Management and Organizational Studies 1021A/B Lecture Notes - Mahatma Gandhi, John Cleghorn, Contingency Theory

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 1021A/B
• Professor: Dart

Document Summary

Our ideas of leadership are very gendered even our thoughts on political leadership. Mintzberg quiet leadership" (corporate leadership) of john cleghorn former ceo of rbc, and. Board chair of snc lavalin and canadian pacific railway. Leadership: the process of influencing others so that their work efforts lead to the achievement of organizational goals. What are they/we: the people who aren"t leaders are followers obviously they follow cause they"re dumb. Transactional leaders: focus on fair exchanges with members to motivate achieving goals by: Being considerate of the needs of subordinates: personal characteristics. Take pride in running smoothly and efficiently. Have a sense of community to the organization. Transformational leaders: focus on inspiring change in members and the organization by: Inspiring and arousing others to unite in seeking extraordinary performance accomplishments. Challenging the status quo and stimulating change in the organization"s mission, strategy, structure and culture: personal characteristics.