BEINDP 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Competitive Advantage, Trait Leadership

• School: UW Whitewater
• Department: Bus & Econ Interdepartmental
• Course: BEINDP 201
• Professor: Ruth Hansen

Document Summary

Leadership applies to your professional life and personal life. Organizations and managers or employees: a manager is a person with title and authority, a leader does not have to be a manager, followers are people influenced by a leader. Influencing is the process of a leader communicating ideas, gaining acceptance of them and motivating followers. Technical skills involve ability to use methods and techniques to perform a task. Interpersonal skills involve the ability to understand, communicate, and work well with individuals and groups through developing effective relationships. Decision-making skills based on ability to select alternatives to solve problems and take advantage of opportunities. Leader using management functions to effectively accomplish organizational objectives. Figurehead used in legal, social, ceremonial, and symbolic activities. Liaison interacting with people outside their unit. Disseminator sending information within the unit. Spokesperson providing information to people outside their organizational unit. Resource-allocator schedules, authorizes, and budgets activities. Negotiator used in transactions with no set boundaries.