Week 5 – Discussion 1
Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Refer to the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric under the Settings icon above for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.
| Path-Goal Styles |
Based on your responses to the 13.2 Path-Goal Styles Questionnaire, identify your path-goal styles of leadership. Explain how your use of each path-goal style relates to other styles of leadership.
Guided Response: Review several of your peers’ posts and identify the leadership style that you can relate to. Respond to at least two of your peers and recommend path-goal styles of leadership to extend their thinking. Challenge your peers by asking a question that may cause them to reevaluate their choice of path-goal leadership styles.
13.2 Path–Goal Styles Questionnaire
Purpose
1. To identify your path–goal styles of leadership
2. To examine how your use of each style relates to other styles of leadership
Directions
1. For each of the statements below, circle the number that indicates the frequency with which you engage in the expressedbehavior.
2. Give your immediate impressions. There are no right or wrong answers.
Scoring
1. Sum the responses on items 1, 5, and 9 (directive leadership).
2. Sum the responses on items 2, 6, and 10 (supportive leadership).
3. Sum the responses on items 3, 7, and 11 (participative leadership).
4. Sum the responses on items 4, 8, and 12 (achievement-oriented leadership).
Total Scores
· Directive leadership: ______________________
· Supportive leadership: ____________________
· Participative leadership: __________________
· Achievement-oriented leadership: __________
Scoring Interpretation
This questionnaire is designed to measure four types of path–goal leadership: directive, supportive, participative, andachievement-oriented. By comparing your scores on each of the four styles, you can determine which style is your strongest andwhich is your weakest. For example, if your scores were directive leadership = 21, supportive leadership = 10, participativeleadership = 19, and achievement-oriented leadership = 7, your strengths would be directive and participative leadership, andyour weaknesses would be supportive and achievement-oriented leadership. While this questionnaire measures your dominantstyles, it also indicates the styles you may want to strengthen or improve.
· If your score is 13–15, you are in the high range.
· If your score is 6–12, you are in the moderate range.
· If your score is 3–5, you are in the low range.
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