MGT 3640 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8&18: Advantageous, Communication Strategies In Second-Language Acquisition, Contingency Theory
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Chapter 8 & 18: culture and leadership / developing intercultural. Leadership is about creating a vision, what direction, motivating and inspiring. Routines/habits established by a leader may be difficult to break if there is a need for change in response to a dynamic environment. Managers may not recognize the need for change and blame the environment for the change in fortunes. The leader must re-assert his position, instigate changes to revitalize the company, or hand over the reins to a successor. Scientific leadership: standard methods for doing a job, the worker is not required to think, only the leader, the result: bureaucratic organization. Carefully designed hierarchy of authority, with clearly defined responsibilities. Uniform application of standard rules and regulations. Trait approach: some people have traits and skills for leadership. Considerable initiative involving energy, ambition, and persistence. Height: tallness implies authority: leaders have specific traits that followers appreciate and recognize. Theories x and y: a leader needs.
