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Individual Case: Skullcandy (three pages)

Please answer these questions along with the usual business case analysis:

1. Was the headphone an attractive industry when Alden entered with Skullcandy?

1. Does Skullcandy have a sustainable competitive advantage in the market? If so, what is it and why is it sustainable?

1. How are Skullcandy’s products positioned? How is this positioning supported (or unsupported) by the company’s functional-level strategies?

1. What are some of the features of Skullcandy’s product development strategy? Do you have any recommendations for how it is managed?

Read Chapter 9: Authentic Leadership

Answer Chapter Questions (5 points total for questions 1-5)
1. How are the practical and theoretical approaches to studying authentic leadership similar and/or different?
2. Why is authentic leadership hard to define? Describe the three different definitions of authentic leadership. What does each definition contribute to our understanding of this concept?
3. How are the dimensions of AL related to the characteristics of AL in George’s model?
4. What are some of the effects of authentic leadership on followers?
5. How can authentic leadership be enacted on a virtual team?
Interactive Activity: Leadership Philosophy & Discussion
Read How to Develop a Leadership Philosophy? Article
https://www.thindifference.com/2014/02/develop-lea… (Links to an external site.)

Follow the prompts in the article and create a one-page max leadership philosophy for yourself.

Make it personal to you and how you plan to lead at this stage in your life. Think about the strength-finder assessment and your mission statement, any personal assessments, your values, personal beliefs, etc.

View my Teaching Philosophy statement on page 2 of the syllabus. It basically stated how I plan to “lead” (teach) in my classes. (You may also check out other leadership philosophies for inspiration only).
Sign you name at the bottom and date it.