Assignment:
1- Discuss the role and effects of span of control, and relate it to organic and mechanistic organizational structures. Share a personal or professional experience representative of one of these.
2- Consider your favorite teacher. What people-oriented and task-oriented leadership behaviors did he or she use effectively? In general, do you think students prefer an instructor who is more people-oriented or task- oriented? Explain your preference.
3 - Describe the four elements of transformational leadership. Transformational leadership is the most popular perspective of leadership; however, it is far from perfect. Discuss the limitations of transformational leadership.
4 - Discuss some of the key elements of Fiedler's contingency model. Share a personal or professional experience that relates to one of these.
5 -Long-term care insurance will be needed by an increasing number of Americans in the next few decades. But why isn't it popular now? Are there any problems with the current U.S. system to deliver long-term care? What are they? What is the purpose of long-term care insurance?
6 -What will an insurer do if it learns that an applicant misstated his or her age on a life insurance application? Buster Brow knowingly tells the insurer his age is 28 when he is actually 38. What effect will this lie have on his insurance contract? What action should the insurer if the misstatement is found out after Buster dies?
Your answer must be of at least 200 words in length for each.