B MGT 341 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Psychopathy, Transactional Leadership, Narcissism
Leadership Effectiveness
Leadership
• A process whereby an individual influences a group of individuals to achieve a common goal
Difference between Leading and Managing
Leader
• Deals ith the iterpersoal aspets of a aager’s jo
• Inspires others, provides emotional support, gets employees to rally around a common goal
• Key role in creating a vision and strategic plan
Manager
• Typically performs functions associated with planning, investigating, organizing, and control
• Concentrates on getting things done
• Charged with implementing the vision and strategic plan
Effective Leadership
Entails the consideration of three issues:
• The Content of the Evaluation:
o What Criteria are Being Used to Asses Effectiveness?
• The Level of the Evaluation:
o At What Level Are the Criteria Being Measured?
• The Rater’s Perspetie:
o Who is Doing the Evaluation?
Trait Theories:
Trait Approach
• Attempts to identify personality characteristics or interpersonal attributes that can be used to
differentiate leaders from followers
• Early research identified:
o Intelligence
o Dominance
o Self-confidence
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