After reading Chapter 11 in the Lewis, Packard, & Lewis textbook, refer to Case Activity 11.1 (p. 260-261) at the end. After reading the case study about the Women’s Agency of Schaefer City, respond to the following questions
Given the fact that the agency had to survive with fewer resources, do you think financial cutbacks could have been implemented more effectively? If so, how?
What leadership behaviors may be appropriate at a time like this?
What principles or tactics of organizational change could have been used to reach a better outcome in terms of results and effects on staff?
If you were a consultant brought in, would you offer any suggestions to your peers’ principles or tactics of organizational change (suggested in bullet point #3)?
Would you recommend any leadership behaviors not already mentioned by your peers? Or do you have a different opinion?
reference
Lewis, J. A., Packard, T. R., & Lewis, M. D. (2012). Management of human service programs (5th ed.).
Chapter 11: Leading and Changing Human Service Organizations
Chapter 12: Achieving and Maintaining Organizational Excellence
Sinek, S. (2014). Leaders eat last: Why some teams pull together and others don’t.
Part 8: Becoming a Leader
Chapter 25: Step 12
Chapter 26: Shared Struggle
Chapter 27: We Need More Leaders
