BUS 272 Lecture Notes - Transactional Leadership, Transformational Leadership, Situation Two
20 Nov 2012
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But managers are useful in situations of little change. Leaders sometimes try to change things too much: managing is similar to supervising. Leading is most useful for situations of change / instability. It focuses more attention on big-picture ideas than details. Formulates long-term objectives for reforming the system: plans strategy and tactics: exhibits leading behaviour: acts to bring about change in others congruent with long- term objectives. But this approach is too distant from what people do: behaviors. But this approach doesn"t consider that different behaviours may be appropriate in different situations: the situation. Six traits have been identified that are consistently associated with leadership: ambition and energy, the desire to lead, honesty and integrity, self-confidence, intelligence, job-relevant knowledge. *extroverts are more likely to becomes leaders but they"re not necessarily more effective leaders. Propose that specific behaviours differentiate leaders from non-leaders. The managerial grid useful as a conceptual tool, but little empirical evidence exists to support it.
