BUSI 2311U Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Situational Leadership Theory, Work Unit, Role Conflict
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Leadership: influencing motivating, and enabling others to contribute towards the effectiveness and success of the organizations of which they are members. Shared leadership: the view that leadership is a role, not a position assigned to one person, consequently people within the team and organization lead each other. Transformational leadership: a leadership perspective that explains how leaders change teams or organizations by creating, communicating and modelling a vision for the organization or work unit and inspiring employees to strive for that vision. Task and people oriented leadership styles. Servant leadership: the view that leaders serve followers, rather than vice versa; leaders help employees fulfill their needs and are coaches, stewards, and facilitators of employee development. Path goal leadership theory: stating that effective leaders choose the most appropriate leadership style, depending on the employee and situation, to influence employee expectations about desired results and their positive outcomes.
