GMS 200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Situational Leadership Theory, Social Skills, Centrality

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Global Management Studies
• Course: GMS 200
• Professor: Shavin Malhotra

Document Summary

Leadership: the process of inspiring others to work hard to accomplish important tasks. contemporary leadership challenges: shorter time frames for accomplishing things, expectations for success on the first attempt, there are no second chances, complex, ambiguous, and multidimensional problems, taking a long-term view while meeting short-term demands. vision: a future that one hopes to create or achieve in order to improve upon the present state of affairs (it is a clear sense of the future). visionary leadership: brings to the situation a clear sense of the future and an understanding of how to get there. Two sources of managerial power: position power: based on a manager"s official status in the organization"s hierarchy of authority. successful leadership relies on acquiring and using all sources of power. use of reward power or legitimate power produces te mporary compliance. use of coercive power produces, te mporary compliance, often accompanied by resentment.