Management and Organizational Studies 1021A/B Chapter Notes -Ken Blanchard, Shared Decision-Making In Medicine, People Matters

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 1021A/B
• Professor: James O' Brian

Document Summary

Energizing employees is part of a leader"s job. An important leadership role is being a spokesperson for the organization. A leader should have good negotiating skills. Leaders" most common characteristics are ability to inspire & stimulate others to achieve worthwhile goals. Leadership: ability to inspire confidence & support among people needed to achieve organizational goals. Interpersonal influence, directed through communication toward goal attainment. Not found only among people in high-level positions. Even people not in formal leadership positions can show leadership by taking initiative. Change (improvement) needs to come from initiative & risks of leaders at lower levels. Ability to lead effectively is a rare quality (especially at high levels due to complexity: organizations seek select group of top executives & emphasize leadership t&d. Partnership: leader & group members are connected so power between them is balanced. Occurs when control shifts from leader to group member (opposite of parenting: authoritarianism = shared decision making.