Dr. Wood is the principal investigator on a $1 million, 3-year federally funded research grant to study health education programs for older populations called the Elder Care Project. The project is 1 year in and the team finds they are under budgeted with too few resources. During a team meeting, Dr. Wood expresses frustration with how much time the project is taking and that the rest of the team is not pulling their weight, demoralizing the other members.

1. LDR 300 Case Study
Adapted from Northouse, P.G. (2010). Leadership:
Theory and Practice, 5th ed. Thousand Oaks, CA:
Sage. pp.57-58.

2. • Principal investigator
on a 3-year, $1million
federally funded
research grant (Elder
Care Project)
• Highly respected in
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his field of study
information on Dr.
Wood
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3. • Team includes Dr. Wood and
11 colleagues
• Two co-investigators
(with PhDs)
• Four intervention staff
(with MAs)
• Five general staff members
(with BAs)
• All members are committed
to the project
• Believe in the goals
• Believe in importance of the
outcome
• Hard working and devoted
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4. • Studying health
education programs
for older populations
(Elder Care Project)
• 1 year into the project
the team finds they
are under budgeted
with too few
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about the funding and resources.
time allocation
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5. • Dr. Wood enters the
meeting. He throws his
notebook down on the
table.
• “I wish I’d never taken
this project on. It’s
taking way too much of
my time. The rest of
you aren’t pulling your
weight.” Click to hear Dr.
Taylor’s comments
• Team members feel
exasperated, frustrated
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and demoralized. Jackson’s comments
• Positive feedback is not
given to the team.
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6. Need to develop a pamphlet
for Elder Care Project
The Elder Care participants
Project
Providing quality health
education programs for
• Pamphlet costs are
seniors significantly more than
budgeted in the grant
• Dr. Wood is adept at
finding small pockets of
money to cover costs.
• Team is concerned he will
use this as another
example of how he did
most of the work on the
project
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