One essential trait of an effective leader is the ability to beboth task oriented and relationship oriented. Most leaders areeither task or relationship oriented; being competent at both canbe very challenging. Which of these two options is your strongerorientation? If you were in a leadership position, how would youstrengthen the weaker option? If you were the leader of a smallbusiness (50 employees), would you adopt a centralized ordecentralized structure for your organization? Explain yourrationale in some detail. Where do you think your current workplaceis in those three areas? (If you are not currently working, thenyou can use a past workplace for this question.) Do you feel asthough that workplace environment has a centralized or adecentralized structure?
