SOCIOL 41 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Arthur Schuster, Transactional Leadership, Transformational Leadership
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Formulate a clear conception of the group"s goals and communicate this to group members. Develop specific strategies for the attainment of group goals. Specify role assignments and establish standards of productivity for members. Recruit new members and train members in crucial skills. Interact with members personally to maintain good relations. Provide persuasion, rewards, and punishments to encourage the members. Monitor the group"s progress and take corrective steps if necessary. Serve as a representative of the group to outside agencies and organizations. Transactional leadership entails an exchange between a leader and group members. In return for fulfilling leadership functions, the leader receives support for continued control, as well as special rewards and privileges. Transformational leadership fosters high levels of group productivity by. Conveying an extraordinary sense of mission to group members. Arousing new ways of thinking within the group. Leader"s effectiveness results from a combination of: As well as characteristics of the group.
