Leadership and Management

Chapter 1, 2, & 6 (p. 142)

Leadership definitions:

-The process of influencing people to accomplish goals. (Huber)

- A process of influencing the behavior of either an individual or a group, regardless of the reason, in an effort to achieve goals in a given situation (Hershey)

-Leadership occurs when human beings with motives and purposes mobilize in competition or conflict with others so as to arouse, engage, and satisfy motives. (Burns)

-The leader focuses on people, whereas the manager focuses on systems and structures (Bennis)

Management

-The coordination and integration of resources through planning, organizing, coordinating, directing and controlling to accomplish specific institutional goals and objectives (Huber)

-process of working with and through individuals and groups and other resources (such as equipment, capital, and technology) to accomplish “organizational goals.” (Hershey)

-Management relates to managing the resources of an organization. Managers derive power from their position and title (Trott and Windsor)

Fiver interwoven leadership aspects:

1. THE LEADER: values, skills, styles, perceptions of self and role

2. THE follower: accept or reject leader, determine leader’s personal pwer

3. The situation: work demands, systems, tasks structure, interactions, time available, external environment, culture.

4. Communication: varied patters, open or closed flow, verbal and nonverbal, transmission and perception formal, informal

5. Goals: organization and individual.

Leadership theories

Trait Theories: focus on characteristics of leaders

Bennis: 6 ingredient of leadership traits

1. guiding vision

2. passion

3. integrity (self-knowledge, candor and maturity)

4. trust

5. curiosity

6. daring

Drucker:

Someone who has followers

Popularity is not leadership; results are

Leaders are visible and set examples

Leadership is not rank but responsibility

Kouzes and Posner: 5 behaviors

1. Challenging the process- look for opportunities beyond the status quo

2. Inspiring a shared vision-enlist others to share the dream

3. Enabling others to act-foster collaboration, develop others

4. Modeling the way-leaders set examples

5. Encouraging the heart-recognize contributions and celebrate accomplishments

Curtin: what people want in a leader.

-visibility

-flexibility

-authority