GMS 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Situational Leadership Theory, Listeria

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Global Management Studies
• Course: GMS 200
• Professor: Horatio Morgan

Document Summary

Leadership is the process of inspiring others to work hard to accomplish important tasks. Power is the ability to get someone else to do something you want done or to make things happen the way you want. Determined by the person"s place in the hierarchy (or order of authority) of the company. Determined by the unique qualities of the person. Which statement correctly describes the 3 types of position power: legitimate, expert, coercive, coercive, expert, reward, reward, legitimate, coercive. Legitimate: referent, reward, legitimate, expert, referent, legitimate. The two types of personal power are: legitimate, expert, coercive, expert, coercive, legitimate, referent, legitimate, expert, referent. Referent: something about you that make people want to associate w you. They have to make major decisions in short time frames. Leadership models or styles (ie democratic style, hersey-blanchard situational leadership model, directive leadership style, and path-goal leadership theory) Mccain was focused on both task and people.