MGMT452 "What you would do" paper
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Ch1-IntrotoLeadership-BB2.pptChapter 1
Who or What Is a Leader?
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Freeze Frame Assignment
- Take a picture of yourself that shows me how you view your responsibilities as a leader
- Insert a textbox under the picture and write:
- Your name
- Where you work
- Your job title
- Your favorite leadership quote and why it resonates with you.
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The success of individual careers and the fate of organizations are determined by the effectiveness of leaders’ behavior.
Corporate failures have pointed to the critical role that leadership plays in the success or failure of organizations.
Profit is the byproduct of good leadership
Why Leadership is Important
Leadership Philosophies
- DePree: “The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.”
- Bennis: “Good leaders make people feel that they're at the very heart of things, not at the periphery.”
- Lipman-Blumen: “Don’t talk to me about charisma--talk to me about character!” “Leadership is a responsibility, not an entitlement.”
- Pelletier: “Great leaders, like great conductors, don’t take center stage, nor do they seek applause. Great leaders prompt the audience to give a standing ovation to their talented musicians.”
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Leadership is the influencing process of leaders and followers to achieve organizational objectives through change
Other factors of effective/ethical leadership:
Aid in moral development of followers
Engage in (and see the value of) corporate social responsibility
Good leaders leave followers “better off than when they found them”
Provide unending support for their constituents
Put followers before themselves
Defining Leadership (cont.)
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Key Elements of Leadership
Leadership
Influence
People
Change
Leaders–Followers
Organizational Objectives
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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
Managers may influence through coercion
Leaders influence by gaining followers’ commitment and enthusiasm
Influence
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Most researchers say the answer is both
Some are born with natural ability and develop it
Some are developed through effort and hard work
All people have potential leadership skills
Organizations spend millions of dollars every year to develop leadership skills of their employees
Great-Man/Person Approach
Are Leaders Born or Made?
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The four leadership theory classifications include:
Leadership Theory Classifications
Behavioral
Integrative
Trait
Contingency
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Managers:
Were autocratic
Made all decisions
Maintained tight controls over employees
Adopted Theory X approach
The Old Management Paradigm
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Meet Foxconn
- Employees live in dorms
- Work 12-13 hours per day, six days per week
- Make on average $132 per month
- Given an “allotment” of restroom breaks
- Beatings
- Forced to work OT
- 14 suicides to date
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The New Leadership Paradigm
Managers:
Are primarily participative
Adopt a Theory Y approach
Share management functions with employees
Have good relationships with followers
Realize that people are the most important asset
Consider Herb Kellerher’s view of employees:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxTFA1kh1m8
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Bottom Line?
- Leadership is a responsibility, not an entitlement or privilege
- Primary focus of leaders should be on the development and support of their followers, not their own self-interest and “glory.”
- When leaders genuinely care about their followers’ needs and desires, followers will be more likely to:
- have higher levels of productivity
- exhibit greater levels of org commitment
