MHA510/Module 2 Discussion-Organizational Behavior: Leadership Style
A small group of nurses, employed at a large community hospital, were unhappy about their work environment and would meet daily during lunch to discuss the situation. There had been a recent change in the hospital’s senior management, which caused a high level of uncertainty and anxiety among the nursing staff. The nurses felt overworked as a result of the industry’s current nursing shortage. Their wages and benefits had been stagnant, with no salary market adjustments for the past two years. The nurses saw the situation as management requiring them to do more work with fewer resources, with no appreciation or recognition of their efforts. Whenever the nurses approached management with their concerns, they perceived them as falling on deaf ears since no changes were made.
Feeling like they had no other choice, the nurses contacted a labor union. The labor union began an organizing effort in the hospital shortly thereafter, holding an aggressive campaign over a six-week period. There was tremendous peer pressure, as some of the well-respected nursing staff became active leaders for unionization, although they were not part of the initial group of nurses who had contacted the union. The election was held, and the union was voted in by two-thirds of the nursing staff. In the weeks that followed, the original group of nurses remarked that they were surprised by the union’s victory; they had only wanted to scare management into making changes to their work environment.
Using Blake and Mouton’s Leadership Grid, explain and discuss the leadership style displayed by management to the nursing staff. Support your analysis with scholarly sources.
Note: Blake and Mouton’s Leadership Grid can be found in Chapter 9 – Trait and Behavioral Theories of Leadership of Organizational Behavior in Health Care in the Trident Online Library.
While Badpenny sits in jail awaiting the disposition of her case, many of the jailers treat her with indifference. When Badpenny requests to use the phone, take a shower, or get commissary, the jailers disregard her request. Badpenny noticed that the jailers did not treat the other prisoners as poorly; she has worked with most of these jailers and cannot believe the jailers would mistreat her. 
Everyday Scandell tries to get Badpenny to discuss her case, but Badpenny remains guarded; she will not discuss her criminal case with anyone but her attorney, Liddy Gate. One day, after getting back from the law library, Scandell’s cot was empty, Badpenny asked the jailer where she went, the jailer told Badpenny not to worry about the other inmates. Later that day, a jailer came to inform Badpenny that her attorney wants to talk with her, the jailer escorted Badpenny to the visitation room.
Liddy Gate told Badpenny to sit down she had some troubling news about her case. Once Badpenny sat down, Liddy informed Badpenny that Heather Scandell, her cellmate has become a jailhouse informant for the prosecution against her. Liddy said, “Scandell is going to get a reduced sentence in exchange for testifying against you. Scandell spoke with the prosecuting attorney and explained how you got the confidential information from county and city where you where worked, and then gave it to Dreadford in exchange for methamphetamines.”
Liddy told Badpenny, “I will do what I can to minimize the damage Scandell may cause. I will see if we can get a plea deal instead of going to trial.”
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