Week 6: Leadership Flashcards
Name two different kinds of Leadership
Transformational and Transactional
Name the four different kind of Leadership Styles and their Synonyms as proposed by Black, 1990.
-> with the acronym MIND, reflecting which different types of leaders are needed in different types of changes / challenges
MIND:
♦ Meditative / Planning Leader
♦ Intuitive / Charismatic Leader
♦ Negotiative / Political Leader
♦ Directive Leader / Bureaucratic Leader
Meditative Leader
also Planning Leader
new goals: systematic analysis
implementaton: rationally choose people with right qualification and experience
Intuitive Leader
also Charismatic Leader
new goals: own holistic perception, gut feeling
implementaton: committted followers
Directive Leader
also Bureaucratical Leader
new goals: existing/ given by boss
implementaton: enforcement of rules and procedures
Intuitive Leader
also Political Leader
new goals: Consensus
implementaton: partitioned allocatoins of work and benefits among followrs
Define Leadership
ability to influence others towards the accomplishment of common objectives without using formal authority
Define Management
requires the use of formal authority and/or persuasion to ensure contributions from other organisational members
What is transactional leadership?
ability to influence employees towards more effective performance of their current objectives
–appeal to employees’ lower order needs
−reward contingent
Define Transformational leadership:
ability to influence employees towards goal accomplishment and acceptance of new value systems
–appeal to employees’ higher order needs
Name the centralised vs. distributed leadershipy form
- ladership-in-charge
* =* centralised leadership. associated with positions and based on formal authority, hierarchy and centralised resources. - leaderhip-in-front
* leadership abailable at different levels of an organisation, operated through informal networks and a fluid and flexible heirarchy with many power centres. Also known as distributed leadership.*
Name the transformational leadership attributes
•intellectual stimulation
–encourage independent thought & innovation
•individualised consideration
−show concern for individual employees
•idealized influence
−role models
•inspirational motivation
−encourage employees to _challenge th_emselves
•charisma
−command loyalty and devotion from followers
Name the three theoretical approaches of leadership
•Trait approach:
−“great person theory”
−focuses on the personality traits of the leader
•Behavioural approach:
−“zeitgeist theory”
−focuses on the leader’s style of functioning
•Contingency (situational) approach:
−focuses on the interaction of traits/skills/styles and the situation
behavioural definition leadership style:
based on the extent to which the leader exercises authority over subordinates
Name the four studies on behavioural leadership approaches
1. Iowa leadership study
2. Ohio State leadership study
3. Michigan leadership study
4. Role theory-based studies