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Effective global leaders must be able to recognize current and future trends in their industry and determine the best ways to address those trends. Select three of the following trends in global business, and then choose the leadership theory or model you believe would allow you, as a global leader, to effectively address each trend. You should choose a different theory or model for each trend.

Global Business Trends:

-Geopolitical realignment.
-Continued global violent extremism.
-U.S. economic resurgence.
-Post-BRICS emerging markets.
-New resource slump cycle.
-Accelerating global climate change.
-Depopulation waves.
-IT revolution 2.0.
-Rise of the machines.
-Evolving artificial intelligence.
-Cyber insecurity.
-Changing nature of power.
-Automated deep learning.
-Big data analytics.

Leadership Theories or Models:

-Situational Leadership.
-Path-Goal Theory.
-Leader-Member Exchange Theory.
-Transformational and Transactional Leadership.
-Authentic Leadership.
-Servant Leadership.
-Adaptive Leadership.
-Transcendent Leadership.
-Spiritual Leadership.
-Integrated Leadership.

For each of the trends you select, complete the following:

- Explain the trend and why it is relevant to global business leaders.
- Identify the leadership theory or model you would use to address the trend.
- Analyze the application of the theory to the trend.
- Explain why the theory or model you selected is the appropriate one to address the trend.
- Provide an example of how you would use the theory or model to effectively address the trend.
- Explain the advantages and limitations of using the theory or model to address the trend.

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Trend One:
Geopolitical realignment: The trend is that since Trump has become the President, his support for NATO will be low. He has warm feelings towards Putin and Russia and a wish to work closer with Russia. The Geopolitical realignment is that there would be US-Russia and Europe-China. The EU members will increase military spending but UK, since it has decided to leave the EU will follow the US into the Russian camp (a). This realignment is relevant to business leaders because there will be new opportunities for US businesss in Russia and UK. At the same time opportunities for US businesses in the EU may become relatively lower.

The leadership theory that I would like to use to address this trend is the Situational Leadership theory by Hersey-Blanchard. According to this theory no single leadership style is best. The most effective leaders are those that are able to adopt their style to the situation and look at ones such as the type of task.

The application of this theory to the Geopolitical realignment is that the business leaders must be able to adopt their style to the emerging Geopolitical realignment. If the US company has to do business in Russia the leader must modify his leadership style to suit Russian business environment.

Situational leadership theory is appropriate to address Geopolitical realignment, because with the realignment, businesses will have to operated in different environments, deal with people of different cultures, and successfully market their products/services in countries with different laws. The leadership style has to be adopted to suit the new business environment.

One example is that the global marketing strategy of a ...

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