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Title: Leadership


1
Leadership
  • Leadership versus Management
  • leader?
  • manager?

2
Leadership
  • Definition
  • "Leadership is a function of knowing yourself,
    having a vision that is well communicated,
    building trust among colleagues, and taking
    effective action to realize your own leadership
    potential.
  • Warren Bennis, Ph.D., is University Professor and
    Distinguished Professor of Business
    Administration at the University of Southern
    California
  • "Leadership is the process of persuasion and
    example by which an individual (or leadership
    team) induces a group to take action that is in
    accord with the leader's purpose, or the shared
    purposes of all."
  • -John W. Gardner, US administrator Secretary of
    Health, Education, and Welfare 1965-1968

3
Operational versus Strategic Leadership 
  • Strategic
  • planning for the organization's long range
    development formulating a strategic vision
    managing the corporate culture
  • Operational
  • process of influencing members of an organization
    to achieve established long term and short term
    goals on a day-to-day basis.

4
Leadership
  • THEORY X
  • Human beings have an inherent dislike of work
    and will avoid it if they can.
  • The only way to get people to work is to control
    and threaten them.
  • People dislike responsibility

5
Leadership
  • Theory Y
  • Work is as natural as rest or play.
  • If a job is satisfying then it leads to
    commitment to the organization
  • And good performance.
  • Under the proper circumstances people accept and
    seek responsibility.
  • Theory X managers elicit theory x behavior
    because of the way they treat employees.

6
Leadership
  • Flamholtz Leadership Effectiveness
  • Effective leadership depends on using a
    leadership style that is appropriate to the
    situation.
  • Factors
  • 1. The leaders evaluation of the WORK to be done
  • 2. The leaders evaluation of the PEOPLE doing
    the work
  • 3. The leaders balance between
  • emphasis on Work and
  • emphasis on People

7
Flamholtz Leadership Effectiveness
  • Factors Evaluation of the Work to be done
  • How complex are the tasks?
  • How much analysis is required in each situation?
  • How well defined / structured are the tasks?
  • How predictable are the conditions that may occur?

CLERICAL TECHNICAL MANAGE
RIAL
Low Structure/ Low Predictability
High Structure/ High Predictability
8
Flamholtz Leadership Effectiveness
  • Factors Evaluation of the People doing the work
  • Level of job autonomy (ability to do the work
    correctly without close supervision)
  • Depends on
  • Experience and background
  • Training and education
  • Motivation

9
Flamholtz Leadership Effectiveness
  • Effective leadership depends on using a
    leadership style that is appropriate to the
    situation.
  • Factors Balance between
  • concern for Work and
  • concern for People

10
Flamholtz Leadership Effectiveness
  • Leadership Styles
  • Directive (Leader makes the decision alone)
  • Autocratic Declares what is to be done without
    explanation
  • Benevolent Declares what is to be done with
    explanation
  • Interactive (Leader makes the decision with input
    from others
  • Consultative Gets opinions before making decision
  • Participative Discusses alternatives with others
    before making decision
  • Non-directive (Leader defines the goal and leaves
    implementation choices to others)
  • Consensus The leader and subordinates have equal
    voice in making decisions
  • Laissez-Faire The leader delegates the decision
    making authority.

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