BUS 272 Study Guide - Fiedler Contingency Model, Vision Statement, Charismatic Authority

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Business Administration
• Course: BUS 272
• Professor: Christopher Zatzick

Document Summary

Management: day-to-day care taker; make others maintain standard job behavior; promote stability. Leadership: long-term objectives; to bring about change; establish vision, overcome hurdles. Trait theories of leadership: theories that propose traits-personality, social, physical, or intellectual- differentiate leaders from non-leaders. Focuses on personal qualities and characteristics such as charisma, enthusiasm, and courage. Nelson mandela, barack obama, steve jobs, richard branson. Big 5 model- its better to think in terms of the more general trait leadership, but not s strong as extraversion. Conscientiousness and openness to experience show strong and consistent relationships to. Emotional intelligence contains empathy which makes more critical than effective leadership. Behavioural theories of leadership: theories that propose that specific behaviours differentiate leaders from nonleaders. Initiating structure: the extent to which a leader is likely to define and structure his role and the roles of employees in order to attain goals trust, respect for employees" ideas, and regard for their feelings.