Management Vroom Yetton Model Essay

TU Management Vroom Yetton Model Essay

Leadership and Decision-Making Styles

For this assignment think about a specific decision that was made by your supervisor in the organization you currently work for or have worked for in the past. Review the background materials carefully on the Vroom-Yetton model and think about how this model applies to this decision that you experienced. Then write a paper applying the Vroom-Yetton model to this decision:

1. Describe the      decision that management had to make, and also whether their      decision-making style was autocratic, consultative, or group-based.      Explain your reasoning.
2. Go through      Vroom-Yetton’s seven questions and apply these questions to their diagram      to see what decision-making style their model suggests. Briefly explain      the reasoning behind your answers to the seven questions.
3. Conclude your      paper with a discussion of whether or not you would recommend this model      to your supervisor and whether or not you were surprised by the      recommendation given by this model regarding decision-making style.

 Reading

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• De La Merced, M. (2014, Aug 07). Sprint ends its attempt to purchase T-Mobile. International New York Times [ProQuest