Definition of leadership: Leadership is the ability to influence a group of people toward the achievement of a vision or set of goals. A leader steps up in times of crisis‚ and is able to think and act creatively in difficult situations. Unlike management‚ leadership cannot be taught‚ although it may be learned and enhanced through coaching or mentoring. Leader is the person in a group that possesses the combination of personality and leadership skills that makes others want to follow his direction
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MAS 366: ORGANISATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND GOVERNANCE Credit: 3 By : Hannah Vivian Osei COURSE OVERVIEW The objective of this course is to expose students to the role that leaders play / should play in the governance of corporations for these corporations to be productive. Various traditional and contemporary leadership theories and models will be discussed and assessed on their relevance in this era. COURSE OBJECTIVES The objective of this course is to expose students to the ingredients
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piece of a puzzle on its own is meaningless. But when all the pieces come together‚ a picture takes shape‚ and the puzzle makes sense. The same is true in studying leadership. If you try to learn leadership by only looking at a single theory or approach‚ you only get one piece of the overall picture. That ’s why Practicing Leadership‚ Third Edition features contributions from a variety of disciplines‚ including psychology‚ management‚ communications‚ military science‚ the quality movement‚ political
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Grint‚ K. (1997) ‘Leadership: A contested Construct’‚ in Grint‚ K. (ed.) Leadership: Classical‚ Contemporary‚ and Critical Approaches‚ Oxford‚ Oxford University Press‚ pp. 27-36 Leadership: A Constested Consruct – Keith Grint Grint’s divisions of leadership theories: The first division concerns attributed to the individual or to the situation or context that the individual id in. Some leadership theories seem to centre solely on the characteristic of leaders regardless of the situation
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publicity about business leaders Employees desire integrity in their leaders Competencies: (Can be learnt) emotional intelligence integrity drive leadership motivation self confidence intelligence knowledge of the business VALUES The above also relate to employees’ values towards their bosses and workplace Values make work ‘meaningful’ Example: Servant leadership putting others needs first increased service to others impacts CSR relates to work ethics MOTIVATION Theories
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What Is Leadership? Leadership The ability to influence a group toward the achievement of goals. Management Use of authority inherent in designated formal rank to obtain compliance from organizational members. 11–0 Trait Theories Traits Theories of Leadership Leadership Traits: • Ambition and energy • The desire to lead • Honest and integrity Theories that consider personality‚ social‚ physical‚ or intellectual traits to differentiate leaders from nonleaders. • Self-confidence
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claims that emotional intelligence is significantly related to transformational and other leadership behaviors. Results indicated a validity estimate of .59 when ratings of both emotional intelligence and leadership behaviors were provided by the same source (self‚ subordinates‚ peers‚ or superiors). However‚ when ratings of the constructs were derived from different sources‚ the validity estimate was .12. Lower validity estimates were found for transactional and leadership behaviors. Separate analyses
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Logical-Mathematical Intelligence The theory of multiple intelligences was thought up by Howard Gardner through his opinion on people having not only one way of thinking. Howard Gardner is a Professor of Education at Harvard Graduate School of Education and author of Multiple Intelligence: New Horizons and many other books. Gardner defines intelligence as an ability or set of abilities that allow a person to solve a problem or fashion a product that is valued in one or more cultures (Lane‚ 2005)
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Why would they benefit from using psychological concepts and theories in their work practice • What concepts/theories in psychology would improve their work practice • How could they use these psychological ideas in their work • What would the benefits be to their quality of work Based on Nursing Care Allied Health (2010)‚ a social worker is an academic profession that provides immense aid and service for people across all sectors in the society that deals in personal‚ social and spiritual
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A large amount of research is carried out around ‘are leaders born or made?’ studies have shown that genetics and the environment both play a part in leadership development. However‚ the relative contribution of each is subject to much scientific debate. For example‚ intelligence plays a part in leadership development‚ as does emotional intelligence. Certain personality traits such as self-confidence‚ dominance and extroversion also play an important role. The family often influences us‚ as does
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