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Leadership & Management

Leadership & Management. Reading for Lesson 4: Leadership in Organizations. Reading Objectives. The student will comprehend the personal characteristics associated with effective leaders. The student will know the five sources of power and how each causes different subordinate behavior.

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Leadership & Management

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  1. Leadership & Management Reading for Lesson 4: Leadership in Organizations

  2. Reading Objectives • The student will comprehend the personal characteristics associated with effective leaders. • The student will know the five sources of power and how each causes different subordinate behavior. • The student will comprehend the leader behavior of initiating structure and consideration and when they should be used. • The student will comprehend Hersey and Blanchard's situational theory and its application to subordinate participation. • The student will comprehend the path-goal model of leadership.

  3. Discussion Objectives • Demonstrate how the five bases of power are manifest in behavior • Relate Hersey and Blanchard’s Situational Theory to the personnel and organization of a Navy warship • Discuss personal traits that are useful to a leader and determine if these traits are more valuable in some situations than in others

  4. Leadership • Ability to influence people toward common goal • Reciprocal relationship among people • A “people” activity • Involves the use of power

  5. Power • Potential ability to influence behavior • Promotes vision, creativity and change • Derived from personal sources - Personal interests - Goals - Values

  6. Personal Characteristics of Effective Leaders • Physical • Activity • Energy • Social background • Mobility

  7. Personal Characteristics of Effective Leaders • Intelligence and ability • Judgment, decisiveness • Knowledge • Fluency of Speech

  8. Personal Characteristics of Effective Leaders • Personality • Alertness • Originality, creativity • Personal integrity, ethical conduct • Self-confidence • Under a Microscope! • Preserve Your Integrity!

  9. Personal Characteristics of Effective Leaders • Work-related • Achievement, drive, desire to excel • Ambition • Seek responsibility • Responsibility in pursuit of goals • Task orientation

  10. Personal Characteristics of Effective Leaders • Social • Ability to enlist cooperation • Cooperativeness • Popularity, prestige • Sociability, interpersonal skills • Social participation • Tact, diplomacy • Charisma!

  11. Sources of Power • Legitimate • Reward • Coercive • Expert • Referent

  12. Leadership Behaviors • Consideration • Considerate of subordinates • Respects their ideas • Mutual Trust • Initiating Structure • Give Instructions • Spend time planning • Emphasize deadlines • Schedule work activities

  13. Patton Excerpt

  14. Henry V Excerpt

  15. Patton vs. Henry V • What type of leader? • Which one would you follow? • Which one are you? • Why?

  16. Hersey and Blanchard’s Situational Theory • Subordinates vary in their readiness level. • Low task readiness: • Limited skill • Lack of training • Insecurity • High task readiness: • Ability • Skill • Confidence • Willingness to work

  17. Hersey and Blanchard’s Situational Theory • Adopt a style appropriate to your subordinates. • Low level of task readiness: • Tell them what to do • How to do it • When to do it • High level of task readiness: • Provide general goals • Delegate sufficient authority to do the task • Expect followers to complete the task as they see fit

  18. Path Goal Theory • The leader tries to increase subordinate motivation to attain personal and organizational goals

  19. Path Goal Theory Contingencies • Leader behavior (style) • Supportive • Directive • Participative • Achievement-oriented

  20. Path Goal Theory Contingencies • Situational Contingencies • Characteristics of the workers • Work environment • Use of rewards • Clarify the path to the rewards • Increase the rewards • Be Consistent!

  21. Questions? ???

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