Chapter 7

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Rubenstein, H. (2004). The Evolution of Leadership in the Workplace. The Journal of Business Perspective, 9 (2): 41-49.

1. How can managers delegate leadership tasks and responsibilities?
2. In what model do managers use delegating in a low supportive and low directive manner?
3. What is the checklist for project management?

Miller, D., and Friesen, P. H. (1983). Successful and Unsuccessful Phases of the Corporate Life Cycle.  Organization Studies, 4 (4): 339-356.    

1. How do organizations progress through an orderly succession on the stages as they grow, age and change their strategies?
2. How would successful versus unsuccessful phases of birth, growth, maturity, decline, and perhaps even death of the organization?
3. What are the three major distinguishing features between high and low performance groups in this study?