Essay Questions – Please Choose 1 of the questions to answer…

Essаy Questiоns – Pleаse Chооse 1 of the questions to аnswer.  Be sure to formulate your ideas completely and provide a thorough answer with correct grammar.  What does it mean when a group is cohesive? Why is it important in a group – in other words, why would you want to create group cohesion in a group of which you are a part?  Please provide a specific example of a group with cohesion and one without cohesion and the outcomes each may experience.  Also discuss specific positives elements as well as the potential negative (Groupthink) of having group cohesion and some ways you could eliminate the potential for group cohesion to be a bad thing in the workplace or on any type of team. Please be sure to include examples as part of your answer. You have a friend who knows you are taking a class in leadership and sees you are learning about a topic called “Servant Leadership”. They are curious about what this means since it appears to be contradictory.  Please enlighten your friend by describing Servant Leadership and tell them how it works – how it is applied, the positives, negatives etc.  Be sure to address their question about it being “contradictory”.  Make sure you give your friend specific examples to help them understand this leadership practice. Define what it means to have diversity and inclusion in a situation, organization etc. Be sure to include core and secondary in your explanation and how each might or might not influence your explanation.    Explain Shore and colleagues (2011) Inclusion Framework and provide specific examples of each of the four conditions that are possible when a group decides to create an inclusive and diverse group.  As you discuss each quadrant, also suggest ways a more positive environment can be created.  When discussing diversity and inclusion you often hear the terms such as Equity, Ethnocentrism, Prejudice, Unconscious Bias. Stereotype, and Privilege. Please define each of these words and discuss how each plays a role in diversity and inclusion in the workplace (or any environment you choose).  I would also like you to incorporate Mr. Lavoie’s discussion of “fairness” (from the film segment we watched in class) in your answer and how the information he presents could influence Please include specific examples in your answer.  Describe and explain Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) Theory of Leadership. How does it work in an organization or team?  Please include the stages of this theory as well as how it both “describes” and “prescribes” leadership.  Make sure to use specific examples in your answer Conflict can occur for many reasons, but two in particular center around content and relationship dimensions. Please elaborate on what these involve -  making sure to describe the specific types within each category and remember to use rich examples as you explain them.   Please present a specific scenario in which both content and relationships are part of a conflict and then provide a reasonable solution for how it might be resolved.  Conflict can exist anytime two or more people or groups interact. While there is no one technic that guarantees to successful conflict resolution -  your textbook presents three possibilities: Fisher and Ury Approach (1981), Communication Strategies (3), Kilmann and Thomas Styles (1975, 1977).  Choose one of these and explain its principles with specific examples.  Then describe a scenario in which a conflict is occurring and apply your chosen method to this particular circumstance and the likely outcome.  Remember to use exa