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In this paper assignment you are asked to answer 6 questions (see below). Scenario 1: You recently started as a manager of the 30th district’s social work administration. While you respect established work routines and the dynamics of the work place you have the sense that people could run faster. For instance, you have noticed that meetings are called on a regular basis although there seems to be no pressing agenda to discuss. Despite a lack of technical insights into the procedures necessary for processing individual cases, you feel that case workers should be able to process a higher number of cases than the current frequency. Q1. Describe the concept of the principal’s problem and explain how the problem manifests in the context of the social work administration. Q2. Based on the logic of transactional leadership provide one or more suggestions for how you could increase the number of cases processed? Q3. Discuss potential shortcomings to an incentive system in which you reward case workers on the basis of number of completed cases. Scenario 2: ActNow! is a non-profit promoting environmentally sustainable consumer behavior in retail. Taking over as the new head of the organization from Maddy Pierce you have had several exit interviews with Maddy to learn from her experiences. Maddy told you that when faced with challenging tasks such as crafting nation-wide campaigns she would draw on a select committee consisting of John, Tina and Lori. Why? Because she could count on them to go the extra mile and she would keep them in the loop about upcoming campaigns so that they would be ready to take on such special tasks. The campaign office consists of an additional two select committees that mainly work the nuts and bolts of the campaigns once they have been designed by John, Tina, and Lori. Q1. Explain the distinction between in and out groups in Leader-Member Exchange Theory. Q2. Based on the case description, were there in and out groups under Maddy’s leadership? If so, which are they? Q3. Taking over the role as leader of ActNow! would you take actions to change the relationship status between you and the work groups? If so, why?