Kinesiology 1088A/B Lecture : Oct. 8.docx

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 1088A/B
• Professor: Prof

Document Summary

Definition: a behavioural process of influencing individuals and groups toward set goals. Leaders not only provide a vision of what to strive for but also give the structure, motivation and support to translate the vision into reality. Prescribed and emergent (later tend to be more effective respect and support of group) Ensure demands of the organization are satisfied (meet goals and objects ) Ensure the needs of the group members are satisfied (max opportunity to achieve success) *leaders are different from managers or instructors (pg. First looked at leadership by analyzing traits of successful leaders. More recently looked at interactional model of leadership which analyzed the relationship between the leader and the situations in which they operate. Research focused on two major aspects of the leaders role: organizational requirements (productivity and performance task orientation, personal requirements (needs and aspirations, satisfaction support orientation)