Instructor Resource
Rowe, Cases in Leadership 5e
SAGE Publications, Inc., 2019
Discussion Questions
Chapter 4: Leadership Style Approach
1. Reflect upon your work experience or your experience working with other classmates
in group projects. Do you think most people tend to favor a leadership style that focuses on
task behavior or one that focuses on relationship behavior? Why do you think this is the
case?
2. A leader who favors a leadership style that focuses on relationship behavior is making
certain assumptions about his or her subordinates. What are some of these assumptions?
Preparation Questions
1. When you have had leadership responsibilities at work, at school organizations, or during
team projects at school, what has been your predominant leadership style? Do you favor a
task-oriented style or a relationship-oriented style?
2. Why do you think that is the case?
