Karen Leary
This is an individual assignment to be completed before class. Must be submitted into the text box below. The purpose of this assignment is to help you prepare for the activity that will take place in class by asking you to think critically about the Karen Leary Case.
Reread the Open Systems resource (found in the resources tab) to help construct your answer.
Responses should be 1-2 pages long and should answer the following questions:
1) Provide a complete list of 7-8 norms of the emergent role system that developed in Karen Leary's branch of Merrill Lynch. Provide a short explanation for each norm: what it is and why it has emerged.
2) Discuss 4-5 major problems that Karen Leary is experiencing.
3) In your response, apply the following terms as well as any other course terms you feel could apply: role confusion, encoding, decoding, leadership style, feedback.
4) In two separate paragraphs, explain Karen Leary and Ted Chung's goals from each of their perspectives as they approach their lunch and subsequent meetings.
Through out reading Karen Leary's journey through Merrill Lynch I noticed various examples of emergent role systems. An emergent role systems are basically the activities that develop as individuals strive to follow the "script" but also satisfy their own needs. The first one that stuck out to me was when Karen was just starting at Merrill Lynch and realized that all the women here were average. Meaning they did basic work and were not going anywhere further in their careers she knew she needed to grow. Next after Karen furthered her career she decided she didn't want to sift in an office all day like other managers she wanted her own leadership style and would walk around the cubicles talking to clients and coaching, she decided she wanted to be an effective manager giving her workers immediate feedback instead of calling one by one into her office to observe them. She motivates the FC's and is very interested in helping them get started.
Reread the Open Systems resource (found in the resources tab) to help construct your answer.
Responses should be 1-2 pages long and should answer the following questions:
1) Provide a complete list of 7-8 norms of the emergent role system that developed in Karen Leary's branch of Merrill Lynch. Provide a short explanation for each norm: what it is and why it has emerged.
2) Discuss 4-5 major problems that Karen Leary is experiencing.
3) In your response, apply the following terms as well as any other course terms you feel could apply: role confusion, encoding, decoding, leadership style, feedback.
4) In two separate paragraphs, explain Karen Leary and Ted Chung's goals from each of their perspectives as they approach their lunch and subsequent meetings.
Through out reading Karen Leary's journey through Merrill Lynch I noticed various examples of emergent role systems. An emergent role systems are basically the activities that develop as individuals strive to follow the "script" but also satisfy their own needs. The first one that stuck out to me was when Karen was just starting at Merrill Lynch and realized that all the women here were average. Meaning they did basic work and were not going anywhere further in their careers she knew she needed to grow. Next after Karen furthered her career she decided she didn't want to sift in an office all day like other managers she wanted her own leadership style and would walk around the cubicles talking to clients and coaching, she decided she wanted to be an effective manager giving her workers immediate feedback instead of calling one by one into her office to observe them. She motivates the FC's and is very interested in helping them get started.