Leadership and Wicked Problems in Business Management

Running head: LEADERSHIP
Leadership
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Description of identified ‘social or business issue’ problem...........................................................3
Discussion of wicked problem characteristics as applying to ‘social or business issue problem. . .4
Discussion and justification that ‘social or business issue problem is a wicked problem...............4
Discussion of application of competing values framework to wicked problem..............................5
Discussion of implication and interplay of identified competing values in the wicked problem....6
Discuss potential leadership implications........................................................................................6
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................7
References........................................................................................................................................8

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Executive Summary
The following paper discusses around the wicked problem in the business management context.
The wicked problem that has been addressed in this paper is that of the lack of employee
motivation. The employees are not properly motivated and this has been the main reason for the
losses of the organizations. The justification for choosing this issue as the wicked problem has
been given in this paper. The roles of the leaders have been described by the implementation of
the competing values framework. The responsibility of the organizational leaders in mitigating
this challenge has been highlighted as well.