Situational Leadership Case 2

SCENARIO:

You are in charge of a pizza restaurant. Except for the delivery people, the employees are all teenagers who have not yet graduated from high school, and this is the first job for most of them.

Write a 
3 full-page paper (excluding title and reference pages) to include 3 scholarly sources from the required or optional reading lists and address the following:

1. What is the Situational Leadership Model, and how can it be used to improve your selected scenario?

2. The Situational Leadership Model involves both “inputs” and “outputs” by taking employee commitment and competency as inputs and then, based on the employee information, selects one of the four leadership styles, Directing, Coaching, Supporting, or Delegating, as an output.

Discuss the four leadership styles in terms of 
inputs and outputs, and include a 1 -or 2-paragraph discussion of the best leadership style for your selected scenario.

3. Based on the readings, which of the four leadership styles do you think is most useful to the scenario you selected? Explain your rationale for your leadership style selection.

1. Your Case Assignment should be 
3 – 4 full pages in length (excluding Title and Reference pages). It must include an introduction below the paper’s title prior to the answer to the first assignment question and a conclusion on the last page before the References list page. There should be nothing in the top left corner of the paper and only a page number in the top right corner of all pages.

2. Be sure to cite and reference (using APA Style) a 
minimum of 3 scholarly sources listed in the Course Materials and Bibliography (Module 2 Required and Optional Reading List), in the Module 2 Background Page: Required and Optional Readings, or in the Trident Online Library (peer-reviewed journal articles).

3. Upload your paper to the Case 2 Dropbox before the assignment due date.

4. Include both a References Page and in-text citations. Citation and reference style instructions are available at Trident University’s 

Introduction to APA
. Another resource is the “Writing Style Guide,” which is found under “My Resources” in the TLC portal, or the APA Manual (7th ed.).