MGMT 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Transformational Leadership, Job Satisfaction
22 May 2018
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I. Leadership and management defined
Leadership definition: inspiring, influencing, guiding others in a common effort
Focus on broad vision
What can we be doing?
Management: planning, organizing, controlling and allocating resources in a common
effort
Focus on productivity and efficiency
How can we improve what we are already doing?
Powell: need purpose, take good care of followers, and do not ignore problem people
II. 4 broad types of leadership theory, history of leadership theories
Evolution of leadership theory
Trait theories
The search of universal characteristics of leaders
Leaders are born to be leaders.
You are either a leader or not born with it
Leaders differ than non leaders in
Drive
Desire to lead
Have to get things done
Honesty/integrity
Self-confidence
View mistakes as learning opportunities
Emotional stability
Cognitive abilities
Knowledge of business (based on experience)
Height? Relationship between height and tendency to emerge as leader.
People who are tall assumed to be more confident. High performing.
Behaviorial style theories
WW2 studies of the patterns of leader behaviors (leadership styles)
rather than leader traits.
Today generally referred to as
Initiating structure: job centered leadership with concern for
production. Concern for production
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Document Summary
Leadership definition: inspiring, influencing, guiding others in a common effort. Management: planning, organizing, controlling and allocating resources in a common effort. Powell: need purpose, take good care of followers, and do not ignore problem people. 4 broad types of leadership theory, history of leadership theories. The search of universal characteristics of leaders. You are either a leader or not born with it. Relationship between height and tendency to emerge as leader. People who are tall assumed to be more confident. Ww2 studies of the patterns of leader behaviors (leadership styles) rather than leader traits. Initiating structure: job centered leadership with concern for production. Consideration: employee centered leadership, showing concern for employees and what they did to show they cared. Two general leader behavioral styles from wwii studies. Leadership effectiveness is better: logic of situational theories; fiedler model (text only, sec 14-3, pp. 4 components of transformational leadership (text sec 14-6b, pp. Main point of fastcompany weil article on tichy.
