Managing Performance/Dev Teams

Answer each of the questions below.  The responses should be complete (1 word or one sentence responses are not acceptable) and thoroughly address the questions.  A minimum of two pages of content (excluding title page and reference list) should be used to address the questions.  In addition to the text, a minimum of three peer reviewed, academic sources should be used to support your answers.

1. Many business leaders today give up having a private office, and instead work at a desk or cubicle in the middle of the work area to be among other employees. What effect do you think this work area placement has on their power?

2. A regular occurrence in business firms, and some government agencies, is for somebody to be fired because of a Facebook or Twitter post criticizing the employer or a specific manager. Why do you think so many people commit this career-threatening (and often career-ending) error?

3.  For over 100 years, IBM has been a leading technology company, yet in in the last few decades it has lost some of its dominance as a technology leader. What cultural change can you suggest to help company leadership at IBM restore some of the company’s past glory?

4.  Why is developing a reputation as an SME important for a leader if leadership deals so heavily with interpersonal skills?