Assignment Description:

Based on what you have learned so far this week, create a PowerPoint presentation (minimum 17 slides) with detailed notes for each slide that addresses each of the following points/questions. Be sure to completely answer all the questions. Use clear headings that allow your professor to know which bullet you are addressing on the slides in your presentation. Support your content with at least four (4) citations throughout your presentation. Make sure to reference the citations using the APA writing style for the presentation. Include a slide for your references at the end. Follow best practices for PowerPoint presentations (an example is in the Resources tab) related to text size, color, images, effects, wordiness, and multimedia enhancements.

1. Explain what is meant by a manager’s power base, the ways a manager develops it, and how a manager can effectively use it to achieve organizational and personal goals.2. Discuss what is meant by upstream influence and the various influence tactics categories associated with it.3. Explain the difference between the University of Michigan studies and the Ohio State studies.4. Summarize the path-goal model of leadership. What theories of motivation can you tie to the assumptions of the model?5. Explain why the study of leadership styles and approaches tends to generate much controversy among researchers and academics.

Discussion Question:

Please respond to ONE of the following prompts.

• Apply the contingency theories discussed in this module as they relate to your work environment to assess the appropriate style of leadership and the implications for motivation, satisfaction, and productivity.

OR

• Discuss the type of leadership style, transactional, transformational, visionary and servant, that occurs in your specific professional environment. List the positive and negative outcomes that exist as result of the leadership approach used.