1. Listen to the 4-minute video by Professor Ed Schein talking about the main issues within organisations today – the increasing interdependence between bosses and subordinates, and the need for better upward communication and a different style of leadership at the top.
2. Read the rest of the article by Paul Levy (Senior Researcher in Innovation Management at University of Brighton) where he discusses CEO behaviour.
3. With Professor Schein’s thoughts in mind, you should engage in additional reading and research in order to write an essay of 3,000 words that critically discusses the following statement:
“Upward communication and senior leader behaviour – the possibilities and challenges of developing an inclusive, open culture within a multinational enterprise.”
Your answer should draw on and make reference to relevant theory in order to address the following points.
The way that MNEs are changing and the leadership challenges associated with this
The style/s of leadership more likely to facilitate the open culture that Professor Ed Schein suggests is needed
Other factors within MNEs that may hinder the development of such an open culture
What might happen if more
distributed forms of leadership were to emerge
