Mgt 3220 Leadership
MGT-3220 Leadership in Organizations
Discussion Questions
1. How would you define Leadership? Leadership is a process through which a person influences others to accomplish an objective and directs the organization in a manner that makes it more cohesive and coherent. 2. What is the difference between manager and leader? Managers: * Administer * Maintain * Control * Have short-term view * Ask how and when * Imitate * Accept the status quo. Leaders: * Innovate * Develop * Inspire * Hve a long-term view. * Ask what and why. * Originate. * Challenge the status quo.
3. Describe the best leader you have personally known …show more content…
It is associated with taking an organization into the future, finding opportunities that are coming at it faster and faster and successfully exploiting those opportunities. Leadership is about vision, about people buying in, about empowerment and, most of all, about producing useful change. Leadership is not about attributes, it's about behavior. Managers climb the corporate ladder because they are good managers. Yet, when they get to executive positions they fail because they need to lead, and unfortunately good managers rarely make good leaders. There needs to be a transition route for leaders, or a selection process, or an acceptance that leaders are different. It is difficult to develop leadership skills, meanwhile managers are attempting to protect their …show more content…
Seven (7) steps to developing a high impact development plan: 1. Career and development objectives ___________________________________________ 2. Criteria for success __________________________________________ 3. Action steps ___________________________________________ 4. Whom to involve and reassess dates ___________________________________________ 5. Stretch assignments ___________________________________________ 6. Resources ___________________________________________ 7. Reflect with a partner ___________________________________________
6. Four (4) biases that affect over moral decision making: 1. Implicit prejudice – subconscious prejudices that affect our decisions without us being aware of them 2. In-group favoritism – doing acts of kindness and favors for those who are like us 3. Overclaiming credit – overrating the quality of our own work and contributions 4. Conflicts of interest – we often discount the effects of a conflict of interest
7. formal leadership roles: * Possess unique degrees of both legitimate and coercive power * Enjoy greater privileges * Have access to more
Discussion Questions
1. How would you define Leadership? Leadership is a process through which a person influences others to accomplish an objective and directs the organization in a manner that makes it more cohesive and coherent. 2. What is the difference between manager and leader? Managers: * Administer * Maintain * Control * Have short-term view * Ask how and when * Imitate * Accept the status quo. Leaders: * Innovate * Develop * Inspire * Hve a long-term view. * Ask what and why. * Originate. * Challenge the status quo.
3. Describe the best leader you have personally known …show more content…
It is associated with taking an organization into the future, finding opportunities that are coming at it faster and faster and successfully exploiting those opportunities. Leadership is about vision, about people buying in, about empowerment and, most of all, about producing useful change. Leadership is not about attributes, it's about behavior. Managers climb the corporate ladder because they are good managers. Yet, when they get to executive positions they fail because they need to lead, and unfortunately good managers rarely make good leaders. There needs to be a transition route for leaders, or a selection process, or an acceptance that leaders are different. It is difficult to develop leadership skills, meanwhile managers are attempting to protect their …show more content…
Seven (7) steps to developing a high impact development plan: 1. Career and development objectives ___________________________________________ 2. Criteria for success __________________________________________ 3. Action steps ___________________________________________ 4. Whom to involve and reassess dates ___________________________________________ 5. Stretch assignments ___________________________________________ 6. Resources ___________________________________________ 7. Reflect with a partner ___________________________________________
6. Four (4) biases that affect over moral decision making: 1. Implicit prejudice – subconscious prejudices that affect our decisions without us being aware of them 2. In-group favoritism – doing acts of kindness and favors for those who are like us 3. Overclaiming credit – overrating the quality of our own work and contributions 4. Conflicts of interest – we often discount the effects of a conflict of interest
7. formal leadership roles: * Possess unique degrees of both legitimate and coercive power * Enjoy greater privileges * Have access to more