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Leadership a process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a
common goal
Management vs. Leadership Management:
- Focused more on the current
- Promotes stability and efficiency
Leadership:
-Focused more on the future
-Promotes change and adaption
Management skills vs Leadership skills Management skills:
-Planning
-Organizing
-Analytical thinking
-Communicating/Informing
Leadership Skills
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-Strategic thinking
-Conceptual thinking
-Innovation/Creativity
-Inspiring
behavioral theories of leadership 1. The Ohio State leadership studies
-Some of the first leadership studies at OSU
- People and task behaviors found no "best style"
2. University of Michigan :
-Task/PPL behavior found similar results as OSU
3. Managerial Grid
-Concern for people and concern for production
- 2x2 Matrix with 5 leadership styles
*FOUND TEAM MANAGEMENT IS BEST STYLE*
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Situational Leadership (Contingency Theories) "Best style of leadership depends on the
situation"
Most of the time were in the middle
Path-Goal Theory Leadership behaviors Directive leadership
Supportive leadership
Achievement-oriented leadership
Participative leadership
Upward-influencing leadership
*Don't want to do all of them all of the time depends on situation*
*As a leader you can clear a path to the goal*
Transactional Leadership vs Transformational Leadership Transactional Leadership----
"good @ transactions"
-Clarifying role requirements, task requirements, accountabilities etc.
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-Providing positive and negative rewards for performance
Transformational Leadership---"transform the organization"
-Provides a transformational change in engagement of organizational members toward
organizational goals.
-Complementary to Transactional leadership
Characteristics:
1. Having a vision
2. Communicating the vision to others in a compelling way
3. Mobilizing commitment/behaviors of others to the vision
Charismatic Leaders and leadership chatacteristics -Self confidence
-Vision