Part 1

Please limit your response to each question to three sentences. Conscise, thoughtful answers will score full points.

1.  Are Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, and Angela Merkel transformational or charismatic leaders?  What data would you need to gather to answer this question?

2.  Are Vladimir Putin and Hamid Karzai charismatic or transformational leaders?  Would your answers differ if you were a Russian or Afghanistan citizen?

3.  Research shows that females are seen as more transformational leaders, yet they hold relatively few top leadership positions compared to men.  Why do you think this is the case? 

Hughes, Ginnett & Curphy Chapter 14

Second upload of Hughes, Ginnett & Curphy

Part 2

Please limit your response to each question to three sentences. Conscise, thoughtful answers will score full points.

Follow this link to discussion board and create a new thread for your responses to the following questions:

1. If you have been a member of an organization with dual missions, briefly reflect on how that was resolved.  If not, provide a description of the mission change outlined in the case.

2. Describe an organization you belong to as either a loosely coupled system (little or no hierarchy, interdependence among units rare) or a tightly coupled system (hierarchy, interdependence).  Explain your answer.

Noumair, Winderman & Burke Article

Part 3

(300 words)

After reading through the Burnes, Hughes & By article, identify one concept you strongly agree or strongly disagree with and elaborate.  Limit your comments to one paragraph.  After you have posted your thread, you may read the threads posted by your classmates.Watch Resistance To Change Lecture

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Burnes, Hughes, & By article

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