For this assignment, read up on leadership traits, leadership behaviors, and leadership styles in the required background materials listed below. Then read up on Larry Ellison and find as much as you can about his personality and leadership style. Finally, try to apply what you’ve read in the required background materials about leadership traits, behaviors, and styles to what you found out about Larry Ellison.

Once you are finished with your research on Ellison and have thoroughly reviewed the background materials on leadership traits, behaviors, and styles, write a 4- to 5-page paper addressing the questions below. For each answer, make sure to cite at least one of the Case Assignment articles listed on this page as well as one of the required textbook chapters from the background materials—for example, Hiriyappa (2009), or Bauer and Erdogan (2012). 1. How would you describe Ellison’s personality and leadership traits? Refer to the specific leadership traits discussed in Hiriyappa (2009) or Bauer and Erdogan (2012). 2.Would you describe Ellison’s behavior as being task-oriented, or people/relationship-oriented? Refer to Hiriyappa (2009) and Bauer and Erdogan (2012). 3.How would you describe Ellison’s leadership style? Consider the leadership styles discussed in the “Types of Leaders/Leadership Styles” section of Chapter 10 of Hiriyappa (2010). Background articles on Ellison: 1. Mendleson, R. (2010, November 8). Why it pays to be a jerk. Canadian Business, 83, 28-30, 32, 34. 2.Leibovich, M. (2000, October 30). The outsider, his business and his billions series. The Washington Post, p. A1. 3. Hymowitz, C. (2005, July 12). Working fewer hours is hard for most CEOs, but some find a way. Wall Street Journal, p. B1. Reference Material: 1. Hiriyappa, B. (2009). Chapter 10: Dynamics of managerial leadership. In Organizational behavior. New Delhi: New Age International. 2. Bauer, T., & Erdogan, B. (2012). Chapter 12.2: Who is a leader? Trait approaches to leadership. In Organizational behavior. Saylor Academy. 3. Bauer, T., & Erdogan, B. (2012). Chapter 12.3: What do leaders do? Behavioral approaches to leadership. In Organizational behavior. Saylor Academy. Optional reading: 4. Avery, G. (2004). Chapter 4: Micro-level leadership theories. In Understanding leadership: Paradigms and cases. London: SAGE Publications Ltd. 5. Landsberg, M. (2011). Chapter 17: Leading or managing? In The tools of leadership: Vision, inspiration, momentum. London: Profile Books Ltd. 6. Springer, M. (2013). Chapter 19: Managers, leaders, and entrepreneurs. In Project and project management: A competency-based approach. West Lafayette: Purdue University Press.