SPMA 4P09 Midterm #1 - Week 3 Exam Questions with Correct Solutions| Latest
Update Graded A+
Idea of Excellence - Leadership = Excellent Managers
- Tied to goal achievement: achieved through transactional & transformational leadership
- Transformational leadership creates an interest in excellence
- Help people become better = organization becomes better
- Leadership is done by excellent managers, management is done by average managers
Leadership as a Function of Management - Success as a manager involves leading
- Unique management skill
- Measure of leadership: goal-setting, provide direction, support, establishing relationships &
behaviours
- Leadership is a facet of management
Strong Leadership with Weak Management - Emphasis on long-term but not short-term
goals
- Strong group culture without specialization/structure/rules
- Inspired people who are not inclined to use control systems/problem-solving disciplines
Strong Management with Weak Leadership - Trouble moving in new directions with a
change in the environment
- Myth: People want to be led, not managed
- People like order, clear expectations, having a strong sense of how their work fits into
accomplishing organizational goals
Conceptual Differences (Leadership vs. Management) Management:
- Tangible; how to do work
- Works in the present
, - Complex systems run smoothly
- Mechanistic process
- Focuses on present moment activities
- Coping with complexity
Leadership:
- Intangible value
- Mutual purposes co-created
- Focused on future
- Moving organization's through change
- A social process
- Distinctive competence
- Shared values
- Coping with change change
- Focus on growth
Management - Rational assessment of a situation and the selection of goals & purposes
- Strategies to achieve goals
- Marshalling of required resources
- Design, organization & direction
- Motivating & rewarding of people
- Management is coordinating work activities so they are completed
Leadership - One who motivates people to do more them expected
- A process of interaction that goes on in a group that contributes to its effectiveness
- Leadership is an influence relationship aimed at moving organization's towards a future with
aligned values and a mutual purpose
Update Graded A+
Idea of Excellence - Leadership = Excellent Managers
- Tied to goal achievement: achieved through transactional & transformational leadership
- Transformational leadership creates an interest in excellence
- Help people become better = organization becomes better
- Leadership is done by excellent managers, management is done by average managers
Leadership as a Function of Management - Success as a manager involves leading
- Unique management skill
- Measure of leadership: goal-setting, provide direction, support, establishing relationships &
behaviours
- Leadership is a facet of management
Strong Leadership with Weak Management - Emphasis on long-term but not short-term
goals
- Strong group culture without specialization/structure/rules
- Inspired people who are not inclined to use control systems/problem-solving disciplines
Strong Management with Weak Leadership - Trouble moving in new directions with a
change in the environment
- Myth: People want to be led, not managed
- People like order, clear expectations, having a strong sense of how their work fits into
accomplishing organizational goals
Conceptual Differences (Leadership vs. Management) Management:
- Tangible; how to do work
- Works in the present
, - Complex systems run smoothly
- Mechanistic process
- Focuses on present moment activities
- Coping with complexity
Leadership:
- Intangible value
- Mutual purposes co-created
- Focused on future
- Moving organization's through change
- A social process
- Distinctive competence
- Shared values
- Coping with change change
- Focus on growth
Management - Rational assessment of a situation and the selection of goals & purposes
- Strategies to achieve goals
- Marshalling of required resources
- Design, organization & direction
- Motivating & rewarding of people
- Management is coordinating work activities so they are completed
Leadership - One who motivates people to do more them expected
- A process of interaction that goes on in a group that contributes to its effectiveness
- Leadership is an influence relationship aimed at moving organization's towards a future with
aligned values and a mutual purpose
