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supervisors. This document’s purpose is to compact all sources of information that
might be relevant to students’ assignments, hence additional knowledge on the
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Table of Contents
Question 1: Leadership Traits and Leadership Style of Michael Collins at Creighton
Auto Parts .................................................................................................................. 5
Optimism and Positive Vision ..................................................................................... 5
Honesty and Integrity ................................................................................................. 6
Humility and Self-Awareness ..................................................................................... 7
Self-Confidence and Leadership Initiative .................................................................. 7
1.2 Michael Collins and the Leadership Grid .............................................................. 8
Position of Michael Collins on the Leadership Grid .................................................... 8
Most Effective Leadership Style on the Leadership Grid ............................................ 9
Question 2: Contingency Approaches to Leadership ............................................... 10
2.1 Comparison and Discussion of the Five Contingency Approaches .................... 10
Fiedler’s Contingency Model .................................................................................... 10
Hersey and Blanchard’s Situational Leadership Theory ........................................... 11
Path–Goal Theory of Leadership ............................................................................. 12
The Vroom–Jago Contingency Model ...................................................................... 13
Substitutes for Leadership Approach ....................................................................... 13
2.2 Leadership Approach I Would Apply as a Leader .............................................. 14
Self-Evaluation Reflection on Learning and Graduateness ...................................... 15
Self-Assessment of Assignment Performance ......................................................... 16
Most Useful Prescribed and Recommended Sources .............................................. 17
Time Spent on the Assignment ................................................................................ 17
Relevance of the Sources to the South African Leadership Context ........................ 17
Development of Competence as a Human Resources Practitioner and Industrial
Psychologist ............................................................................................................. 18
Competencies That Require Further Development .................................................. 19
Value of the Assignment for Workplace Application ................................................. 19
Quality of Learning Material ..................................................................................... 20
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Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world
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OFFENSE, therefore students must use this document ONLY as a guideline. Hence
students have regenerated their own (personalized) solutions paying particular
attention to module contents as prescribed by module facilitators, lecturers and
supervisors. This document’s purpose is to compact all sources of information that
might be relevant to students’ assignments, hence additional knowledge on the
provided information is not restricted by the authors. However, submitting this
document as one’s final work is considered unethical, and students should be
penalized. If this document is plagiarized by the users and fails, EXCELCENTRE
should not be rendered accountable since the contents in this document only give
learners a kick-start on what is expected of them from their areas of specialty.
CAUTION: STUDENTS ARE NOT MANDATED TO USE EVERY DETAIL IN THIS
DOCUMENT IN WRITING THEIR ASSIGNMENT
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world
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Table of Contents
Question 1: Leadership Traits and Leadership Style of Michael Collins at Creighton
Auto Parts .................................................................................................................. 5
Optimism and Positive Vision ..................................................................................... 5
Honesty and Integrity ................................................................................................. 6
Humility and Self-Awareness ..................................................................................... 7
Self-Confidence and Leadership Initiative .................................................................. 7
1.2 Michael Collins and the Leadership Grid .............................................................. 8
Position of Michael Collins on the Leadership Grid .................................................... 8
Most Effective Leadership Style on the Leadership Grid ............................................ 9
Question 2: Contingency Approaches to Leadership ............................................... 10
2.1 Comparison and Discussion of the Five Contingency Approaches .................... 10
Fiedler’s Contingency Model .................................................................................... 10
Hersey and Blanchard’s Situational Leadership Theory ........................................... 11
Path–Goal Theory of Leadership ............................................................................. 12
The Vroom–Jago Contingency Model ...................................................................... 13
Substitutes for Leadership Approach ....................................................................... 13
2.2 Leadership Approach I Would Apply as a Leader .............................................. 14
Self-Evaluation Reflection on Learning and Graduateness ...................................... 15
Self-Assessment of Assignment Performance ......................................................... 16
Most Useful Prescribed and Recommended Sources .............................................. 17
Time Spent on the Assignment ................................................................................ 17
Relevance of the Sources to the South African Leadership Context ........................ 17
Development of Competence as a Human Resources Practitioner and Industrial
Psychologist ............................................................................................................. 18
Competencies That Require Further Development .................................................. 19
Value of the Assignment for Workplace Application ................................................. 19
Quality of Learning Material ..................................................................................... 20
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world
