FEEDBACK TUTORIAL LETTER 
                                    
                                    
                          1st  SEMESTER 2018 
                                    
                                    
                            ASSIGNMENT 1  
                                    
             SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE LEADERSHIP 
                               BEL711S 
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
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        Feedback Tutorial Letter 
        Assignment 1,  
        BEL7112S 
        S1, 2018 
        Dear Student, 
        With feedback on your assignment I will mention the following points:  
        What can be observed from the start is that some of you did not acknowledge sources 
        although that you used it, actually most of you did not acknowledge any source and 
        some of you only did at the end of the assignment questions. In general I think most of 
        you did a lot of input in completing these assignments, and that makes me realise that 
        you really take your studies seriously.  
        You will also find with your assignments the marking schemes that were used to mark 
        the assignments. These mark schemes also gave you an overview of what has been 
        looked at in the assignments you needed to elaborate on these meaning you had to 
        discuss these. 
        Although I think you get this lecture over and over I still think as a student should by 
        now be conscious about spelling. You are making unnecessary spelling mistakes. It can 
        even be rectified by using the spell checker if you typed your assignment. If you also 
        read more you will be more conscious about spelling mistakes. The same goes for the 
        use of grammar which include paragraphs. It makes it very difficult if your sentences are 
        too long because this result in your arguments becoming off the point. You also wrote 
        long paragraphs not indicating where one argument stopped and where the other one 
        started.  
        We will look at the mark schemes and what the most appropriate answers should have 
        been. 
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
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             Assignment 1 
             Please read the article in your reader on page 239 titled “Transformational leadership 
             and team performance” by Dionne et al (20014) and answer the following question: 
                 1.  Discuss the three team processes with proven conceptual and empirical links to 
                    team performance and leadership.                                 
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                 Cohesion 
                      Tend to have less absenteeism 
                      Have high involvement in team activities 
                      Have high levels of member coordination during team tasks 
                      Have higher levels of satisfaction, productivity and member interactions  
                      Are better motivated 
                 Communication 
                       Increased listening 
                       Openness to suggestions 
                       Prompt, relevant feedback 
                       Generally open communication 
                 Conflict management 
                       Might be harmful if tension impedes thinking clearly 
                       Beneficial if alternative points of view are listed 
                       Benefits realised if conflict is managed correctly 
              
             Please read the articles by Oshagbemi & Gill (2003) p. 179 and Schyns and Sanders 
             (2005) p. 256 and answer the following question: 
                 2.  Discuss the difference in leadership between men and women.     
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                      A  significant  relationship  was  found  between  self-rated  transformational 
                       leadership and occupational self-efficacy for men, but not for women. 
                      Men tend to delegate more than women. In leadership behaviour, men and 
                       women leaders differ significantly only in inspirational motivation 
                      Men and women leaders are rated the same by followers with regard to the 
                       interaction between leaders’ occupational self-efficacy and transformational 
                       leadership 
                      There are no statistical differences between the consultative and participative 
                       leadership styles of men and women. 
                      One  should  consider  men  for  leadership  roles  that  require  an  autocratic 
                       leadership style and women for roles that require a participative leadership 
                       style. 
             Please  read  the  article  by  Rucinski  et  al  (2006)  p.  217  and  answer  the  following 
             question: 
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                   3.  Describe the forms of ethics that Rucinski discuss in the article.      
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                         In western society the rights of the individual are very highly regarded. 
                         In socialistic societies and in African context the community are often more 
                          important. 
                         Ethic of critique is awakening us to the inequities found in society, it raises 
                          questions about laws 
                         Ethic of critique questions bureaucratic power structures and how individuals 
                          are treated. 
                         The theme of critique forces leaders to confront the moral issues of the day 
                         The ethic of care has its goal the well-being of other persons. 
                         Caring has to do with relationships and takes place in a community. 
                         The ethic of care is related to the ethic of justice 
                         Ethic of care is altruistic 
               Overall I am satisfied with the marks obtained and hope this will be the same for the 
               next assignment. 
                
               Regards, 
                
               Ferrand van Wyk 
                                                               
                                                               
                                                               
                                                               
                                                               
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