BUS-Z - Business BUS-Z 302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Servant Leadership, Work Unit, Transactional Leadership

• School: IUPUI
• Department: BUS-Z - Business
• Course: BUS-Z - Business BUS-Z 302
• Professor: D A R R E L L E.B R O W N

Document Summary

Leadership the ability to influence a group toward goal achievement (power). Management use of authority inherent in designated formal rank to obtain compliance from organizational members (legitimate power) Motivate employees to action; empower, gratify needs. Leader effectiveness leader"s actions result in the achievement of the unit"s goals, the continued commitment of the unit"s employees, and the development of mutual trust, respect, and obligation in leader-member dyads. Trait approach: traits are more predictive of leader emergence (i. e. who becomes a leader in the first place) than they are of leader effectiveness (i. e. how well people actually do in a leadership role). Autocratic style the leader decides alone without asking for the opinions or suggestion of the employees. The employees provide information leader needs but not asked to evaluate solutions. Consultative style the leader presents the problem to individual employees or a group of employees, asks for their opinions and suggestions, but ultimately makes the decision.