What Does It Mean to Be a Leader
TUTORIAL 1 (Chapter 1)
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A LEADER?
Leadership is defined as an influence relationships among leaders and followers who intend real changes and outcomes that reflect their shared purposes.
Major research approaches include • Great Man theories, • behavior theories, • situational theories, • influence theories, and • relational theories.
Today’s leadership involves the shift • from stability to change and crisis management, • from control to empowerment, • from competition to collaboration • from uniformity to diversity, and • from a self-centered focus to a higher purpose.
The focus is on human skills, integrity, and teamwork.
Leadership is often equated with good management but leadership and management are different processes.
Management strives to maintain stability and improve efficiency.
Leadership is about • creating a vision for the future, • designing social architecture that shapes culture and values, • inspiring and motivating followers, and • creating change, to improve organizational effectiveness.
Most people are not born with natural leadership skills and qualities, but leadership can be learned and developed.
TRUE-FALSE QUESTIONS
1. Leadership is defined an influence relationship among leaders and followers who intend real changes that reflect their shared purposes. (T)
2. Leaders of today must maintain strict control of work processes to assure that the organization functions efficiently. (F)
3. The new paradigm of leadership acknowledges that we live in a world characterized by uncertainty.(T) 4. Many organizations were built on assumptions of uniformity and specialization. (T)
5. A study showed that leaders who failed were described as having good human skills (F).
6. The move to empowerment is an integral part of the old paradigm. (F)
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE A LEADER?
Leadership is defined as an influence relationships among leaders and followers who intend real changes and outcomes that reflect their shared purposes.
Major research approaches include • Great Man theories, • behavior theories, • situational theories, • influence theories, and • relational theories.
Today’s leadership involves the shift • from stability to change and crisis management, • from control to empowerment, • from competition to collaboration • from uniformity to diversity, and • from a self-centered focus to a higher purpose.
The focus is on human skills, integrity, and teamwork.
Leadership is often equated with good management but leadership and management are different processes.
Management strives to maintain stability and improve efficiency.
Leadership is about • creating a vision for the future, • designing social architecture that shapes culture and values, • inspiring and motivating followers, and • creating change, to improve organizational effectiveness.
Most people are not born with natural leadership skills and qualities, but leadership can be learned and developed.
TRUE-FALSE QUESTIONS
1. Leadership is defined an influence relationship among leaders and followers who intend real changes that reflect their shared purposes. (T)
2. Leaders of today must maintain strict control of work processes to assure that the organization functions efficiently. (F)
3. The new paradigm of leadership acknowledges that we live in a world characterized by uncertainty.(T) 4. Many organizations were built on assumptions of uniformity and specialization. (T)
5. A study showed that leaders who failed were described as having good human skills (F).
6. The move to empowerment is an integral part of the old paradigm. (F)