GMS 200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Nonverbal Communication, Proxemics, Ingroups And Outgroups

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Global Management Studies
• Course: GMS 200
• Professor: Ado Abdoulkadre

Document Summary

Leadership: the process of inspiring others to work hard to accomplish important tasks. Vision: a future that one hopes to create or achieve in order to improve upon the present state of affairs. Visionary leadership: a leader who brings to the situation a clear and compelling sense of the future as well as an understanding of the actions needed to get there successfully. Meeting the challenges of visionary leadership: challenge the process, show enthusiasm, help others to act, set the example, celebrate achievements. Empowerment: process through which managers enable and help others to gain power and achieve influence. Effective leaders empower others by providing them with: information, responsibility, authority, trust. Classic leadership styles: autocratic style: acts in a unilateral command-and-control fashion. Emphasizes task over people, keeps authority and information within the leader"s tight control: human relations style: emphasizes people over tasks, laissez-faire style: do the best you can do and don"t bother me attitude.