Management in the News On May 4, 2007, a devastating tornado hit Greensburg, Kansas. The entire town was destroyed: Houses and businesses were demolished, crops were ruined, and 12 people were killed. But Lonnie McCollum, the town's mayor, and Steve Hewitt, the city administrator, had a vision for bringing the town back. They proposed rebuilding Greensburg as a green city, using only the latest and most environmentally sustainable technologies. You can see a glimpse of the decisionmaking process in this passage: \"On May 6, two days after the storm struck, Kathleen Sebelius, then the Kansas governor (she was nominated as Health and Human Services Secretary at press time), arrived to survey the damage. Before her press conference, she ducked into a trailer for a quick huddle with Hewitt, 5, Headrick, the mayor, a county commissioner, and a state house representative. When she asked what they wanted to do next, ideas spilled out in a flood of urgent, unformed strategies. \"Sebelius, known for her commitment to environmental policy, listened for a few minutes, and then summed it all up in one simple statement: 'You I u want to make it green. In the weeks that followed, Lonnie McCollum resigned as mayor, but Steve Hewitt continued to push, not only for green, but for the highest level of green design possible. Eventually, the city council voted to make every new city building meet the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) platinum rating standards. This would be expensive, but Hewitt believed that it would offer the town longterm savings. In the accompanying video, you will hear two different perspectives about Greensburg's plans to go green and Steve Hewitt's perspective on the t e decisionmaking process. Management in the News On May 4, 2007, a devastating tornado hit Greensburg, Kansas. The entire town was destroyed: Houses and businesses were demolished, crops were ruined, and 12 people were killed. But Lonnie McCoIIum, the town's mayor, and Steve Hewitt, the city administrator, had a vision for bringing the town back. They proposed rebuilding Greensburg as a green city, using only the latest and most environmentally sustainable technologies. You can see a glimpse of the decisionmaking process in this passage: \"On May 6, two days after the storm struck, Kathleen Sebelius, then the Kansas governor (she was nominated as Health and Human Services Secretary at press time), arrived to survey the damage. Before her press conference, she ducked into a trailer for a quick huddle with Hewitt, If Steve Hewitt, City Administrator, were to say that the true heroes are the people who show up every day in the office, working to accomplish tasks, then this is an example of which style depicted in the Leadership Grid? O Country Club Management Authority-Compliance O Team Management 0 Middle-of-the-Road Management Use your knowledge of Tannenbaum and Schmidt's Leadership Continuum to classify the following statement or situation according to the appropriate denition. (Note: Not all of these descriptions portray situations encountered at the City of Greenburg. Certain statements may be ctional and provided strictly for the purposes of answering the question.) Manager presents Manager presents Manager permits Manager tentative problem, gets subordinates to \"sells" decision subject suggestions, makes function within limits Example decision to change decision defined by superior Steve Hewitt, City Administrator, determines that current emergency procedures are inefficient and new procedures should be put in place. He asks city 0 0 0 planners, emergency officials, and all relevant personnel for their insights and then Steve creates a new set of procedures. Assume you are Steve Hewitt, City Administrator, and you want to focus on exhibiting high quality leadership rather than simply focusing on functioning as a manager. Using Kotter's distinctions between managers and leaders, which behaviors are most important for exhibiting leadership rather than merely focusing on management? Check all that apply. Influence the creation of teams and coalitions that understand a vision and strategies for attaining the vision C] Monitor results and identify deviations Develop strategies for producing changes needed to achieve a vision C] Provide policies and procedures to help guide people You are Steve Hewitt, City Administrator, and you have gone through training to use Vroom's Time-Driven model of leadership style. Using expert software to assist you in making the correct decision about leadership style, you have determined that you need to decide. Which of the following behaviors is most in line with using a decide leadership style? In 0 You make the decision alone and then announce or \"sel it to your group. Q You allow your group to dene for itself the exact nature and parameters of the problem and then develop a solution on its own. 0 You present the program to your group members individually, obtain their suggestions, and then make the decision. Q You present the problem to your group at a meeting, define the problem and its boundaries, and then facilitate discussion as your group members make the decision