Assignment:
Effective management is crucial for any leader/manager.
Identify the leadership factors most important to group morale and discuss the links between morale and performance. How might this affect political appointees who may not know the organizational processes and/or culture of their agency? Include at least one source which can be your textbook.
In your follow up posts, respond to two other students and, based on their description of how these factors affect political appointees, discuss if there should be standards or guidelines for making political appointments.