This case study focuses on Captain Ahab's leadership style, an autocratic approach based upon custom or tradition. It enables students to understand how leaders can gain power through the position which they occupy. Ahab demonstrates clearly the tendency of autocrats to communicate downward, a style of communication that is inflexible and ignores critical feedback. The case study also looks at organizational suboptimization, a situation in which an individual or a group within an organization pursues a goal or objective that is contrary to the primary objective of the organization. The above prices are the Institute's academic prices for degree-granting colleges and universities.
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