tailieunhanh - Lecture Exploring management - Chapter 11: Leadership

In this chapter, students will be able to understand: Understand the foundations for effective leadership, identify insights of the contingency leadership theories, discuss current issues and directions in leadership development. | Chapter 11 Leadership Exploring Management Chapter 11 Understand the foundations for effective leadership. Identify insights of the contingency leadership theories. Discuss current issues and directions in leadership development. We will see that leadership and management, although not the same, have a lot in common. 2 Foundations of Leadership Leadership is one of the four functions of management Leaders use position power to achieve influence Leaders use personal power to achieve influence Leaders bring vision to leadership situations Leaders display different traits in the quest for leadership effectiveness Leaders display different styles in the quest for leadership effectiveness Leadership traits and styles are a lot like effective manager’s traits and styles. However managers tend to rely more on position power. 3 FOUNDATIONS OF LEADERSHIP The Leadership Function Leading builds commitments and enthusiasm and turns plans into action It is true that leadership is one of the 4 functions of management but that does not mean that all managers are effective leaders. Students tend to have plenty of examples of mangers who are really poor leaders. 4 FOUNDATIONS OF LEADERSHIP Power Power is the ability to get others to do what needs to be done Position power should be used sparingly. Personal power, though more difficult to obtain, is more effective in the long term. 5 FOUNDATIONS OF LEADERSHIP Power Position power –what an individual can do based on position in the organization Reward power “you can have this if you do this” Coercive power “do this or I’ll take this away” Legitimate power “do it because I’m your boss” Position power is pretty limited by how effective the rewards or coercive power are in influencing behavior. If the rewards or punishments aren’t persuasive, the manager doesn’t have much to go on. 6 FOUNDATIONS OF LEADERSHIP Power Personal Power – how the leader is perceived as a person Expert power Special skill or knowledge that influences . | Chapter 11 Leadership Exploring Management Chapter 11 Understand the foundations for effective leadership. Identify insights of the contingency leadership theories. Discuss current issues and directions in leadership development. We will see that leadership and management, although not the same, have a lot in common. 2 Foundations of Leadership Leadership is one of the four functions of management Leaders use position power to achieve influence Leaders use personal power to achieve influence Leaders bring vision to leadership situations Leaders display different traits in the quest for leadership effectiveness Leaders display different styles in the quest for leadership effectiveness Leadership traits and styles are a lot like effective manager’s traits and styles. However managers tend to rely more on position power. 3 FOUNDATIONS OF LEADERSHIP The Leadership Function Leading builds commitments and enthusiasm and turns plans into action It is true that leadership is one of the 4