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Leadership and Task-Oriented Behavior

In the short video clip entitled Senior Seminar , four college students (Clare , Susan , Enrique and Mike ) are discussing s for their project , which is a five-minute campus community discussion video segment . Apparently , the designated was Mike Wagner , as he was appointed by their professor , Dr . Keller , to set up their group meeting . Everyone in the group expected him to be the leader , but Mike cleared that up that he was just assigned to gather up the group and report

back to their professor what they had agreed on . Since the group do not have enough time , they chose to present s , rather than to brainstorm on each one . Their professor that the they should come up with should not be too controversial ' or risquy . In the course of discussion it seemed that the emergent leader was Clare as she assumed the position of facilitating the discussion when Mike declined to take the position

When working as a team , leadership is essential to harness the group 's focus on the task assigned . On the first part of their discussion , Clare became so sensitive when Enrique suggested an immature for their project . Although Clare snapped out , she apologized for it and reasoned out that she had some difficulties this semester . It was also a signal to tell her group members to take their discussion seriously because they do not have enough time . In this case , Clare led the...