Gene Technology

Paper Summary:

The paper discusses how GeneOne, a small biotech company that has invented a gene technology that offers farmers a healthy alternative to pesticides in tomatoes and potatoes. The paper discusses that before that can happen the company needs to figure out where they stand on many internal issues, like organizational, power and political structures, and leadership. The paper notes that these issues need to be addressed and developed before the company can move forward and that the company requires a strategy for implementing the changes and ensuring that progress is being made.

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Introduction
Leadership Concepts Paper
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"This style is effective in that in includes everyone and makes them feel a sense of personal involvement and responsibility. However, it is easy for the group to lose direction without one person steering the ship. Therefore, this style would not be appropriate for GeneOne right now. Participative Leadership is close to Democratic Leadership in that it is very inclusive in the decision making process. Too much input can sometimes delay decisions and cause organizational rifts when people do not get their proposition approved. This would not be a fit for the same reasons the Democratic Leadership would not be a fit. In the long term structure of GeneOne perhaps Don will grow to become a situational leader, displaying qualities that are appropriate for different situations. Until then, the current issues with the IPO would call for a transformational leader."

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