Leadership

Question 1

Definition 1 Buchanan

Answer 1

“the process of influencing the activities of an organized group in its efforts towards goal setting and goal achievement”-

Question 2

Definition 2 Grint

Answer 2

without followers you cannot be a leader. Indeed, this might be the simplest definition of leadership: ‘having followers

Question 3

Managers vs leaders

Answer 3

Manager-monitoring and maintaining the organization to ensure stability and order (ensures goals are achieved)

Leader- Understood as the ‘visionaries’ who inspire and enthuse others and drive new initiatives. (Inspires a new goal)

Question 4

Bennis quote

Answer 4

Managers “do things right”.

Leaders “do the right thing”.

Question 5

Kotter

Answer 5

proposes that managers and leaders do very different things and are therefore typically done by different people with distinct skill-sets.

Question 6

Birkinshaw (criticism of Bennis)

Answer 6

There is a gap between our goals and our ability to achieve them. And I believe it is the job of management, the discipline of getting work done through others, to fill that gap. Management and leadership, in other words, are both equally important.

Question 7

4 theories of leadership

Answer 7

1) Trait theories
2) Contingency theories of leadership style
3) Transformational leadership
4) Leadership attribution theory