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Managerial Leadership Chapter 1

The document discusses theories of leadership including trait, behavioral, and contingency theories and how they attempt to explain effective leadership. It also contrasts the roles of managers and leaders, noting that while managers focus on maintaining the status quo and short-term goals, leaders innovate, develop followers, inspire change, and take a long-term view of organizational objectives. Key elements of leadership are identified as influence over followers to enable change towards achieving organizational goals.

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Managerial Leadership Chapter 1

The document discusses theories of leadership including trait, behavioral, and contingency theories and how they attempt to explain effective leadership. It also contrasts the roles of managers and leaders, noting that while managers focus on maintaining the status quo and short-term goals, leaders innovate, develop followers, inspire change, and take a long-term view of organizational objectives. Key elements of leadership are identified as influence over followers to enable change towards achieving organizational goals.

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LEADERSHIP:

Theory, Application, Skill Development


Theory, Application, Skill Development
2d Edition

Robert N. Lussier
and Christopher F. Achua
.

This presentation edited and enhanced by:


George W. Crawford
Asst. Prof. of Mgmt.
Clayton College & State University
Morrow, GA 30260
[email protected]

1-1
Chapter 1
Who Is A
Leader?
1-2
Chapter 1
Learning Outcomes
• 5 key elements of leadership
• 10 managerial roles
• Levels of leadership analysis
interrelationship
• Behavioral leadership theories
• Trait & behavioral leadership
theories and contingency theories
1-3
Why Leadership
is Important
• For crisis situations
• For organizational
performance
• For employee job
satisfaction
• For successful management
1-4
Leadership is the
influencing process
of leaders and
followers to achieve
organizational
objectives through
change
1-5
Influence
• Is the process of a leader
communicating ideas, gaining
acceptance of them, and
motivating followers to
support and implement the
ideas through change
• Is the essence of leadership
1-6
Effective Leaders
• Share leadership
responsibilities through co-
leadership
• Teach leadership skills to
subordinates
• Influence followers to support
organizational interests

1-7
Effective Leaders
• Set objectives
• Influence change for
continual improvement
• Can work with people

1-8
Key Elements of
Leadership
Influence

Leaders- Leadership Organizational


Followers Objectives

Change People
1-9
Managerial Roles
1. Figurehead
Interpersonal
Interpersonal 2. Leader
3. Liaison

4. Monitor
Informational
Informational 5. Disseminator
6. Spokesperson

7. Entrepreneur
Decisional
Decisional 8. Disturbance-handler
9. Resource-allocator
10. Negotiator
1-10
3 Levels of
Leadership Analysis
O
up rg
r o an
G i za
tio
na
l

Individual
1-11
Individual Level
• Focuses on the individual
leader and the relationship
with individual followers
• Called the “dyadic process”
• Reciprocal Influence

1-12
Group Level
• Focuses on the individual
leader and the collective
group of followers
• Called the “group process”
• How leader contributes to
group effectiveness
1-13
Organizational Level
• Focuses on how the top
management influences
organizational performance
• Called the “organizational
process”

1-14
The
The 44 Leadership
Leadership
Theory
Theory
Classifications
Classifications
Include:
Include:

Trait Contingency

Behavioral Integrative
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Leadership Trait
Theories
Attempt to explain
distinctive
characteristics
accounting for
leadership
effectiveness to
identify a set of traits
that all successful
leaders possess
1-16
Behavioral Leadership
Theories
Attempt to explain
distinctive styles used
by effective leaders,
or to define the
nature of their work

1-17
Contingency Leadership
Theories
Attempt to
explain the
appropriate
leadership style
based on the
leader,
followers,
and situation
1-18
Integrative Leadership
Theories
Attempt to combine
the trait, behavioral,
and contingency
theories to explain
successful, influencing
leader-follower
relationships

1-19
Paradigm Has
Shifted From
Management to
Leadership!

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Leaders vs. Managers
Managers Leaders
• Administer • Innovate
• Maintain • Develop
• Control • Inspire
• Long-term view
• Short-term view
• Ask “what & why”
• Ask “how & when”
• Originate
• Imitate • Challenge status quo
• Accept status quo • Do the right things
• Do things right

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