Formative Assessment 2 Answer ALL the questions in this section. Scenario: You have just been employed as a manager in a company that has been struggling to remain productive. Profits have been declining and the team of employees do not feel motivated. In your new position as the Manager, you have 3 support managers who have not been working as a team that will be reporting to you. Your primary task is to set the company on a new course of efficiency and to help other employees to work at optimal levels.

Given the scenario above, analyse the strategies that can be deployed to assist in winning over the team of new employees and help them to accept you as a manager. Evaluate the leadership characteristics that would be required to stimulate overall productivity and efficiency in your new company. Considering that you will be making some changes on how the company operates, discuss potential issues that teams contend with during periods of organisational change and restructuring. Identify and critically examine the leadership style that would be most suitable under this circumstance.