Midterm Quiz on Leadership & France Protests môn Principle of Management | Trường Đại học Quốc tế, Đại học Quốc gia Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh

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Question 1: What is the difference between a leader and a manager? (20 points)
Question 2: Reading comprehension of the bellowed article and answering the questions.
France has been rocked by angry protests across the country, with demonstrators blocking
airports and railway stations and even setting fire to Bordeaux’s city hall.
Hundreds of arrests have been made, Molotov cocktails thrown and tear gas dispersed in
crowd clashes nationwide while essential services have been disrupted, oil and gas
deliveries stalled and tourist attractions like the Eiffel Tower closed to shield them from vandalism.
More than a million people are believed to have taken part in Thursday’s strikes, the
biggest day of demonstrations so far, with 119,000 people marching through Paris as
videos of chaos and looting flooded social media, including footage of both riot police
and activists being led away from the fray injured.
Some 441 police officers were injured and 475 people are understood to have been
arrested on what has been dubbed “Black Thursday”, placing renewed pressure on French
president Emmanuel Macron to find a way out of the conflict.
Interior minister Gerald Darmanin meanwhile denounced the “unacceptable assaults and
damage” and said such behavior “cannot remain unpunished”. “There are troublemakers,
often extreme left, who want to take down the state and kill police and ultimately take
over the institutions,” he added.
The violence erupted out of rallies organized by unions in opposition to Mr Macron’s
divisive new pension reform bill, which includes a provision to raise the legal age of retirement from 62 to 64.
While many already opposed the bill, the president has inspired further democratic
outrage by forcing it through parliament without a vote in the National Assembly, a move
that appeared to many to stretch his executive power to its outer limit.
To achieve his aim, Mr Macron invoked Article 49.3 of the constitution of the Fifth
Republic, which recognises that a curbing of parliamentary oversight can become
necessary in emergency conditions and states: “The prime minister, after deliberation by
the council of ministers… may bypass a vote in the National Assembly on bills relating
to state and social security budgets.”
Reference: Sommerlad, J. S. (2023, March 25). Why Are There Protests in France?
Which environments relating to the France Protest 2023 (15 points)? Give the
explanations to support your idea. (20 points)
Question 3: Leadership situations in Fiedler’s model are assessed according to the
amount of control they offer the leader.
a. What are the three contingency variables measuring situational control? (15 points)
b. Apply this model to below case:
DCom is a marketing company. Team A of 20 members has been working
together for a long time already. The team leader, Mr. Phuc, has been staying for 10
years. Some people have committed for approximately 5 years. The newest one will
spend their second Tet holiday bonus with the company this year. All of them are
currently fine with their own tasks and the workflow is running smoothly with a busy
schedule. Although the Covid quarantine brought up some difficulties, they managed to
get through. They even chose to stay in the company for months of quarantine.
Suddenly, the board of directors decide to recruit an experienced person (Ms. Trang) to
fill in the manager position with the aim to boost the company back on the run. She might
have a good reputation among top levels in the industry, but to DCom employees, there is
still no information to acknowledge. There is also no formal meeting to introduce her to others.
She will be in charge of Team A, B, C. The rumors among team A seem to be vary. Some
members are ignorant. Some are not quite happy with the new manager.
Assume that the company has used Fiedler’s model of contingency leadership to select
Ms. Trang for this position and she is a task-motivated leader.
Is Ms. Trang the best fit for the situation of Team A (10 points) ? Show your analysis. (20 points) Good Luck to everyone :>