadership style led to the ineffective response and what could have been done differently to make it an effective response.
Examine the Big 3 automaker (GM, Ford, and Chrysler) leadership responses to the economic crisis.
• Which leader do you think had the best response to the situation? Defend your selection. Which leader do you think had the worst response? Defend your selection. How have the leaders' response impacted the companies?