MGT-330 Lecture 14: MGT 330 Notes Chapter 14 Leadership

• School: University of Tampa
• Department: Management
• Course: MGT-330
• Professor: Ashley Salaiz

Document Summary

Leaders: (leadership: process of influencing others to achieve group or organizational goals: do the right thing, what should we be doing? , challenge the status quo, long-term view. Inspire and motivate people to find their own solutions. Managers: do things right, how can we do what we"re already doing better? , preservers of status quo, short-term view, solve problems so that other can do their work. Specific behaviors that leaders use to improve subordinate satisfaction and performance. Initiate structure: set goals, give directions, set deadlines, assign tasks (directive) Considerate behavior: friendly, approachable, supportive, concern for employees (supportive) In highly favorable situations, leaders find that their actions influence followers. In highly unfavorable situations, leaders are unable to influence people. Fiedler"s contingency theory leaders do well in favorable situations. Leadership style: way a leader generally behaves toward followers. Performance is contingent upon whether the leadership style matches the right situation!