Week 6
Lecture 6 leadership and
motivation
Theoretical perspective
Leader roles
o Leader is part of the group
o Leader without management is useless.
o Leaders do the right thing
o Vision & strategy
o Preaching
o Motivating
o Formal authority helps
Manager roles
o Manager is not part of the group.
o Management without leader is dangerous.
o Do things right
o Planning
o Organizing
o Resource management
o Controlling
o Formal authority is mandatory
What makes a leader
Intelligence
Articulateness
Confidence , self-esteem
, Initiative and persistence
Sociability (net worker)
Social cognitive theory
If you ask the public
Drive
Leadership motivation
Honesty and integrity
Self-confidence
Cognitive ability
Knowlegde of the buseniss
Leader skills
Technical (influence over thing)
o knowledge
Human influence (with people)
o Social judgement
Conceptual (influence over ideas)
o Problem solving
Critic: is it about leadership or management?
Leader style
State of mind of leader.
Contingency theory
The leader effectiveness is dependent on how he interacts with various
situational factors
Theoretical perspective 2
, Transformational versus transactional
Transformational leaders: get an entire organization through major
changes
Transactional leaders: to get thing done through people = exchange
Patients perspective case
Not only doctors know best anymore. This needs transformational
perspective.
Transformational leader strategies
Pathfinding is about getting the right questions rather than the right
answers.
Upset status quo
Change rules
Systemic benefit
The greater good
Extraordinary
If you would make a ladder
1. Transformational leader
2. Transactional leader
3. Manager
But without manager the leader is useless.
Gender and different attributions
Same motivations for leadership
About similar styles
Females higher relation orientation
Same success
Perception male = better leader
Women perceived more effective in higher levels
Lecture 6 leadership and
motivation
Theoretical perspective
Leader roles
o Leader is part of the group
o Leader without management is useless.
o Leaders do the right thing
o Vision & strategy
o Preaching
o Motivating
o Formal authority helps
Manager roles
o Manager is not part of the group.
o Management without leader is dangerous.
o Do things right
o Planning
o Organizing
o Resource management
o Controlling
o Formal authority is mandatory
What makes a leader
Intelligence
Articulateness
Confidence , self-esteem
, Initiative and persistence
Sociability (net worker)
Social cognitive theory
If you ask the public
Drive
Leadership motivation
Honesty and integrity
Self-confidence
Cognitive ability
Knowlegde of the buseniss
Leader skills
Technical (influence over thing)
o knowledge
Human influence (with people)
o Social judgement
Conceptual (influence over ideas)
o Problem solving
Critic: is it about leadership or management?
Leader style
State of mind of leader.
Contingency theory
The leader effectiveness is dependent on how he interacts with various
situational factors
Theoretical perspective 2
, Transformational versus transactional
Transformational leaders: get an entire organization through major
changes
Transactional leaders: to get thing done through people = exchange
Patients perspective case
Not only doctors know best anymore. This needs transformational
perspective.
Transformational leader strategies
Pathfinding is about getting the right questions rather than the right
answers.
Upset status quo
Change rules
Systemic benefit
The greater good
Extraordinary
If you would make a ladder
1. Transformational leader
2. Transactional leader
3. Manager
But without manager the leader is useless.
Gender and different attributions
Same motivations for leadership
About similar styles
Females higher relation orientation
Same success
Perception male = better leader
Women perceived more effective in higher levels
