Leadership and Decision-Making Styles

For this assignment think about a specific decision that was made by your supervisor in the organization you currently work for or have worked for in the past. Review the background materials carefully on the Vroom-Yetton model and think about how this model applies to this decision that you experienced. Then write a 2- to 3-page paper applying the Vroom-Yetton model to this decision:

1. Describe the decision that management had to make, and also whether their decision-making style was autocratic, consultative, or group-based. Explain your reasoning.

2. Go through Vroom-Yetton's seven questions and apply these questions to their diagram to see what decision-making style their model suggests. Briefly explain the reasoning behind your answers to the seven questions.

3. Conclude your paper with a discussion of whether or not you would recommend this model to your supervisor and whether or not you were surprised by the recommendation given by this model regarding decision-making style.

SLP Assignment Expectations

• Follow the assignment instructions closely and follow all steps listed in the instructions.

• Stay focused on the precise assignment questions; don't go off on tangents or devote a lot of space to summarizing general background materials.

• Make sure to cite readings from the background materials page. Rely primarily on the required background readings as your sources of information.

• Include both a bibliography and in-text citations.