Gm591 Final Exam

Define management and contrast it with leadership.

Management is a role within an organization and it purpose is to promote stability or to make organization(s) run more smoothly whereas Leadership is a role that promotes adaptive change.

Compare and contrast traditional leadership and the new leadership.

In traditional leadership there are many aspects/standards that one should meet. Within the realm of traditional leadership it is believed that this person be a ‘take charge and follow ‘type of style’. There is really no humanistic personality trait within the style of leadership. On the other hand, new leadership is more interpersonal and is driven with a purpose generally related to transition or transforming individuals and organizations.

Define “organizational politics” and give an example of how it operates in both functional and dysfunctional ways.

Organizational politics: Involve the use of power to obtain ends not officially sanctioned and the use of power to find ways of balancing individual and collective interests in otherwise difficult circumstances.

In the environment I work in many people on the customer side of the business generally practices the politics of self-protection. This is where individuals carry out the strategies of avoidance, redirect responsibility, and defend their turf. Redirecting responsibility is common and a preferred by the people who I work with. It is common to have tasks defined in such that it becomes responsibility of others in order for them not to be appointed any blame.

When it comes to ethics or organizational policies it is general practice for CEO’s and managers to develop and implement standardizations within the organization. Governing laws or mission statements are generally derived from the management personal starting at the top of every organization.

What explanations for mergers and acquisitions would you offer if it were found that they rarely produce positive financial gains for the...