8) Leadership in PT Flashcards
Mechanistic Model of Organization
For larger organizations
- Not a lot of flexibility, which can be challenging for managers
Organic Model of Organization
For smaller organizations or organizations w/structural flexibility
What are the differences between leaders and managers?
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Follower
Assigns the manager or leader
Isolated Follower
Detached and maintains status quo; Doesn’t care
What are the types of followers?
- Isolated
- Bystander
- Participant
- Activist
- Diehard
Bystander
Aware of what is happening, but does not get involved; Don’t cause trouble, but are ineffective
Participants
Make a positive or negative impact
Activists
Have a strong (+/-) feeling about the organization that impacts people
Diehards
All for the organization, but can take things too far
What is the key to managing the different types of followers?
Ignore isolators and bystanders; ID the supporters and detractors amont the participants, activists, and diehards
Leaders
Helps groups of people reach a common goal
- Should be respected by all followers
- Should innovate, communicate the vision, and challenge the status quo
Front Leadership
Goes in first and motivates
Behind Leadership
Gives orders
Lateral Leaders
Lead along side/from within
What were the dimensions of the GLOBE study?
- Charismatic
- Team-oriented
- Participative
- Autonomous
- Humane
- Self-protective → Need to disconnect from your role to recharge and give people time away from you
Influence
Using power to change behavior/attitudes or produce an effect without direct command/force
- The result of people buying in
- 2-way (not top-down or bottom-up)
- Influential person has to be willing to walk
Compare smaller and larger spans of control
Smaller
- Larger flow of work
- Organization has some instability (management should be centralized)
- Location
Larger
- Work is homogenous
- Workers are well trained
- Specialists are available
Culture
Affects quality and performance; Is resistant to change but malleable and manageable
Subculture
Culture of a group
True or False: Organizations can run while a leader is gone but they can’t grow
True
Peter Principle
Employees continue to get promoted, but eventually they will be at their level of incompetence
Professional Socialization
Becoming acclimated to the culture and determining the best cultural fit
- Improves work environment
- Influences interactions btwn supervisors and employees
- Influences job satisfaction and turnover
Within an organization, who does their need to be a good balance between?
- Leaders and managers
- Human and financial factors
- Formal and informal socialization
What should leaders do?
Innovate, communicate the vision, and challenge the status quo
