Chapter 15
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Leadership
There is probably no topic more important to business success today than leadership
Leadership
Topics Chapter 15
Nature of Leadership
The ability to influence people toward the attainment of organizational goals. Leadership is reciprocal, occurring among people. Leadership is a people activity, distinct from administrative paper shuffling or problem-solving activities.
Manager Qualities
MIND Rational Consulting Persistent Problem solving Tough-minded Analytical Structured Deliberate Authoritative Stabilizing Position power
Source: Genevieve Capowski, Anatomy of a Leader: Where Are the Leaders of Tomorrow? Management Review, March 1994, 12
Leadership Traits
Traits = personal characteristics
Traits - early efforts to understand leadership success focused on leaders personal characteristics Great man approach - early research focused on leaders who had achieved a level of greatness
Find out what made them great Find people with same traits
Work-related Characteristics Achievement drive Drive to excel Conscientiousness in pursuit of goals Persistence against obstacles, tenacity
Source: Adapted from Bernard M. Bass, Stogdills Handbook of Leadership, rev. Ed. (New York: Free Press, 1981), 75-76. This adaptation appeared in R. Albanese and D. D. Van Fleet, Organizational Behavior: A managerial Viewpoint (Hinsdale, III.: The Dryden Press, 1983).
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Two-dimensional leadership theory that measures the leaders concern for people and for production Builds on the work of Ohio State and Michigan studies
Experiential Exercise: T-P Leadership Questionnaire
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Leadership Grid
Concern for People
1,9 Country Club Management Thoughtful attention to the needs of people for satisfying relationships leads to a comfortable, friendly organization atmosphere and work tempo.
9,9 Team Management Work accomplishment is from committed people; interdependence through a common stake in organization purpose leads to relationships of trust and respect.
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Impoverished Management Exertion of minimum effort to get required work done is appropriate to sustain organization membership. 1,1
5,5 5,5 Middle-of-the-Road Management Adequate organization performance is possible through balancing the necessity Authority-Compliance to get out work with Efficiency in operations results maintaining morale of arranging conditions of from people at a satisfactory in such a way that human work level. elements interfere to a minimum degree. 9,1
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Source: The Leadership Grid Figure from Robert R. Blake and Anne Adams McCanse, Leadership Dilemmas-Grid Solutions (Houston: Gulf, 1991), 29. Copyright 1991, by Scientific Methods, Inc. Reproduced by permission of the owners. 12
Contingency Approaches
Relationship between leadership style and situation
Fiedlers Contingency Theory Hersey and Blanchard Situational Theory Evans and House Path Goal Theory
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Source: Fred E. Fiedler, The Effects of Leadership Training and Experience: A Contingency Model Interpretation, Administrative Science Quarterly 17 (1972), 455. Reprinted by permission of Administrative Science Quarterly.
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Source: Based on Bernard M. Bass, Leadership: Good, Better, Best, Organizational Dynamics 13 (Winter 1985), 26-40.
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Supportive leadership: Leader behavior that shows concern for subordinates Open, friendly, and approachable Creates a team climate Treats subordinates as equals
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Directive leadership: Tells subordinates exactly what they are supposed to do Planning, making schedules, setting performance goals, and behavior standards
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Degree of task structure Nature of formal authority system Work group itself
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Source: Adapted from Gary A. Yukl, Leadership in Organizations (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1981), 146-152.
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Leading Change
Transactional Leaders
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Leading Change
Charismatic Leaders The ability to inspire Motivate people to do more than they would normally do Tend to be less predictable than transactional leaders Create an atmosphere of change May be obsessed by visionary ideas
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Leading Change
Transformational Leader
Similar to charismatic leaders Distinguished by their special ability to bring about innovation and change by Recognizing followers needs and concerns Helping them look at old problems in new ways Encouraging them to question the status quo
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Sources of Power
Legitimate Power: power coming from a formal management position. Reward Power: stems from the authority to bestow rewards on other people. Coercive Power: the authority to punish or recommend punishment. Expert Power: leaders special knowledge or skill regarding the tasks performed by followers. Referent Power: personality characteristics that command subordinates identification, respect, and admiration so they wish to emulate the leader
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The turbulence and uncertainty of the environment in which most organizations are operating is a significant influence on leadership styles Post-heroic leaders major characteristic is humility
Ethical Dilemma: Does Wage Reform Start at the Top?
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Post-heroic approach Servant leadership Level 5 leadership Interactive leadership E-leadership Moral leadership
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