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Management chapter 6

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what do we want from leaders?   create change, motivate, allow full potential performance, set a good example  
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Leadership   ability to influence people to willingly follow one's guidance. *Strategic and Supervisory*  
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Strategic Leadership   gives purpose and meaning to organization, envisions future, initiates change to create that future  
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Supervisory Leadership   guidance, support, corrective feedback for day to day activities  
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Power   ability to influence, command, or apply force; a measure of a person's potential to get others to do what they want *upward, downward, horizontal* ~Negative and positive!~  
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Authority   where you stand, function of position, can be removed. legitimate exercise of power, the right to issue directives. Formal and Informal  
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Formal Authority   Title  
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Informal Authority   Expertise, Experience  
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Sources of Power   Authority, Control of Rewards/Punishment, Personal Characteristics, Expertise  
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Types of Power   1. Legitimate 2. Reward 3. Coercive 4. Referent 5. Expert  
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Leadership/Management   Not the same, not incompatible. Management process, effective leadership and effective management must ultimately be the same.  
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Douglas McGregor   2 Attitude Profiles: Theory X and Theory Y. Self-Fulfilling Prophecy  
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Theory X   human dislikes work and will avoid, must be controlled, directed, or threatened with punishment for adequate effort, prefers to be directed (Authoritarian Leadership)  
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Theory Y   external control and threat are not the only way to produce effort, commitment is result of rewards, seek responsibility, people want to work (Expressive, Participative Leadership)  
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Self-Fulfilling prophecy   relationship between leaders expectations and resulting performance of subordinates. High expectations = high productivity  
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Approaches to Leadership   1. Trait - what leader is like 2- Behavioral- what leaders do 3. Situational- varies  
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Traits of Leaders   1. Drive 2. Leadership Motivation 3. Integrity 4. Self Confidence 5. Knowledge of the Business  
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Trait Theory   Easiest, results are fruitless. Certain traits do not lead to effective leadership by themselves.  
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Leadership Styles   1. Autocratic 2. Democratic 3. Laissez- faire  
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Autocratic Leader   makes most decision, gives direction, often demovtivating  
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Democratic Leader   gives feedback, listens, works together, guides, encourages  
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Lassez faire Leader   let people within the group make all decisions  
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Ohio State Studies   what a successful leader does, Leader Behavior Description Questionaire. 2 Behaviors- consideration initiating structure. Depends on Group.  
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Consideration   showing concern for group and needs. High Consideration = high satisfaction of subordinates  
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Initiating Structure   structure work of group members and directing group members to acheivement of group goals. No relationship between leader effectiveness and initiating structure.  
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University of Michigan Studies   principles contributing to productivity and satisfaction. Interviews. Institute of Social Research.  
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Results of UM Studies   1. General supervision. (give and receive) 2. like amount of authority and responsibility. 3. more time in supervision 4. employee oriented  
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Rensis Likert   4 Patterns: Exploitative Authoritative, Benevolent Authoritative, Consultive, Participative  
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Managerial Grid   Blake and Mouton. 2 Dimensional - concern for people and production. 1. country club 2. impoverished 3. organization man 4. TEAM 5. authority obidience  
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Contingency Approach   important traits and behaviors dont exist. Varies from Situation. Analyze situation, then decide what to do. Feidler.  
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Fielder   focus on style. 2 basic traits- task motivation and relationship motivation *least preferred coworker skill*  
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3 major dimensions of Fielder/style   1. leader member relations 2. task structure 3. position power. Effectives - Personal style and degree of power and influence  
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continuum of leader behaviors   tannenbaum and schmidt. 3 forces in effective style: manager, subordinates, situation  
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Path-Goal Theory.   how leaders influence subordinates perception of goals and paths taken to attain goals.  
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4 types of Path-Goal Leaders   1. Role Classification (Achievement Oriented) 2. Supportive 3. Participative 4. Autocratic  
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Situational Leadership Theory   Hersey & Blanchard - progression. 1. high task-lowrelationships 2. high-high 3. low-high 4. low-low  
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Two Key situational factors:   1. personal characteristics of followers 2. environmental pressures and demands---tasks, formal authority system, primary work group.  
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how leaders and followers influence each other.   Transactional, Transformational, Charismatic  
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Transactional   bargaining "managing by the books" reward/punishment focus. Politicians.  
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Transformational   acheive employee acceptance of group mission. give vision, get you to accept it.  
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Charasmatic   Best. Personality. Heroic Feats. No formal power or experience  
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Skills and Strategy to Transformational   1. having a vision 2. communicate the vision 3. build trust 4. positive self regard.  
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corporate culture   the way we do things around here. 1. substance and forms  
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how culture originates   1. history 2. environment 3. selection process 4. socialization process  
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7 characteristics of culture   1. individual autonomy 2. structure 2. support. 4. idenification 5. performance 6. conflict 7. risk  
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types of culture   1. Macho, Tough person. High risk, quick feedback. 2. Work hard/play hard. Low risk. Quick. 3. Bet Your Company. Big risk, slow. 4. Process. Low and low.  
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changing cultures   6 to 15 years. forced. easier to change people.  
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reasons to change   1. values/changing environment 2. very competive 3. mediocre 4. join large companies 5. small, rapidly growing.  
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