Question $8(1$ point$)$

Maria is the chief operating officer of the start$-$up Apps$4$U$.$ In which of the following scenarios does Maria exhibit strategic leadership?

Maria directs the company to produce an app for reptile enthusiasts, a community she happens to be a part of$.$ Even though the app ends up losing significant amounts of money, Maria is proud of the product and uses it every day.

Citing budget concerns, Maria ignores the directions from Apps$4$U$\text{'}$s CEO to double the size of the customer support staff. As a result, the company misses its third quarter customer satisfaction target but exceeds its net profit expectations by $5$ percent.

Maria schedules a meeting with the manager of the marketing department and overcomes his skepticism about a new campaign aimed at customers in the $55+$ age group. Over the next three months, Apps$4$U gains $250,000$ new users in that group.

With a major pitch to potential investors coming up$,$ Maria works alone for $10$ hours a day until she writes the perfect sales pitch. Even though the rest of her team doubts that they can meet the performance goals Maria has set, she makes