[MHR 405] - Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (11 pages long!)
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6 Feb 2017
School
Department
Course
Professor
Ryerson
MHR 405
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
OB- Week 13
Leadership in Organizational Settings
Leading vs. Managing
1. Good leaders are not necessarily good managers, and good managers are not
necessarily good leaders
2. Effective leadership requires effective managerial skills
3. Toda’s leaders eed to e effetie at oth leadig ad aagig
Transformational perspective
Transformational leadership
o Changing the organization to fit environment
o Change agents
Managerial leadership
o Effective leaders improve employee performance and wellbeing in the current
situation
o Applies contingency leadership theories (e.g., path-goal)
Transactional leaders
o Influence followers through rewards, penalties, and negotiation
Transformational Leadership
Involves the creation, communication, and modelling of a vision, and the following four
behaviours aimed at building commitment to the vision on the part of their followers:
1. Inspirational motivation
2. Idealized influence
3. Individualized consideration
4. Intellectual stimulation
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Transformation Leadership Model
Transformational Leadership Elements
Create a strategic vision
o Iage of opa’s attractive future
o Motivates and bonds employees
o Leader champions the vision
Communicate the vision
o Frame message around a grand purpose
o Shared mental model of future
o Use symbols, metaphors, symbols
Model the vision
o Walk the talk
o Symbolize/demonstrate the vision through behaviour
o Employees trust leader more
Build commitment to the vision
o By communicating and modelling the vision
o Through employee involvement in shaping the shared vision
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