Analysis of my own leadership skills is a difficult task‚ and requires me to address my own leadership attitudes and behavior as well as my strength’s and weakness’s. As I have learned in my readings about the different types of leadership styles I would say that my style of leadership is more of a Participative approach. In my work I run a small department of five and to accomplish tasks I must work side by side with my staff. We all are active participants‚ but outcomes and production is ultimately
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Assignment Task for Unit – Understanding Leadership Understand leadership styles 1. AC 1.1 -Describe the factors that will influence the choice of leadership styles or behaviours in workplace situations. ( 24 Marks) Before describing factors that influence a manager’s chosen style it is first necessary to identify what these styles actually are. Leadership studies stem back as far as the mid 19th century with the “Great man theory”‚ just as the title suggests the theory implies that only
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Determining Leadership Styles BD LDR/531 30 August 2010 Determining Leadership Styles One of the most important tasks any business leader must undertake is a personal assessment. An honest inventory of skills‚ strengths and weaknesses of a business leader can give insight into those areas that need improvement as well as those that can be accepted
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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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characteristics and styles of leadership the emphasis of the style approach is the focus on the actions and behavioral characteristics of the leader. There are two behaviors of the style approach that researchers have observed: task behaviors and relationship behaviors (Northouse‚ 2007). People who are in roles of leadership should possess both behaviors to be successful in their position and maintain motivation and the quest for achievement in their subordinates. Task behaviors are those traits that
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In studying the various leadership styles‚ I found that many‚ if not all of the styles we covered have some degree of relevance to most people’s leadership practices. A few however‚ seem to stand out from the rest. I will review these various styles individually. The leadership styles and approaches that will be focused upon are: the Trait Approach (Northouse 15)‚ Skills Approach (Northouse 39)‚ Style Approach (Northouse 69) and the Situational Approach (Northouse 89). I will discuss the five
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My Leadership Style Organizational Behavior February 10‚ 2010 Abstract Leadership is defined as a social influence process in which an individual seeks the participation of subordinates in an effort to research organizational goals. (Kinicki-Kreitner (p.346). My personal leadership style is based on the situational theory of leadership. Based on the type of situation my ability to adapt my leadership style is what makes me an effective manager. My Leadership
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Planning a.ii. Decision-making a.iii. Everything a manager does a.iv. Supervising and monitoring employees 3. Which kind of control takes place before the actual work is carried out? a.i. Feed forward a.ii. Concurrent a.iii. Feedback a.iv. Recurrent 4. Jared’s boss encourages employees to participate in the decision-making process but does not give them complete freedom to do‚ as they like. She has this kind of a.i. Democratic a.ii. Monarchial a.iii. Lasses fairs a.iv. Autocratic
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What is the Cognitive Resource Theory? A theory of leadership that states that the level of stress in a situation is what impacts whether a leader’s intelligence or experience will be more effective What is the Leader-member exhange (LMX) theory? Small ingroup of individuals - because of time pressures‚ leaders establish a special relationship with a small group of their followers. These individuals make up the ingroup—they are trusted‚ get a disproportionate amount of the leader’s attention
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While watching the interview with Professor Jeanne Enders and Carolyn McKnight‚ one major thing I learned is that finding one’s leadership purpose can is a harrowing journey into figuring out one’s true self. As McKnight had stated in the video‚ to be an effective leader one needs to be authentic‚ but how does one be authentic? Is it from following one’s passion? Is it from doing what feels right to one’s self? I would say yes‚ but today it seems increasingly hard to follow one’s passion or path
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