Leadership Theories
Leadership Theories and Styles
IAAP
2009 Administrative Professionals Week
Event
April 28, 2009
Development
Development of Leadership Theory
• Until approximately 1930, there was not much academic interest in the area of leadership
• Fredrick Taylor –Scientific Management (time/motion studies of productivity) (late 1800’s)
• Max Weber –(writing on bureaucracy) a leader possessed power by virtue of his position (1922)
• Mary Parker Follett – participatory management in
“power with” as opposed to “power over ” (1926)
Luther Gulick
Notes on Organization ‐‐ 1937
• Work of the Executive
• POSDCORB
– Planning
– Organizing
– Staffing
– Directing
– Coordinating
– Reporting
– Budgeting
Leadership
Leadership – a new definition
• Chester Barnard – 1938 new definition of leadership The ability of a superior to influence the behavior of subordinates and persuade them to follow a particular course of action.
(Barnard 1938)
Power
Power – French and Raven (1960)
• Legitimate power – comes solely from the position the superior holds in an organization
• Reward power – comes by means of promotion, salary increases and interesting assignments
• Expert power – comes from the leader possessing superior knowledge of the matter under discussion
• Referent power – comes from the fact that subordinates identify with the leader and respect him/her • Coercive power – comes from forced actions and potential for punishment
Nature
Nature of Leadership
Effective leadership is a key factor in the life and success of an organization
Leadership transforms potential into reality.
Leadership is the ultimate act which brings to success all of the potent potential that is in an organization and its people.
Leaders propose new paradigms when old ones lose their effectiveness.
Leadership is a major way in which people change the minds of others and move organizations forward to accomplish identified
IAAP
2009 Administrative Professionals Week
Event
April 28, 2009
Development
Development of Leadership Theory
• Until approximately 1930, there was not much academic interest in the area of leadership
• Fredrick Taylor –Scientific Management (time/motion studies of productivity) (late 1800’s)
• Max Weber –(writing on bureaucracy) a leader possessed power by virtue of his position (1922)
• Mary Parker Follett – participatory management in
“power with” as opposed to “power over ” (1926)
Luther Gulick
Notes on Organization ‐‐ 1937
• Work of the Executive
• POSDCORB
– Planning
– Organizing
– Staffing
– Directing
– Coordinating
– Reporting
– Budgeting
Leadership
Leadership – a new definition
• Chester Barnard – 1938 new definition of leadership The ability of a superior to influence the behavior of subordinates and persuade them to follow a particular course of action.
(Barnard 1938)
Power
Power – French and Raven (1960)
• Legitimate power – comes solely from the position the superior holds in an organization
• Reward power – comes by means of promotion, salary increases and interesting assignments
• Expert power – comes from the leader possessing superior knowledge of the matter under discussion
• Referent power – comes from the fact that subordinates identify with the leader and respect him/her • Coercive power – comes from forced actions and potential for punishment
Nature
Nature of Leadership
Effective leadership is a key factor in the life and success of an organization
Leadership transforms potential into reality.
Leadership is the ultimate act which brings to success all of the potent potential that is in an organization and its people.
Leaders propose new paradigms when old ones lose their effectiveness.
Leadership is a major way in which people change the minds of others and move organizations forward to accomplish identified