CASE STUDY

CASE STUDY Management II (MWF 4:00-5:25)

Submitted By: Mary Grace W. Bumilay BSBA 1

Ms. Julie Palaganas Professor 

1. Describe Teresa Earnhardt¶s leadership style. What do you think the advantages and drawbacks of her style? -

Teresa Earnhardt leadership depends on the situation. She was more effective leader depends on the situation of the organization. These traits are belonging to the Contingency theory. She uses her quite demeanor and strong determination and characteristics to make her organization more successful (trait and behavior theory). Some instances that she has been an autocratic leader because she has the attitude that she¶s not comfortable with having engaged in small talks wherein she doesn¶t need the suggestions of  others like her late husband Dale who died on an accident. Dale was an adamant, spontaneous and headstrong leader.

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The advantages on this leadership style are that the company may achieve its goals in a shorter period of time or time constrains and resource constrains. The drawback on this is that her employees and subordinates may tend to reveal against her because of her leadership style.

2. Do you think it¶s easy for a leader to change his or her preferred style? Explain. What are the implications for leadership training? -

It¶s difficult to adapt on change for a leadership style because as a leader, you think that you are more effective if you prefer the said style. It is your trait or  way to be a leader to achieve a goal for the benefit of the organization. It is yourself to know what is the best you to be a leader.

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Your leadership style may more enhance. In training, you will be able to discover or you will know about or something that you think it is the right thing to do as a leader. Your characteristics and traits may change because you realize something about your leading style. In that way, its easy for a leader to adapt change on the style of leadership.

3. What challenges does a leader who¶s replacing a well known leader of any organization face? How did Teresa Earnhardt deal with these challenges? -

The challenge for her is that gender may affect her as a leader. There are beliefs that men have the power to be a leader than women. So, as a women leader, she may think that her employees and also her co- executives may

look down on her because of just a woman. One challenge on her also was how to adapt on change and how to be the same on with her late husband Dale Earnhardt on managing his company that made it as a well-known company. -

In all challenges that he faced, replacing a well-known leader (Dale Earnhardt), she tried to adapt on change. A positive change that could benefit on her and also to the organization. She showed what is in her, the strong determination and characteristics. She continued working and negotiating to other business, used her skills and strengths as a leader on the company. But she continued working behind the scenes.

4. How might the fact that a stock car racing is a male- dominated business affect Teresa Earnhardt¶s approach to leading her company? -