Author Question: What are the four critical leadership issues and challenges facing contemporary organizations? ... (Read 72 times)

@Brianna17 · **on:** Jul 7, 2018

What are the four critical leadership issues and challenges facing contemporary organizations? Provide at least one reason why each of these issues are important to address.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

You have an employee who is usually late and it takes him a half an hour to become productive. You believe that his behavior stems from being lazy and unorganized. This belief is an example of:

A) an attribution.
B) a correspondent inference.
C) a causal attribution.
D) observational learning.

quynhmickitran · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 7, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Students should name all four of the critical issues for contemporary organizations and one reason why organizations and/or their leaders are impacted.
Globalization
Economies are increasingly international which increases the number of interactions with people from other cultures particularly in organizations with international offices, branches, or divisions. Sending an expat to lead in a different culture will not be effective unless the leadership style is culturally appropriate and they have studied the culture
Interpersonal practices differ between cultures
Practices that aren't part of Western culture such as face-saving behaviors (mian-zi) and social networks (guanxi) present challenges for leaders unfamiliar with the culture
Effective leadership has a cultural component that impacts social interactions
Ethics and corporate social responsibility
Incidents of unethical leader behavior are causing concern
Negative outcomes of certain types of leaders (the dark side) need to be discovered and remediated
Diversity
Focused on understanding cultural differences
Workplaces are becoming more culturally diverse, possibly changing what is and isn't effective
Gender
Women make up a larger proportion of leaders
Leadership style, expectations, and interpretation of actions differ between men and women
Leadership research is now investigating effects of females instead of only sampling males

Answer to Question 2

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