You are the chairperson of a committee that is charged with recommending ways to improve interdepartmental communications. There are members, all managers, from the seven departments in the organization. You are basically providing no leadership. The group works well together as it makes decisions by consensus. You have accepted a promotion, which requires you to transfer to a new location in one week. Therefore, you can no longer be on the committee. You have been asked to select your replacement as chair of the committee. You really don’t know who would want the position, and you believe that any one of the members would do a good job.

Instructions

Variables: Write the numbers 1 to 4. To the right of the four numbers, write out the four variables. To the left of the four numbers, write the answers to each variable from the model that represent the style to use based on the variable. On the Management Style line, write the style that is appropriate for the situation. On the Action Taken line, write out how the decision would be made. You are not making the decision, just stating the decision style and how the decision will be made.