MBA Courses

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Management 605 – Managing in Organizations – Summer One, 2025

Week 1 – Leadership

A personal takeaway regarding the spectrum of contemporary leadership styles that order itself based upon the degree of shared decision making, I most likely fall under the facilitative style given that I like to lead teams towards a goal while letting them decide how to get there. This would be in contrast to an autocratic style (not sharing in decision making), a consultative (take subordinates opinion into consideration but maybe not act on it), and delegative (give all decision making to team). I never have a good answer for my “leadership style” but if I reference via this spectrum I think I can make it easier to introduce myself to others and realize my strengths.

I also learned an important observation – not all managers are leaders and not all leaders are managers and how to recognize the difference between the two. It is possible to not manage but lead effectively within teams, it is also possible to be an effective manager but not a leader.

Week 2 – Motivation