COMMERCE 1BA3 Study Guide - Final Guide: Sheryl Sandberg, Ed Freeman, Contingency Theory
10 Apr 2018
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Formal leaders: those with titles such as manager, executive, supervisor - formal or assigned leadership roles, expected to influence others, and they are given specific authority to direct employees. But: some managers and supervisors fail to exert any influence on others, leadership involves going beyond formal role requirements to influence others. Informal leaders: individuals might also emerge to occupy informal leadership roles, they do not have formal authority, they must rely on being well liked or being perceived as highly skilled to exert influence. Leadership depends on the personal qualities or traits of the leader. Assumption that those who become great leaders possess a special set of traits that distinguish them from the masses of followers: behaviours, not just traits, should be the focus. The most systematic study of leadership took place at ohio state university in the 1940s. The results revealed two key dimensions of behaviour (two independent dimensions):
