Yukl Chapter 01
CHAPTER 1
Introduction: The Nature of
Leadership
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Organizations
Leadership in
1-1
Learning Objectives
After Studying this Chapter you should be able to:
Understand the different ways leadership has been defined.
Understand the controversy about differences between leadership and management. Understand why it is so difficult to assess leadership effectiveness.
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Organizations
Leadership in
1-2
Learning Objectives
(Cont.)
Understand the indicators used to assess leadership effectiveness
Understand what aspects of leadership have been studied the most during the past 50 years.
Understand the organization of this book.
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Organizations
Leadership in
1-3
LEARNING OBJECTIVE 1
Understand the different ways leadership has been defined
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Organizations
Leadership in
1-4
Definition of Leadership
“Always, it seems, the concept of leadership eludes us or turns up in another form to taunt us again with its slipperiness and complexity. So we have invented an endless proliferation of terms to deal with it…and still the concept is not sufficiently defined.”
Bennis (1959)
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Organizations
Leadership in
1-5
Controversies Over Leadership
Definitions
Specialized role or shared influence process Type of influence process
Purpose of influence attempts
Influence based on reason or emotions
Direct versus indirect leadership
Leadership versus management
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Organizations
Leadership in
1-6
Leadership: A Working
Definition
“Leadership is the process of influencing others to understand and agree about what needs to be done and how to do it, and
Introduction: The Nature of
Leadership
Copyright© 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Prentice Hall
Organizations
Leadership in
1-1
Learning Objectives
After Studying this Chapter you should be able to:
Understand the different ways leadership has been defined.
Understand the controversy about differences between leadership and management. Understand why it is so difficult to assess leadership effectiveness.
Copyright© 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Prentice Hall
Organizations
Leadership in
1-2
Learning Objectives
(Cont.)
Understand the indicators used to assess leadership effectiveness
Understand what aspects of leadership have been studied the most during the past 50 years.
Understand the organization of this book.
Copyright© 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Prentice Hall
Organizations
Leadership in
1-3
LEARNING OBJECTIVE 1
Understand the different ways leadership has been defined
Copyright© 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Prentice Hall
Organizations
Leadership in
1-4
Definition of Leadership
“Always, it seems, the concept of leadership eludes us or turns up in another form to taunt us again with its slipperiness and complexity. So we have invented an endless proliferation of terms to deal with it…and still the concept is not sufficiently defined.”
Bennis (1959)
Copyright© 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Prentice Hall
Organizations
Leadership in
1-5
Controversies Over Leadership
Definitions
Specialized role or shared influence process Type of influence process
Purpose of influence attempts
Influence based on reason or emotions
Direct versus indirect leadership
Leadership versus management
Copyright© 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. publishing as Prentice Hall
Organizations
Leadership in
1-6
Leadership: A Working
Definition
“Leadership is the process of influencing others to understand and agree about what needs to be done and how to do it, and