Strategic Management

You are writing your responses to the questions below in memo style (i.e., essay-style with
full sentences and appropriate paragraphs). You do not number your answers in the memo to
match the questions, but you should make it clear which question you are addressing in the first
sentence of the paragraphs. Start a new paragraph when you change to a new thought/question.

Your text describes the “romantic view of leadership” and the “external control view of
leadership.” For this assignment, assume the first view.
Strategic leadership has been defined as “the ability to anticipate, envision, maintain flexibility,
think strategically, and work with others in the organization to initiate changes that will create a
viable and valuable future for the organization” (Coulter, 2009: 13). Six key dimensions of
effective strategic leadership are : 1) determining the organization’s purpose or vision; 2)
exploiting and maintaining core competencies; 3) developing human capital; 4) creating and
sustaining strong organizational culture; 5) emphasizing ethical decisions and practices; and 6)
establishing appropriately balanced controls.
Find an article or articles from any source (does NOT have to be the Wall Street Journal for this
assignment). Evaluate Lynn J. Good, CEO of Duke Energy against 1) this definition and 2) at
least three of the six key dimensions (in other words, you will be evaluating her relative to at
least four things). On the basis of this comparison, do you think that Good is an effective
strategic leader? Why? Support whatever you say with specific examples from your research.
For this memo, provide your source(s) on the second page of the Word document since you are
free to utilize any sources you wish. The body of your memo should still be one page in length.