Time and time again throughout business history, certain leaders seem literally to transform their organizations, making sweeping changes that revitalize and renew operations. they transform them into companies where satisfied employees provide excellent products and/or services to customers. when managers have such dramatic influence over their subordinates and the organization as a whole, they are engaging in transformational leadership. effective leadership can be less dramatic, though, when managers use transactional leadership to motivate employees’ high performance. in this activity, you will be asked to differentiate between the behaviors typically associated with either transformational or transactional leadership. in addition, you will differentiate among the three major types of behaviors associated with transformational leadership. ling: offers her subordinates an increasing levels of montary rewards for increased output on the shop floorroland: has instructed managers to use extinction to eliminate undesired behaviors by workerstermeh: is working to institute a "sabbatical" program wherein managers will take up to three months every five years to reenergie, work on personally interesting projects, and develop creative insights into the company's future. hans: has started a new program through which each departmant is notified monthly of their particular contribution to the fulfillment of the organizations goals. eiler: talks enthusiastically to the divisional mangers about the growth opportunities that will ceme from the new technology breakthroughs the company is developingangelica: set up a series of meetings for the next couple of weeks with various departments to align the individual, group, and organizational goals. buzz: arranged for a series of on-site workshops to interested workers develop the knowledge, skills, and abilities to them achieving not only their personal goals but also the organizations goalsterence: always start meetings by focusing the team on the big picture, the exciting future of the company as they work toward fulfulling his vision.

2. the external environment (connect)choose whether each example belongs in the general, task, or internal environment.exampleenvironmenta worldwide recession task environment / general environment / internal environmentlocal mothers asking their community grocery store to carry no-salt cheerios-type cereal for their babies task environment / general environment / internal environmentchoose the phrase that best completes the following sentence.the relationship between the task environment and the general environment is best described as: a one-way system: changes in the task environment affect the general environment, but changes in the general environment do not affect the task environment.an open system: changes in the task environment affect the general environment, and changes in the general environment affect the task environment.a one-way system: changes in the general environment affect the task environment, but changes in the task environment do not affect the general environment.a closed system: changes in the general environment do not affect the task environment, and changes in the task environment do not affect the general environment.©bloomberg via getty imagesmanagement in the newsin april 2010, the explosion of british petroleum’s (bp) deepwater horizon oil drilling rig and the accompanying oil spill dramatically changed the external environment in which all oil companies operate. the explosion released more oil than any other accidental spill in history and had a huge impact on the waters and surrounding communities of the gulf coast. the conditions that led to the spill, the attempts to stop the spill, and the clean-up and aftermath of the spill prompted debates in the u.s. senate, concern on wall street, and attention from companies all over the world.match each oil spill event with a specific dimension of the general environment.eventgeneral environment dimensionbp stock prices falling 25% during the first month after the oil spill oil seeping into pelican nesting grounds, which will place the brown pelican back on the endangered species list people moving from louisiana to oklahoma to avoid the effects of the spill

Mountain mouse makes freeze-dried meals for hikers. one of mountain mouse's biggest customers is a sporting goods superstore. every 66 days, mountain mouse checks the inventory level at the superstore and places an order to restock the meals. these meals are delivered by ups in 55 days. average demand during the reorder period and order lead time is 8585 meals, and the standard deviation of demand during this same time period is about 1919 meals.calculate the restocking level for mountain mouse. assume that the superstore wants a 95\% service level. what happens to the restocking level if the superstore wants a higher level of service-say, 99]%? the restocking level for the 95% service level is 117 mealssuppose there are 25 meals in the superstore when mountain mouse checks inventory levels. how many meals should be ordered, assuming a 95% service level?

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