UV Role of District Manager of a Large Scale Restaurant Chain Questions

Part 1 :Organizational Behavior

Read Chapter 11: Communication and Chapter 12: Leadership

Pick a topic from each chapter and write a brief summary on it. Also, provide a graduate-level response to each of the following questions:

1. You have recently been promoted to district manager of a large scale restaurant chain which specializes in affordable meals in a pleasant environment. In accordance with management objectives, you are responsible for increasing sales of appetizers by 20 percent by the next quarter for the 15 locations in your area. Keeping channel richness in mind, how will you make contact with the restaurant employees to facilitate the sales increase?
2. While it is popular today to ascribe all successes to the concept of leadership, much of an organization’s success or failure is due to factors outside the influence of leadership. Based on what you have studied, what do you see as the true value of leadership?

Part 1 should be 450+ words.

Part 2: Initiating the Project

Read Chapter 13: Project Supply Chain Management.

Pick a topic and write a brief summary on it. Also, provide a graduate-level response to each of the following questions:

1. Which of the three competitive advantages do you think companies are most willing to outsource for? List any examples you can think of.
2. Your company is hoping to outsource some of its work constructing a new development of condominiums. What would you use as selection criteria to narrow down your list of potential sellers?

Part 2 should be 450+ words.

Both the parts should be in APA format and also attaching the required textbooks for these two topics.