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Leadership Style

Wassmiah is a leader in a local hospital and works well in the environment. The hospital’s environment is characterized by well-defined individual roles where each employee knows what is expected of him or her. Employee conflicts are minimized as everyone understands his or her responsibility, and the coordination of all activities leads to goal attainment. There is no duplication of work. Wassmiah encourages people to perform well and rewards positive behavior to boost productivity. Most goals Wassmiah sets are short-term, making them easier to fulfill, less intimidating to achieve, and as a result, employees are interested in obtaining the various rewards. When a problem arises, Wassmiah directs the employees in what to do and is quick to point out if the employee does not deliver results. However, Wassmiah suspects that employees are not working when there is no supervision.

What style of leadership is most likely described in this case and why have you reached that conclusion? What are the advantages of this type of leadership and what examples from the case support your position? What are the disadvantages of this type of leadership and what examples from the case support your position? What are the implications for employee motivation with this type of leadership? What other styles of leadership might be complementary to that described in the case and why?

What should the driving age be?

Discuss the perceived characteristics of this generations’ adolescence.
What characteristic is changing the most? Possible reasons why.
What characteristic seems to never change?
How is physical development influencing adolescent characteristics?
How is cognitive development influencing adolescent characteristics?
How and what socioeconomic developments are influencing adolescent characteristics?
What professional development may help staff cope with changing adolescent characteristics?
What technologies are being used to facilitate student learning?
In 250-500 words, summarize and reflect on your interviews. Discuss the characteristics of physical and cognitive development during adolescence and the affect it has on the learning process for students. Explain the effect that physical, cognitive, social, and emotional relationships have on students during adolescence. Explain how you will use your findings in your future professional practice.

compare and contrast quantitative vs. qualitative research approaches including how they are similar and different.

As Alexander McCall Smith said in an interview with Pinkie Mekgwe, “I admire Botswana a great deal. I think this is a remarkable country which has achieved a great deal and I think that it is a special place. I wanted to tell a readership in other countries who might not know that. I wanted them to know, and I think they are getting that message through Mma Ramotswe” (Mekgwe 183).

”PM: Botswana comes through as a character in its own right in these novels. AMS: Botswana comes through as being the hero, yes. I admire people who are proud of their country. This applies not only in Botswana, this applies anywhere…Mma Ramotswe says that she is a patriot and that she is proud of her country. And that’s quite moving, I think” (Mekgwe 184).

In the interview, Alexander McCall Smith mentions that, since the publication of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, sales of red bush tea, also called rooibos tea, have increased by 70% overall (Mekgwe 184).

McCall Smith credits his career as an author to having been a voracious reader when he was a child, and says that it is a logical progression, from being a reader to being a writer (Mekgwe 185).

Citation Example

Mekgwe, Pinkie. “All That is Fine in the Human Condition: Crafting Words, Creating Mma Ramotswe.” Research in African Literatures, vol. 37, no. 2, Summer 2006, pp. 176-186. Academic Search Complete, doi:10.1353/ral.2006.0052.