MGT 3200 Study Guide - Final Guide: Situational Leadership Theory, Job Satisfaction, Fiedler Contingency Model
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Leader someone who can influence others and who has managerial authority. Leadership the process of leading a group to achieve its goals. Ideally yes: leadership is one of the four management functions. Early leadership theories: trait theories (1920s 1930s, research focused on physical and personal characteristics that differentiated leaders from non-leaders. People are both unable and unwilling to take responsibility for doing something: r2. People are unable but willing to do the necessary job tasks: followers are motivated but lack skills, r3. People are able but unwilling to do tasks from leader: followers are competent but lazy, r4. Individuals with higher levels of motivation to lead are more receptive to leadership development opportunities. Immediate corrective action action that corrects problems at once in order to get back on track: basic corrective action action that looks at how and why performance deviated before correcting source of deviation, revise the standard.
