Instruction
Wk9 Leadership Style and Addressing Conflict
For this Assignment, select an organization with which you are associated or one with which you are familiar. Review the `Types of Leadership and Patterns of Management` tool and my results that is attached. Think about how my leadership style would influence how you might address conflict in the organization you selected.
The assignment (2 pages):
Briefly describe your leadership style and the organization you selected.
Based on your leadership style, explain how you might address current or potential conflict in the organization you selected. Be specific.
Describe any limitations you might have in addressing conflict.
Explain how you might overcome any limitations you have in addressing conflict and executing your role as a human services administrator.
Readings
Course Text: Human Services as Complex Organizations
Chapter 4, `Human Services Organizations and the Politics of Practice`
Chapter 8, `The Political Economy of Contracting and Competition`
Article: Gelfand, M. J., Leslie, L. M., Keller, K. & Dedreu, C. W. (2010). Cultures of conflict: How leaders and members shape conflict cultures in organizations. Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings, 16.
Retrieved from the Walden Library using the Business Source Complete database.
Article: Stephenson Jr., M. O. (2011). Considering the relationships among social conflict, social imaginaries, resilience, and community-based organization leadership. Ecology and Society, 16(1).
Retrieved from the Walden Library using the Directory of Open Access Journals database.