SOSU GRADUATE COURSE - MANAGEMENT PODCAST: Recent Episodes
Fredricka BD
Seven week experimental podcast per course, answering weekly assignments
EPISODE 1 - 7: MNGT 5773 - PRINCIPLE CENTERED LEADERSHIP AND ETHICS
EPISODE 8 - 14: MNGT 5453 - CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN MANAGEMENT
“position in negotiations,” “geographically dispersed teams,” and “cultural factors that influence motivation.”
Tonight weʻre discussing “emotional intelligence,” “self-awareness,” “building sources of power in an organization,” “ensuring a better outcome,” and “potential dangers of satisficing.”
When a business is in a turnaround situation, what performance measures are most critical?
Why is organizational change so hard?
Why is having a versatile leadership style so important?
In what type of organizational structure do you think you would thrive?
Which organizational structure would be most difficult for you?
Do you want to pursue a functional career path or a generalist career path?
Should an organization be concerned about the development of subcultures?
When can subcultures be beneficial for an organization?
What is the difference between training and development?
Toyota often lets other companies view their production lines. Why aren’t other companies as successful in implementing the well-proven Toyota production system? Why can’t you just “plug and play” best practice processes from one company to another?
What industry has a low barrier to entry? How would a new entrant in this industry best exploit this low barrier?
What role should the government have in regulating or overseeing the way in which firms pursue diversification strategies? In today’s business environment, do you believe that the level of regulation of corporate-level strategies is too much, too little, or about right?
Describe how the three pillars of management interact with each other. How can a firm’s strategy influence the design of the organization? In what ways can a manager influence the strategy of an organization?
Of the major dimensions of the general environment—technology, economy, political/legal, and sociocultural—which one do you believe is the most complicated? How can managers influence each one?
Think about your personal values and beliefs. Where did your values come from? What or who shaped your perspectives on business and leadership?
“Some people believe that all good leadership is spiritual in nature. Others think spiritual values have no place at work. Discuss these two opposing viewpoints.”
“How are Kotter’s eight-stage framework for change and the AI method similar? How are they different? Explain.”
What do you consider the most important difference between transformational leadership and transactional leadership?
Between transformational and charismatic leadership?
And how is transformational leadership similar to charismatic leadership?
Strategic vision and strategic action are both needed for a leader to be effective.
Which do you think you are better at doing? Why?
- "Describe the stages of team development”
- “How would you facilitate a team's development through each stage?” (p 302-303)
- “Discuss ways in which low power distance as a social value among followers could affect their interaction with a leader who displays high power distance?”
Succumbing to the authoritarian leadership qualities when under pressure, and the courageous tactics of "Managing-Up".
How to you deal with a rude subordinate?
What are the components of "emotional intelligence"? And which is the most important?
First episode of a 7 week series for an MBA course, Management 5773 - Principle-Centered Leadership and Ethics