Lecture 1 Flashcards
1
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6 different leadership styles
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- Coercive (“Do what I tell you!”)
- Authoritative (“Come with me”)
- Affiliate (“People come first”)
- Democratic (“What do you think”)
- Pacesetting (“Do it, as I do, now”)
- Coaching (“Try this”)
2
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8 roles of Leadership
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- Coordination
- Monitoring
- Faciliation
- Broker
- Innovator
- Producer
- Director
- Mentoring
3
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6 power bases
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- Referent power
- Expert power
- Legitimate power
- Reward power
- Coercive power
- Information power
4
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Leadership trait elements
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- Intelligence = strong verbal and perceptual ability
- Self-confidence = ability to be certain about one’s competencies and skills
- Determination = includes initiative, persistence, dominance, drive
- Integrity = honesty, loyalty and trustworthiness
- Sociability = friendly, outgoing, tactful and diplomatic
5
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Trait Approach (Great Man Theory)
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- focused on identifying innate qualities and characteristics possessed by great, social, political and military leaders
- assumption: very few great men impact history
6
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Trait definition of Leadership
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- -> based on Characteristics!
- certain individuals have special innate or inborn characteristics or qualities that differentiate them from nonleaders
- resides in select people
- resides to those with inborn talent
trait = characteristic that is stable over time, influences behavior!
7
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Process definition of leadership
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Leadership = property or set of properties possessed in varying degrees by different people
- observed in leadership behaviors and in different situations
- can be learned and is adaptable to the situation
8
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How does the Trait approach work?
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- focuses exclusively on leader
- leader w/ certain traits is crucial to having effective leadership
- provides direction as to which traits are good to have if one aspires to a leadership position
- can be used by managers to assess where they stand within their organization and what is needed to strengthen their position
