Review the following scenario below: Kate has been employed by a well-known manufacturing company for 12 years. She is the only female on her line and the fastest worker. She has been promoted several times through mergers and acquisitions, but has always been looked over for a senior management position. Kate believes she is qualified for advancement but thinks her manager has a problem with her personally. To top it off, Kate did not receive a semiannual or annual review, which would have resulted in a raise. Her coworkers (all males) have urged her to go to management and report what she believes to be discriminatory behavior from her immediate manager. Now, complete the following tasks: 1. Create your own scenario in which someone you know was discriminated. Compare and contrast your story with Kate’s. 2. Compare the possible ethical breaches of Kate’s manager against the behavior involving your scenario. Utilize scholarly research on leadership theory as justification. 3. Compare the possible legal breaches of Kate’s manager against the behavior involving your scenario. Utilize scholarly research on leadership theory as justification. 4. Recommend an approach Kate could have used to manage the negative risk both personally and professionally. 5. Evaluate the advice Kate received from her coworkers. 6. As it pertains to conflict resolution strategies, what would be the best in resolving Kate’s conflict? Justify your position. Based on the scenario presented, rate it on a scale from 1–5, where 1 represents low performing and 5 represents high performing for the topics below: Preventing the conflict Suppressing the conflict Avoiding the conflict Using false emotions for distracting the conflict Eliminating the conflict Accepting the conflict Recognizing the value of the conflict Encouraging interpersonal criticism Managing the conflict 1. Select one conflict resolution approach in which it is ranked the lowest and develop an individual improvement plan for that approach. 2. Explain how the mediation process could strengthen the conflict resolution and management skills. 3. Discuss how the arbitration process could strengthen the conflict resolution and management skills. Implement some portion of your plan. Provide a detailed summary of the changes that occurred in the development as it relates to the ability to handle conflict.

Introduction

In the field of management, there are several factors that need to be put into consideration when one is a manager. And without these ethics, one is merely qualified to hold this position of leadership be it in organization premises, industries or fields. These include respect to the junior employees, practicing justice without discrimination, possess a sense of humane, honest, one who makes good decisions among many others. Leadership involves leading without fear or favor and without any kind of biased behavior. And thus, a leader cannot base employee’s treatment on personality, ethnicity, nationality, gender or any other factor that makes them different from the others (Turner, 2014). Therefore, at most professionalism needs to be put into account when conducting the duties of a leader and by leading as an example through team building, diligence and being initiative.

Brad’s Scenario

Brad is a middle-aged young man who has established his teaching career in an elementary school. He has been working under the school management for over five years among female teachers and another male teacher. He started as an intern but over the years he has been promoted to various ranks and thus landing a permanent job in the school among other seniors teachers. Brad has a melancholic type of personality but despite that, he has developed a substantial amount of rapport among the children. However, the principal happens not to be impressed with his composure and personality as he thinks it is not fit for his career, and as a result, his annual reviews of progress and improvement have not yet been taken into consideration.