Leadership Theories and Styles IAAP 2009 Administrative Professionals Week Event April 28‚ 2009 Development of Leadership Theory Development of Leadership Theory • Until approximately 1930‚ there was not much academic interest in the area of leadership academic interest in the area of leadership • Fredrick Taylor –Scientific Management (time/motion 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)
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Report on the Contingency Theories of Leadership Executive Summary This report presents an overview of the Contingency theories of Leadership over time and their relevance to the study of Management and Leadership in organizations. The report opens with a general definition of leadership and then tracks the evolution of leadership theories over the past 70 year‚ concentrating on the contingency theories of leadership. Each of these offers some insights into the qualities of successful leaders
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Captain Kirk and they all lend to the Trait Approach Theory‚ which postulates that a leader is a combination of characteristics and qualities specific to that of leadership. Derived‚ first from the Great Man Theory ‚ the Trait Leadership theorists believed you are born with certain ‘leader-esque’ qualities that makes you able to guide and lead better than someone who is not born with these traits. Notable Trait Theory scholar xxx Ralph Stogdill suggested that leadership is a direct result of the interaction
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Evolution of leadership theories 1) The Great man Theory (Trait Theories) These were basis of leadership research until 1940’s. The great man theory from Aristoteham philosophy asserts that some people are born to lead whereas others are born to be led. Trait theory(ies) assume that some people have certain characteristics or personality trait that make them better leaders than others. (refer to traits as stipulated by Bass (notes) Behavioral Theories During human relations era‚ many behavioural
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What is leadership? Leadership is "the behaviour of an individual when he is directing the activities of a group towards a shared goal". (Hemphill and Coons‚ 1957‚ p.7) A leader is interpreted as someone who sets direction in an effort and influences people to follow that direction. How they set that direction and influence people depends on a variety of factors. To really comprehend the "territory" of leadership‚ one should briefly scan some of the major theories‚ notice various styles of leadership
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There are some leaders that do not impact positively onto others‚ and Aaron Burr is thought to be one of them. Aaron Burr was the United State’s third vice president‚ he fought in the Revolutionary War‚ and was one of Preston’s youngest graduates. Burr was seen as an intellectual being‚ but lacked in several departments which help form great leaders. A. Burr had a hard time with getting alone with others‚ sticking true to his word‚ and his ability to let his anger get the better of him. The fact
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LEADERSHIP THEORIES AND PRINCIPLES I. Introduction Leadership is a process by which a person influences others to accomplish an objective and directs the organization in a way that makes it more cohesive and coherent. Good leaders develop through a never ending process of self-study‚ education‚ training and experience. II. Body/Content Leadership theories have emerged through the centuries. They focus on the qualities distinguished between leaders and followers. Others looked at
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Situational Leadership Theory Jacksonville University November 17‚ 2011 Situational Leadership Theory What is nursing leadership? How do we define an effective leader? These are questions at the fore front of every nurse whose optimal goal is to provide the highest quality of safe care to the patients and families who have entrusted their care to him or her. It is difficult to encapsulate the word leadership by merely attempting to define it. As nurses
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Zaccaro (2007) entitled‚ Trait-Based Perspectives of Leadership. The trait-based perspective on leadership was dismissed by many scientific leadership researchers in the mid-20th century. A primary reason was that the research did not account for situational variance in leadership behavior. Quantitative analysis of leadership was difficult in the past. Recent improvements in research methods‚ such as statistics‚ have led to resurgence of interest in trait-based leadership theory. Zaccaro (2007) called
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Leadership Behavior As a result of early criticisms of the leadership trait approach‚ theorists started to research leadership as a set of behaviors. They assessed what effective leaders did‚ created catalogs of actions‚ and identified expansive patterns that indicated different leadership styles. Hughes et al 2014 defined leadership behaviors as actions taken in response to situations. Behaviors were defined as a function of personality‚ knowledge‚ experience‚ traits‚ intelligence attitudes‚ values
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