BU288 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Contingency Theory, Unbridled, Organizational Learning
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Leadership the influence that a particular individual exerts on the goal achievement of others in an organizational context; leadership is about motivating people and gaining their commitment. A lot about influencing other people through power, politics, etc. Traits personal characteristics of individuals such as physical characteristics, intellectual ability, and personality; most research associated with demographics, task competence, and interpersonal attributes; all 5 personality traits related to leadership (extraversion, and contentiousness) Researchers gave up on trait approach and started looking at behavior and classified over. 1800 statements that describe leader behavior that were then classified into 10 categories. This list was then used as a checklist. Items were grouped into 2 dimensions (consideration and initiating structure) Consideration encourage 2-way communication, involve subordinates, friendly/approachable. Initiating structure leader"s role i(cid:374) fa(cid:272)ilitati(cid:374)g task attai(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t, task orie(cid:374)ted. Situational/contingency - the association between leadership orientation and group effectiveness is contingent on how favorable the situation is for exerting influence.
