Leadership within a particular tourism context

Objectives

 * Identify leadership styles for specified tourism contexts

Activity
Imagine you are taking a group of people on a visit to Auckland Zoo. You will possibly get some varied groups such as:


 * 1) Primary school students
 * 2) Secondary school students
 * 3) Mixture of English and non English speaking people
 * 4) People with a good record of discipline who will do what they are told
 * 5) Or people likely to throw something or climb into the tiger’s cage
 * 6) Six people
 * 7) Students studying biology or tourists visiting the region
 * 8) People who love animals
 * 9) People who are scared of them

Choose a leadership style for each of the options above:


 * In a short paragraph demonstrate that you understand which style of leadership matches each group (above) and explain why you chose that particular leadership style


 * Here are a range of interpersonal skills: flexibility, empathy, respect, communication, physical and emotional stress - which skills are required for each group.

Supporting Material
Leadership styles