You are a leader within a global consulting firm of over 200 employees

Essay Questions

One attempt

· Five situational essay questions

· At least three solid paragraphs are required for each question

· Unlimited time

· You may use references, but you must properly cite any references used

1.You are a leader within a global consulting firm of over 200 employees. A new contract has some of your consultants traveling to developing countries – some recently war-torn – to help map, design, and implement internet services. The company CEO assigns you to consider risks to employees and what crisis management aspects may be related. Outline at least two potential crisis situations for your organization regarding employees in developing nations. Why are you concerned? What would you recommend to your CEO? You may use your text but must include at least one outside academic (peer-reviewed) journal article to meet the minimum acceptable score (grade of C) for your response.

2. Discuss Kelly’s (1988) follower types. Consider how you as a leader would work to develop your employees who are not already effective followers. What would you try as the leader with each group and why? You may use your text but must include at least one outside academic (peer-reviewed) journal article to meet the minimum acceptable score (grade of C) for your response.

3. Discuss social intelligence and its relationship with charismatic, transformational leadership. Discuss a historical leader that exemplified this relationship. You may use your text but must include at least one outside academic (peer-reviewed) journal article to meet the minimum acceptable score (grade of C) for your response.

4. Discuss the history and evolution of leader-member exchange (LMX). What are in-groups and out-groups? How can leaders best influence members from each of those groups? You may use your text but must include at least one outside academic (peer-reviewed) journal article to meet the minimum acceptable score (grade of C) for your response.

5. Diversity has been a hot topic in organizational research for years. There is ample literature that discusses the importance of inclusion, fairness, and diverse workforces. Please consider diversity as a leader of a team of twelve members in a global knowledge-based consulting firm. Discuss how you would approach diversity and why. You may use your text but must include at least one outside academic (peer-reviewed) journal article to meet the minimum acceptable score (grade of C) for your response.