BUS 272 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Charismatic Authority, Task Management, Expectancy Theory

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Business Administration
• Course: BUS 272
• Professor: Lieketen Brummelhuis

Document Summary

Leadership (cid:368) ability to influence a group towards the achievement of a vision or set of goals. Nonsanctioned leadership (cid:368) the ability to influence that arises outside the formal structure of org (not being a manager) Organizations need strong leadership and strong management for optimal effectiveness. Leading (supervising) is useful for stable is useful for situations of change day-to-day situations. Activities: explaining a task, registering absenteeism, communicating the years target, explaining company"s mission, giving feedback, setting example for ethical, rewarding for job well done behavior, motivating employees. Trait theories of leadership (cid:368) consider personal qualities and characteristics that differentiate leaders from non-leaders. Traits can predict leadership but they do a better job at predicting the emergence of leaders (cid:367) not really in predicting between effective and ineffective leaders. Behavioral theories (cid:368) propose that specific behaviors differentiated leaders from non-leaders - they implied we could (cid:373)train(cid:374) people to become good leaders.