Benchmarking Study: Intersect Investment

Running head: BENCHMARKING STUDY: INTERSECT INVESTMENT

Benchmarking Study: Intersect Investment

Benchmarking Study: Gene One

Introduction (Something short about Intersect and the Benchmarking process. Segue into your analysis of each Criterion.)

Cheryl will finish up……………

Intersect Investment, an investment company has Intersect needs to …………………..within the next 12 months in order to realize it’s growth and become ……………….. Frank Jeffers, …………has now the opportunity to engage his leadership team to develop a strategy that will lead to growth and …………….. One of the ways for Intersect to do this is by benchmarking companies that have faced similar issues and succeeded in realizing their goals. Below is a synthesis of how Intersect can adapt and benefit from other companies in relation to leadership styles, change management, organizational structure and organizational strategy.

Select change models for short-term , small-scale, and long-term, large-scale changes. (Erik)

a. The changing shape of organizations

b. The Contingency approach to organization design

c. Three important contingency variables: technology, size and strategic choice.

Analyze the implications of different leadership styles on the change management process. (Shahnaz)

a. Additional perspectives on leadership

b. Substitutes for leadership

c. From Transactional to Charismatic leadership

d. Fiedler’s contingency model

Select leadership styles for a given situation. (Shahnaz)

a. Behavioral styles theory

a. Ohio State studies……etc

b. Trait and behavioral theories of leadership

a. Trait theory…..etc

c. Situational theories

a. Fiedler’s....situational control, path-goal, reformulated theory

Evaluate the influence of leadership on management practices. (Cheryl)

a. Servant leadership

b. From transactional to charismatic leadership

c. Situational leadership theory

Analyze the factors that contribute to a long-term commitment to change. (Melissa)

a. Organizational effectiveness (and the threat of decline)

Appraise future leadership challenges. (Melissa)

a. Additional perspectives on leadership

b. Substitutes for Leadership

Conclusion

Erik

References

Be sure to alphabetize your references against the last person who added theirs This is only the box with instructions like the templates we get……….paste references Above the table………………….add any notes that are relevant for the next person to read..Please note which reference is yours so the citation can be matched to the reference. Some of us may be referencing the same book and chapter so we want to make sure we are not being redundant.Eriks References Melissa ReferencesShahnaz ReferencesCheryl References

Jane’s very explicit instructions are as follows. I see no reason why we shouldn’t use her exact words, just replace the criterion etc. where needed and delete the unneeded stuff.

Melissa’s synopsis

Under the criterion/theme, “Evaluate the influence of leadership on management practices,” I have chosen the topic of “Charismatic leadership.” (Remember these come directly from the Mind Map.

A. Here is the issue I identified in the scenario and how it also applied to my benchmarked company. (Give the