04:192:200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Trait Leadership, Situational Leadership Theory, Physical Attractiveness

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Communication
• Course: 04:192:200
• Professor: Craig Scott

Document Summary

Leaders and leadership vs. managers and management (cid:1) Managers direct the daily operations of the organization. They assess tasks and develop strategies for accomplishing them. (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Leaders are more visionary; they interpret the environment and set a future course. Leadership: process of influencing others toward the attainment of goals by using strategic communication (more informal). (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Communication characteristics of effective leaders: well informed, provide direction/structure to group, skillful communicators. Talk more & listeners (than others on average). More fluent and confident. (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1: often good listeners, able to adapt to meet group needs, often associated with a democratic style. (cid:1) Leaders possess a set of universal traits (e. g. , height, weight, physical attractiveness). Leadership resides in the individual, not in the interactions of group members. (cid:1) Perspectives on leadership: leadership style (lewin et al. , 1939) 2 (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1)