Leadership Essay 1
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119 Chapter 5 Attending to Tasks and Relationships
5.3 OBSERVATIONAL EXERCISE
Task and Relationship
Purpose
1. To understand how leadership includes both task and relationship behaviors
2. To contrast different leaders’ task and relationship behaviors
Directions
1. Over the next couple of days, observe the leadership styles of two different leaders (e.g., teacher, athletic coach, choir director, restaurant manager, work supervisor).
2. Record your observations of the styles of each person.
Leader #1 (name) Darna
Task behaviors Relationship behaviors
x Scheduling work
x To do planners
x On time delivery
x Group meeting
x Discussing assessment
x Status calls
Leader #2 (name) Stephanie
Task behavior Relationship behaviors
x Group involvement
x Daily assessment & Discussing
Questions
1. What differences did you observe between the two leaders? According to two leaders there was not different between them. They all have the same observe.
2. What did you observe about the leader who was most task oriented? The leader who was task oriented was my professor darna.
3. What did you observe about the leader who was most relationship oriented? The leader who was most relationship oriented is Stephaine
4. How effective do you think you would be in each of these leadership positions? I would definitely be Darna position because she knows how to help me with this I do not know.