Some of the questions talk about the movie ” The Man Who Would be King ” and please answer each question in one paragraph.
Readings discussion:
1- How would you describe Trump based on the reading “In the Eye of the Beholder: Cross Cultural Lessons in Leadership from Project GLOBE” with the 6 dimensions of the CLT leadership profile and 9 cultural attributes?
6 dimensions:
Charismatic/Value-Based: Ability to inspire, motivate and expect high performance outcomes from others on the basis of firmly held core beliefs.
Team-Oriented: Emphasizes effective team building and implementation of a common purpose or goal among team members.
Participative: Reflects the degree to which managers involve others in making and implementing decisions.
Humane-Oriented: Reflects supportive and considerate leadership but also includes compassion and generosity.
Autonomous: Refers to independent and individualistic leadership.
Self-Protective: Focuses on ensuring the safety and security of the individual.
9 cultural attributes:
Performance Orientation: Degree to which a collective encourages and rewards group members for improvement and excellence.
Assertiveness: Degree to which individuals are assertive, confrontational and aggressive.
Future Orientation: The extent to which individuals engage in future oriented behaviors such as delaying gratification, planning and investing in the future.
Humane Orientation: Degree to which a collective encourages and rewards individuals for being fair, altruistic, generous, caring and kind.
Institutional Collectivism: Degree to which organizational and societal institutional practices encourage and reward collective distribution of resources.
In Group Collectivism: Degree to which individuals express pride, loyalty and cohesiveness in their organizations.
Gender Egalitarianism: Degree to which a collective minimizes gender inequality.
Power Distance: Degree to which members of a collective expect power to be distributed equally. ——————————————————————-
2- Based on the results from the presidential election, do you agree with the summary of the USA found in “Leadership in Western and Asian Countries: Commonalities and Differences in Effective Leadership Processes Across Cultures”?
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Movie discussion:
1-Discuss the relationship between Peachy and Danny and whether they were both equally leaders, one more of a follower, or their relationship changed throughout the movie.
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2- Can you think of any examples from the movie of Danny as a just/moral leader? How does this mesh with his original motivations?
