...Running head: APPLIED RESEARCH “Applied Research Technologies, Inc.” Phyllis A. Clayton Professor: Dr. Hakim B. Allah Project Management Leadership BUS 518 July 21, 2012 “Applied Research Technologies, Inc.” 1. Determine the leadership style that Peter Vyas exhibited as he considered the group’s proposal and provide examples of his behavior. Of the four leadership styles, participative, consultative, delegative, and directive, discussed in Lewis’ book Project Leadership, Peter Vyas exhibited a participative leadership style. The manner and approach Peter Vyas used when providing direction, implementing plans, and motivating his team exhibited traits of a participative leader. This particular style of leadership involves the inclusion of one or more employees in the decision making process when determining what to do and how to do it. One example of Vyas participative leadership style was him listening to his team and backing their recommendation to develop a “small-scale oxidation system that enabled waste-water disinfection in small batches” (Custom Book, 2011, p. 6). Once Vyas decided to go forth with the project, he convinced other business units to assist by allowing members of their departments to become team members. Throughout this case were examples of Vyas participative leadership as demonstrated in statements like “The team decided to refocus a second-generation product on specialized applications in Western countries where funding was...
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...SITUATIONAL LEADERSHIP STUDENT NAME PROFESSOR NAME NAME OF CLASS COURSE NUMBER DATE Introduction This paper examines Applied Research Technologies, Inc., an emerging world leader in the field of technology, as the company considers the development of a new product in its Filtration Unit. Specifically, it will 1) determine the leadership style that Peter Vyas exhibited as he considered the group’s proposal and his behavior toward the same, 2) determine the leadership style exhibited by Vyas’ boss, Cynthia Jackson, as she considered the proposal, 3) typify this writers’ leadership style and the communication method that would be utilized to inform team members of thoughts on the proposal, and 4) describe a former boss who exhibited the same types of behaviors as Cynthia Jackson explaining how effective that leadership style fit the project(s). Situational Leadership According to James Lewis (2003), Paul Hersey and Ken Blanchard formulated a model for leaders to follow in 1981 called “Situational Leadership”, which essentially asserts that there are two extents to a leader’s behavior; task and relationship. From the research of these two dimensions, four combinations of leadership styles were developed into four quadrants. The opposites of each other are generally employed according to the situation. These four leadership styles are descriptively termed directive, participative, delegative, and consultative. Each is equally thought of as a way or means of dealing...
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...Marketing Management, Millenium Edition Philip Kotler Custom Edition for University of Phoenix Excerpts taken from: A Framework for Marketing Management, by Philip Kotler Copyright © 2001by Prentice-Hall, Inc. A Pearson Education Company Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458 Marketing Management Millenium Edition, Tenth Edition, by Philip Kotler Copyright © 2000 by Prentice-Hall, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, in any form or by any means, without permission in writing from the publisher. Compilation Copyright © 2002 by Pearson Custom Publishing. This copyright covers material written expressly for this volume by the editor/s as well as the compilation itself. It does not cover the individual selections herein that first appeared elsewhere. Permission to reprint these has been obtained by Pearson Custom Publishing for this edition only. Further reproduction by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, must be arranged with the individual copyright holders noted. This special edition published in cooperation with Pearson Custom Publishing Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Please visit our web site at www.pearsoncustom.com ISBN 0–536–63099-2 BA 993095 PEARSON CUSTOM PUBLISHING 75 Arlington Street, Suite 300, Boston, MA 02116 A Pearson Education Company SECTION ONE Understanding Marketing Management Marketing in...
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