Over the past decade, professional Basketball has devolved into an increasingly dysfunctional, sharply divided game of big-time haves and small-time have-nots. A few big market teams like the Melbourne Bulls and the Sydney Tigers leverage fat television contracts to acquire top talent at top salaries. Clubs in smaller cities with meager budgets make do with what is left. This trend has not proven true for the Hobart Devils who have amassed the second-best win-loss record in the Australian league and more impressively have made money or broken even in five of the last six years. The reason for the team’s success in the midst of so many others that fail is credited to its general manager Linda Kemp. Linda Kemp is a woman who knows how to do more with less. Linda relentlessly exploits market mismatches by mining data her rivals ignore and by scooping up assets that others have undervalued. Kemp realizes that every player must be evaluated according to his long-term economic impact on the team. People who work with Kemp describe her as ‘monomaniacal, ardent and controlling’.

a) Does the description of Linda Kemp’s leadership refer to trait theory? Explain your answer. (answer in approximately 50 words – 2 marks).

b)Are leadership and management the same? Explain your answer by providing an example of leadership and an example of management

c) Mr Jobs has organised his smart phone manufacturing factory by having some employees specialise on inserting microchips, others on soldering the camera and the rest in assembling the phone. What kind of management approach is he using? Explain your answer. (answer in approximately 50 words 

d) Give examples of how Mr Jobs can apply at least 3 elements of bureaucratic management into his operations

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a The description of Linda Kemps leadership does not refer to trait theory Trait theory is a theory ... View the full answer