SOCIOL 41 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Arthur Schuster, Transactional Leadership, Transformational Leadership
Sociology 41
Small Group Dynamics
Professor Schuster
Course Code: 69150
4 Units
2018 Winter Quarter
Lecture
Group Leadership
● Leadership
○ An influence process between leaders and followers, directed toward change that
reflects mutual purposes of group members
○ Leadership and followership exist together or exist not at all
○ Fundamentally a communication process
● Managers vs Leaders
○ Managers
■ Operate from a position of authority
■ Maintain the status quo (transactional leadership)
○ Leadership implies change (transformational leadership)
■ Gets things done, makes things happen, inspires, motivates
● How not to become a leader
○ Thou shall:
■ 1. Show up late for or miss important meetings
■ 2. Be uninformed about a group problem
■ 3. Manifest apathy by sluggish participation in group discussion
■ 4. Attempt to dominate conversation
■ 5. Listen Poorly
■ 6. Be rigid and inflexible when expressing viewpoints
■ 7. Bully group members
■ 8. Use offensive and abusive language
● Pattern of Leader Emergence
○ General pattern (process of elimination)
■ Phase one
● Elimination of:
○ Quiet members
● Members who express strong, unqualified assertions
● Uninformed, unintelligent, and/or skilled
■ Phase 2
● Consideration for leader of:
○ Member who provide solutions in crisis
○ Member who exhibit effective listening skills
