Where do you fall on the different strategic management spectrum?

Order Instructions
Complete the strategic management self-assessment found on p.436 of your text and turn in your answer to the following questions. A detailed description of each type of their traits is attached to the weekly module.

Where do you fall on the different strategic management spectrum?
What does this tell you about your ability to influence change in your organization? What are your strengths and weaknesses according to this assessment and the weekly course material?
How can this assessment help you to enact and define your organizational environment? How might you be hindered in your ability to enact and define your environment based on your strategic management style?
What steps in the strategic management process will be the easiest for you to complete? The most difficult?
If you perceived that your organization had too many rules, regulations, and red tape what information would you need to improve organizational processes? How would you sell this to upper management? rove organizational processes? How would you sell this to upper management?
THIS IS PAGE 436
“IDENTIFYING YOUR STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT TYPE
This exercise helps you identify your strategic leadership style. You can also use the scale to rate your organizational leaders. For each of the items listed, please rate yourself using the following scale.
0 = Never
1 = Sometimes
2 = Often
3 = Always
_____  1. I enjoy working on routine tasks that I know how to do well.
_____  2. I am always looking for new ways of doing things.
_____  3. I have trouble delegating tasks to my subordinates.
_____  4. I like my subordinates to share the same values and beliefs as me.
_____  5. Change makes me uncomfortable.
_____  6. I encourage my subordinates to participate in decision making.
_____  7. It is difficult for me to get things done in situations with many contrasting opinions.
_____  8. I enjoy working on new tasks.
_____  9. I feel comfortable giving power away to my subordinates.
_____ 10. I consider myself to be a risk taker.
Scoring: Reverse scores for items 1, 5, 6, 7, and 9 (0 = 3, 1 = 2, 2 = 1, 3 = 0).
Challenge-seeking score: Add items 1, 2, 5, 8, and 10. Your score will be between 0 and 15. Transfer the score to challenge-seeking line (vertical line) on the following grid.
Total: _________.
Need-for-control score: Add items 3, 4, 6, 7, and 9. Your score will be between 0 and 15. Transfer the score to control line (horizontal line) on the following grid.
Total: _________.

Where do your two scores intersect? For example, if you have a score of 5 on control and 10 on challenge seeking, your scores indicate that you are a participative innovator.
Source: Nahavandi, A. (2011). The art and science of leadership (6th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson-Prentice Hall. Reprinted with permission.

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