Discussion Board 4

Please note how the content of the answers are responses are graded for grammar, clarity, depth, relevance, and accuracy.

Leadership and Change DB4

Instructions:

Post an answer to one of this week’s discussion board questions. Choose a question that has not been answered, until every question has been answered. If every question has been answered, then you may choose a question that has already been answered once before. If two other students have already posted answers to a question, then you must choose a different question. This limitation does not apply to your response to another student’s post. You may respond to any student’s post that is interesting to you no matter how many people have already responded. You are required to read all student posts and responses, but only respond to one answer.

Answers and responses should be substantial for full credit. Both writing quality and the content of your answers are important. Answers should have at least three paragraphs (15 sentences) and responses must be at least two complete paragraphs (10 sentences). Your response must add new information to the discussion. Use complete sentences, avoid unexplained lists, and avoid slang. Use a professional writing style at all times.

Remember to include at the top of your posting, the chapter, question number, and the text of the question you chose. Then include the page number(s) in the textbook where you found information about your question. Just to make this a little easier, you do not need to include APA style citations or references in your discuss board. You may use personal experiences, internet sites, journal articles, or books to help with your answer. You may not copy and paste answers or responses from sources. Answers and responses must be written by you. Please put your name at the bottom of each answer and response to help me keep the scores straight.

The assignment: Post one answer to a question of your choice below (the question may have multiple parts, so answer all parts), and write one response to another student’s answer. Choose a question that has not already been answered by another student. Write your response to another student rather than answering a second question. You must label your answer as “ANSWER” and your response as a “RESPONSE.” If you wish to make an additional comment (more than one response), please label these posts as a “COMMENT.”

Disscussion theme : 30. Why do you think dark-side tendencies are the leading cause of managerial incompetence? Describe how the four types of leaders exhibit or handle their dark-side tendencies.

response to this peer's discussion:

Chapter 13

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Question #5: What is follower readiness? Provide an example.

ANSWER

According to the material in the textbook, follower readiness refers to a followers ability and willingness to accomplish a particular task. Readiness is not an assessment of an individual's personality, traits, value, age, and so on. It's not a personal characteristic, but rather how ready an individual is to perform a particular task. Any given follower could be low on readiness to perform one task but high on readiness to perform a different task. For an example, an experience emergency room physician would be high in readiness on tasks like assessing a patients medical status, but could be relatively low on readiness for facilitating an interdepartmental team meeting to solve a complex problem like developing hospital practices to encourage collaboration across departments.

An assessment of follower readiness can be fairly subjective. We must keep in mind that follower readiness also relates to situational leadership model. As the model suggests that successful leadership is accomplished by selecting the right leadership styled, based on the level of followers readiness. There are four levels of follower readiness. Take a look at the four follower readiness in the next paragraph.

R1 is described as an unable, unwilling and or insecure. Followers who are new or who have been given new tasks may lack the knowledge, experience or skill to complete the task. R2 followers are unable but confident or willing. The follower may not know how to do an assigned task but may have the desire to do the task or have confidence in his or her ability to learn. R3 describes the follower as able, but insecure or unwilling. The follower learns new tasks but becomes apprehensive when he or she begins a given task on his or her own. Finally, R4 describes the follower as able willing and confident. The follower is experience at doing the specifics tasks and confident in his or her ability.