Module 4 – SLP
Leadership and Decision-Making Styles
For this assignment think about a specific decision that was made by your supervisor in the organization you currently work for or have worked for in the past. Review the background materials carefully on the Vroom-Yetton model and think about how this model applies to this decision that you experienced. Then write a 2- to 3-page paper applying the Vroom-Yetton model to this decision:
Describe the decision that management had to make, and also whether their decision-making style was autocratic, consultative, or group-based. Explain your reasoning.Go through Vroom-Yetton’s seven questions and apply these questions to their diagram to see what decision-making style their model suggests. Briefly explain the reasoning behind your answers to the seven questions.Conclude your paper with a discussion of whether or not you would recommend this model to your supervisor and whether or not you were surprised by the recommendation given by this model regarding decision-making style.
SLP Assignment Expectations
Follow the assignment instructions closely and follow all steps listed in the instructions.Stay focused on the precise assignment questions; don’t go off on tangents or devote a lot of space to summarizing general background materials.Make sure to cite readings from the background materials page. Rely primarily on the required background readings as your sources of information.Include both a bibliography and in-text citations. Citation and reference style instructions are available at Trident University’s Introduction to APA.
Module 4 – Background
Leadership and Decision-Making Styles
Required Reading
The Vroom-Yetton model can be difficult to follow and understand at first, so be sure to go carefully through these three readings to develop a solid understanding of the model before you begin your assignments:
Rigolosi, E. (2005). Chapter 6: Diagnosing the task. Management and Leadership in Nursing and Health Care : An Experiential Approach. New York, NY, USA: Springer Publishing Company, 2005. [eBook Academic Collection.]
Vroom, V. (1976). Can Leaders Learn to Lead? Organizational Dynamics, 4(3), 17-28. [Military & Government Collection]
Case Assignment Reading
Gelles, D., & Michael J De La, M. (2014, Jun 05). T-Mobile and Sprint zeroing in on merger. New York Times [ProQuest]
Yao, D. (2014). Moody’s: Sprint/T-Mobile merger faces negative free cash flow until at least 2018. SNL Kagan Media & Communications Report [ProQuest]
De La Merced, M. (2014, Aug 07). Sprint ends its attempt to purchase T-Mobile. International New York Times [ProQuest]
Optional Reading
For an example of how the Vroom-Yetton model has been applied to a military setting see this following paper:
Duncan, W. J., LaFrance, K. G., & Ginter, P. M. (2003). Leadership and decision making: A retrospective application and assessment. Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, 9(4), 1 [ProQuest]
Muczyk, J. P., & Steel, R. P. (1998). Leadership style and the turnaround executive. Business horizons, 41(2), 39-46. [Science Direct]
