CASE STUDY #2:

Read the situation below then answer the questions that follow.

Mr. Joshua is a newly appointed manager of JP Restaurant and was tasked to manage a newly developed team. He was expected to perform the five functions of management and he was able to plan and organize activities for his team that contributes to attaining the goals and objectives of the company. He was able to assign staff to the different tasks that are essential and was able to influence his subordinates to do the task assigned to them by distributing power and authority to his trusted subordinates and letting them share the responsibility. As the team competently completed their task and was able to attain its goal to a minimum effort, an observation was made by his supervisor as Mr. Joshua's subordinates are starting to slack on their job and was not able to surpass its current accomplishment on the following months. Their performance began to decrease by a small percentage. Since their performance is still manageable, the new manager did not mind at all and did not make any adjustments and strategies to correct their behavior since he wanted to remain in a close bond with his subordinates.

Questions: 1. What management functions where accomplished by the new manager? 2. What management functions where not accomplished by the new manager? 3. Which type of management was evident in his leadership? 4. Explain what should Mr Julian do for him to be able to correct this problem? And which do you think is the best type of leadership to use in this situation?