no controle of the student council
No Control over the Student Council
David L. Macias
Our Lady of the Lake University
No Control over the Student Council
1. How will Tamara do as President of the student body?
Base on the information provided by the text, it seems as if Tamara will succeed as the President of the student body. First, Tamara was voted by the student body, her own peers, which indicate that Tamara was well liked and had shown great success as a leader in her previous rolls. The text states that Tamara likes her council members and they seemed to like her. According to the Least Preferred Co-worker (LPC) test that Tamara took, she is “relationship motivated,” which leads to the conclusion that she is well-liked (Northouse,2013,p.131).The most important part to her success will be that she will have learned to use situational variables in her leadership styles. If Tamara learns to use contingency theory, then she will have success in her quest to be the best student body president because it is state that “Contingency theory suggests that situations can be characterized in three factors: Leader-member relations, task structure, and position power.” (Nothouse,2013,p.131).Base on the LCP test Tamara will be met with challenge concerning the decisions she makes in the best interest of her student body, and should have success during her term as student body president.
2. According to her LPC score what are her primary needs.
As stated in the case study, Tamara will have to learn to become task motivated with little position of power because of her position. Tamara first job as President will have to be assessing a computer fee to all the student body, which will have a major impact on the students’ tuition. Since nothing has been established yet in regards to the computer fee, Tamara will have to meet with her council to see how they want to address and incorporate this new policy. Tamara will have
David L. Macias
Our Lady of the Lake University
No Control over the Student Council
1. How will Tamara do as President of the student body?
Base on the information provided by the text, it seems as if Tamara will succeed as the President of the student body. First, Tamara was voted by the student body, her own peers, which indicate that Tamara was well liked and had shown great success as a leader in her previous rolls. The text states that Tamara likes her council members and they seemed to like her. According to the Least Preferred Co-worker (LPC) test that Tamara took, she is “relationship motivated,” which leads to the conclusion that she is well-liked (Northouse,2013,p.131).The most important part to her success will be that she will have learned to use situational variables in her leadership styles. If Tamara learns to use contingency theory, then she will have success in her quest to be the best student body president because it is state that “Contingency theory suggests that situations can be characterized in three factors: Leader-member relations, task structure, and position power.” (Nothouse,2013,p.131).Base on the LCP test Tamara will be met with challenge concerning the decisions she makes in the best interest of her student body, and should have success during her term as student body president.
2. According to her LPC score what are her primary needs.
As stated in the case study, Tamara will have to learn to become task motivated with little position of power because of her position. Tamara first job as President will have to be assessing a computer fee to all the student body, which will have a major impact on the students’ tuition. Since nothing has been established yet in regards to the computer fee, Tamara will have to meet with her council to see how they want to address and incorporate this new policy. Tamara will have
References: Peter G. Northouse. (2013). Leadership Theory and Practice.