RSM260H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Job Satisfaction, Extraversion And Introversion, Job Performance
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Leadership: the influence that particular individuals exert on the goal achievement of others in an organizational context. Effective leadership exert influence by enhancing the productivity, innovation, satisfaction and commitment of the workforce. Strategic leadership: leader"s ability to anticipate,envision,maintain flexibility,think strategically and work with others to initiate changes that will create a viable future for the organization. Strategic leaders provide organization with a sustainable competitive advantage. Any member can exert influence, engaging in leadership. Leader"s job: establish organizational mission, formulate strategy for implementing mission. Traits: personal characteristics of the individuals including physical characteristics, intellectual ability, and personality. And five personality model: extraversion, emotional stability, agreeableness, openness to experience, consciousness. Limitation of the trait approach: whether the traits take the leader or the leader produces traits, have little info about how to train leaders, most crucial: failure to take in to account the situation in which leadership occurs. Two basic kinds of behavior (ohio state studies, michigan states studies)
