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College of Administrative and Financial Sciences
Assignment 3
Deadline: 28/11/2020 @ 23:59
Course Name: Organizational Behavior Student’s Name:
Course Code: MGT301 Student’s ID Number:
Semester: 1st CRN:
Academic Year: 1441/1442 H
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Instructor’s Name: Dr xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Students’ Grade: Marks Obtained/ 05 Level of Marks: High/Middle/Low
Instructions – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY

 The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via
allocated folder.
 Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
 Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented, marks may be
reduced for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover
page.
 Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
 Late submission will NOT be accepted.
 Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or
other resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
 All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font.
No pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
 Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.
Course Learning Outcomes-Covered
1 Develop the problem-solving skills for teamwork especially if the problem relates to the task
(Lo 3.2).
Assignment 3
Reference Source:
Textbook:-
Colquitt, J. A., LePine, J. A., & Wesson, M. J. (2019). Organizational behaviour: Improving

performance and commitment in the workplace (6th ed). Burr Ridge, IL: McGraw-Hill Irwin.
Case Study: -
Case: General Motors
Please read the case “General Motors” from Chapter 14 “Leadership: Styles and Behaviors”
Page: - 469 given in your textbook – Organizational behaviour: Improving performance and
commitment in the workplace (6th ed). by Colquitt, J. A., LePine, J. A., & Wesson, M. J. (2019) and
Answer the following Questions:
Assignment Question(s):
1. Do you think GM can outduel the technology companies for safe autonomous driving
vehicles? (1.25 Marks ) (Min words 150-200)
2. Would you consider Mary Barra to be the prototypical transformational leader? In what
ways does she fit or not fit that model? (1.25 Marks ) (Min words 200-250)
3. Given GM’s history, why does Barra put a premium on her executives’ leadership
behaviours? (1.25 Marks ) (Min words 200)
Important Note:- Support your submission with course material concepts, principles, and theories
from the textbook and at least two scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles.
Part:-2
Discussion Question: Please read Chapter 14 “Leadership: Styles and Behaviors” carefully
and then give your answers on the basis of your understanding.
4. Before reading this chapter, which statement did you feel was more accurate: “Leaders are born”
or “Leaders are made”? How do you feel now, and why do you feel that way? (1.25 Marks ) (Min
words 200-300)
Important Note:- Support your submission with course material concepts, principles, and theories
from the textbook and at least two scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles.
Due date for the submission of Assignment:- 3

 Assignment-3 should posted in the Black Board by end of Week-11.
 The due date for the submission of Assignment-3 is end of Week-13.
Answer:
Part:-1
1) While the two articles in the section covering GM and Mary Barra offer little in the method of
figures and quantifiable advancement against their innovation-based rivals, it gives some
understanding into the developing organization culture and administration at GM. Organizations
like Tesla and Google have just had independent driving vehicles for quite a long time, yet it
would appear that GM is crossing limits and collaborating with tech organization Lyft to dispatch
their item. In particular, apparently, Barra is establishing and cultivating the sort of climate that
bolsters the kind of development and out-of-the-crate believing that it would take to outduel tech
organizations to contend in this particular market.
2) The book characterizes a transformational leadership as somebody who moves devotees to

focus on a common vision the gives importance to their work while additionally filling in as a good
example who assists adherents with building up their own latent capacity and view issues from
new viewpoints. Barra takes on numerous characteristics of a groundbreaking chief. She
cultivates persuasive inspiration by making a common vision for GM's future through "GM2020".
She moves toward individualized thought through the authority course she by and by leads, and
through the advancement of responsibility. Addressing a room of recently delegated chiefs
saying " Remember your entire vocation, how you've been discussing them? If they would just
get it? If they would just work this out? All things considered, presently you are they. If you don't
care for something, you need to converse with yourself. “. At long last handling scholarly
incitement by having her workers challenge each other when things don't bode well saying, If
someone (at GM) says you can't have something, you can't accomplish something, or it will take
this much time, and it doesn't sound good to you, challenge them. I need you to take the energy
and speed and what you look like at getting things done and drive it into the Centre of GM.
3) One of the arguments for Barra's success is her controlled inner self - something contrary to her
archetypes. I think it was significant for her to free GM of the poisonous expansive culture and
attitude that tormented it for quite a long time paving the way to its administration bailout. She
has faith in a top-down approach. The authority gatherings she has with heads don't zero in on
GM's methodology but instead, the relational abilities she accepts is important to cultivate
change. HR Chief John Quattrone said "Mary accepts that if we change the practices of (top
directors), individuals who work for us will see that and imitate them.
Part:-2
4) Basically, leaders are one who is liable for establishing an unmistakable vision, offering that
vision to others so they will follow readily, giving the information, information and methods to
realize that vision, and coordinating and adjusting the conflicting interests, all things considered,
and stakeholders. It is a set of innate traits, refined and perfected over the long haul with
education, training and experience.
Leaders are born and they are made also. People can become leaders through the process of
teaching, learning and observation. Leadership is a set of skills that can be learned by training,
perception, practice and experience over time. Born leader (genetically enhanced) will excel
naturally in the leadership areas but others would be like a fish out of water and may struggle to
get to the same point.
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Instructions – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY

Colquitt, J. A., LePine, J. A., & Wesson, M. J. (2019). Organizational behaviour: Improving

Due date for the submission of Assignment:- 3

2) The book characterizes a transformational leadership as somebody who moves devotees to

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