Kurt Warner Case Study

1) Kurt Warner is definitely a competent manager. He has an extraordinary capacity to make the others around him succeed. Larry Fitzgerald makes a point of describing how Warner was able to adjust his style to each individual player in order to get the most out of him. Fitzgerald continues to describe how warner worked with him as an individual, being tough and forceful to draw out the best of his receiver. Warner also had the ability to build teams. Again Fitzgerald describes a time in which he was extremely interested in gaining the extra six yards required for him to reach 100 yards as an individual in that game. Warner responded by rebuking Fitzgerald, asking him if he was about winning the game or all about himself, to which Fitzgerald responded by

In the case of expert power, he was called in twice to build a new quarterback, once with the New York Giants, and once with the Arizona cardinals. Because of his expertise and experience having been to the super bowl, and having success, he was able to support and lead both of these new players. Examples of his referent power are most well defined by the case of his taking over as starting quarterback for the St. Louis Rams. Warner describes a time in which a receiver walked over to him sitting on the bench and pointed at his (the receivers) heart. To warner this moment signified his taking ownership of the team. He was now considered by his followers as their leader and they, by their relationship with him, trusted him to lead them. His legitimate power as a quarterback was unquestionable. He made the decisions on the field as to what gets done. There is described a moment in the super bowl in which warner walked into the huddle and declares his intention to pass to a specific player. This event epitomizes his level of legitimate power. He made the final decision on where the ball goes and what happened with the