In evaluating TITAN we used several alternative models to show the pattern of the IV s along an environmental gradient. Another natural pattern discussed by Cuffney and Qian [2013] is the Gaussian response model, where the response curve is similar to a bell-shaped curve. This response pattern is often used to represent the “subsidy-stress” response of a taxon. The initial increase in a pollutant (e.g., nutrient) provides subsidy to the growth of the organism, but the organism is stressed after the pollutant exceeds a threshold. The response pattern can be expressed as a parabola function of the gradient in log-abundance scale:

where y is the taxon abundance and x is the environmental gradient. A logical threshold is the peak of the quadratic curve. Draw the response curve of IV similar to the curves in Figure 11.3 and discuss whether TITAN is appropriate for this type of threshold response.

Figure 11.3

You are a leadership consultant and have been hired by an organization to help increase trust in the workplace. In order to do this, you need to coach the leadership on how to elicit trust from their followers. In 500-750 words, address the following question:

1. The antecedents of trust (ability, benevolence, and integrity) proposed in the assigned article, “An Integrative Model of Organizational Trust: Past, Present, and Future,” are defined rather simply. Using additional research on trust and leader behavior, identify how you could coach a person to engage in behaviors that might elicit higher levels of those antecedents in followers. Make sure to include what needs to be coached and how you would go about it, as the focal point of this section.
2. Describe how the strategies might change depending on what setting the leader might be in (a for profit business staffed by employees versus a non-profit staffed primarily by volunteers for instance). Reminder this is about the leader and how you, as the consultant, would coach a leader differently in a different setting.