Decision making
- Not a goal but a means to realize a goal or solve a problem
Company profit
Good customer relations
Employee satisfaction
Well being of environment
- Decisiveness & commitment
Task & relation
Leadership
- Who?
Based on what? - Why him/her?
Leader emergence; who is seen as being leader?
- Emotionally stable, extravert
- Visionary/strategical
Effectiveness; when is a leader effective?
- Attempted leadership
- Successfull leaership
- Effective leadership; Effective leader influences behavior of followers to
mutual satisfaction.
Universal or culturally bound?
- Meta-analysis on 73 samples
Government/army; emotional stability, extraversion, conscientiousness
Industry; emotional stability, extraversion, openness to experience
Students; emotional stability, extraversion, openness,
conscientiousness and agreeableness
- Concept of leadership;
Difference between leader and manager?
- Manager is a role
Ensures 'law and order'
Organizing, planning, problem solving (cognitive and business skills)
Dependent upon subordinates
- Leadership is emergent (not formalized)
Ensures vision and change (strategy)
Guiding, coaching, connecting ((relationship management)Strategic and
interpersonal skills)
Dependent upon followers
- Why desire to lead?
Affective-identity motive
- Need for power and control
Tendency to take charge in groups
Instrumental motive
- Personal advantages
Sociaal-normative motive
- Unselfish - calling or honorable
Vroom-Yetton model
- Choise between autocracy, consultation or group decision;
How much time is available?
Who has the relevant information?
How big is the chance of disagreements within the group about the
alternatives?
How important is the quality of the decision?
How important is the acceptance of the decision - would an autocratic
decision be accepted?