Week01: Question 01: Should leadership be the manager's job, or should leadership be a shared process? Question 02: Some say the hard skills (e.g., finance, quantitative analysis) are more important for managers than soft skills (e.g., interpersonal skills), and some say the opposite is true. What is your view? Week02: Question: 03: Would you predict that a person with a strong agreeableness personality dimension would be a successful computer programmer? Why? Or why not? Week03 & Week04: Question: 04: Do you believe that managers today are using more boss- or subordinate-centered leadership styles? Question: 05: Do you agree that time is an important situational factor to consider in selecting a leadership style for the situation? Explain. Question 06: One group of authors believes that Fiedler's contingency leadership model is the model best supported by research. However, a different author believes that it is the normative leadership model. Which model do you believe is best supported by research? Why? Week05: Question 07: Explain the importance of effective communication skills for charismatic and transformational leaders. Question 08: A strong emotional attachment and loyalty to a charismatic leader can have both beneficial and detrimental effects on followers. Explain both types of effects on followers