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Solution Manual for Leadership Enhancing Leader Situation 1-3 LO 01-01: Characterize the meaning of leadership. LO 01-02: Identify common leadership myths. LO 01-03: Generalize the interactional framework for analyzing leadership. LO 01-04: Illustrate the interactional framework by examining women’s roles in leadership. LO 01-05: Conclude that there is no simple recipe for effective leadership. Chapter 1 Outline What Do We Mean by Leadership? Introduction What is Leadership? Leadership is both a science and an art Leadership is both rational and emotional Leadership and management Leadership Myths Myth: Good leadership is all common sense Myth: Leaders are born, not made Myth: The only school you learn leadership from is the school of hard knocks The Interactional Framework for Analyzing Leadership The Leader The Followers The Situation Illustrating the Interactional Framework: Women in Leadership Roles There Is No Simple Recipe for Effective Leadership Summary 1-4 Key Learning Points Introduction The text opens with a story of leadership issues faced by a Uruguayan rugby team that was involved in a plane crash in the Andes Mountains en route to a game in Chile. It is a tale of survival and heroics to be sure, but it is also a story about leadership in a dynamic and critical situation. Although this may seem like an extreme and remote example that is not useful for everyday leadership, it is clear that the issues of dealing with people (all of whom have different personalities, values, and motives) in an effort to accomplish a goal in the face of adversity is not that uncommon. Skills exhibited in such an environment are important across situations. What is Leadership? Leadership is a complex phenomenon involving the leader, the followers, and the situation. Some leadership researchers have focused on the personality, physical traits, or behaviors of the leader; others have studied the relationships between leaders and followers; still others have studied how aspects of the situation affect how leaders act. Some have extended the latter viewpoint so far as to suggest there is no such thing as leadership; they argue that organizational successes and failures often get falsely attributed to the leader, but the situation may have a much greater impact on how the organization functions than does any individual, including the leader. Definitions of leadership differ in many ways, and these differences have resulted in various researchers exploring disparate aspects of leadership. All considered; the definition “the process of influencing an organized group toward accomplishing its goals” is fairly comprehensive and helpful. Successful managers (those promoted quickly through the ranks) spend relatively more time than others in organizational socializing and politicking; and they spend relatively less time than the latter on traditional management responsibilities like planning and decision making. Truly effective managers, however, make real contributions to their organization’s performance. This is a critical distinction.